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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

Entrance to Plaza de California, Exposition, 1915

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Entrance to Plaza de California, Exposition, 1915
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Entrance to Plaza de California, Panama-California Exposition, 1915
1915
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Entrance to Plaza de California from the Cabrillo Bridge (Puente de Cabrillo), showing the west entrance arch, California Building (later San Diego Museum of Man) on the left and California Tower (centered) during the Panama-California Exposition of 1915. The California State Building (including the California Tower and California Building) was designed by Bertram Goodhue (1869-1924) for the 1915 Exposition held in San Diego's Balboa Park to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. Cabrillo Bridge was also designed for the Exposition, by architects Frank Phillips Allen, Jr. (1881-1943), and Thomas B. Hunter, with construction and opening in 1914.
Expositions; Balboa Park; California Building; Panama-California Exposition of 1915; Plaza de California; California Tower; Cabrillo Bridge; Puente de Cabrillo; California State Building; San Diego Museum of Man; Cabrillo Bridge; Puente Cabrillo; Frank Phillips Allen, Jr.; Thomas B. Hunter
California - San Diego - Balboa Park
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
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The Book Lovers' Shop, 5th and C, San Diego, CA
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3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
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