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Stampa Barbara

Coordinates: 34°25′05″N 119°41′55″W / 34.41798°N 119.69850°W / 34.41798; -119.69850
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Stampa Barbara was a store in Santa Barbara, California that focused exclusively on rubber stamps. Opened in 1985, by Gary Dorothy, the store was the first of its kind. The store created their own designs, as well as selling several other companies' stamps.[1] Stampa Barbara would open a second location in 1992 on Melrose, in Los Angeles.[2] Gary Dorothy closed the store and sold his remaining inventory to Clearsnap in 1999, but would continue to make and sell stamps online.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Chuck (3 December 2016). "In a former life I was a co-owner of a weird rubber stamp business: ElbowGrease". Ideabook.com.
  2. ^ "For the Creative or Obsessive, 100,000 Ways to Make a Mark". The New York Times. 30 September 1992.
  3. ^ Dragonhome, Judith L Perry aka. "RS Companies Are No Longer in Business". dragoncuts.com.
  4. ^ "Santa Barbara News-Press : Daily newspaper since 1855". www.newspress.com.

34°25′05″N 119°41′55″W / 34.41798°N 119.69850°W / 34.41798; -119.69850