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View from the Botanical Building during the Panama-California Exposition of 1915

 

1915

 

The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY

The botanical gardens during the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 held in San Diego's Balboa Park. La Laguna de las Flores, now known as the Lily Pond , from the west end of the footbridge that divides the visible south pond from the north pond immediately in front of the Botanical Building. The lagoon was also known as the Laguna de Espejo or Reflecting Pool. In the distance on the left is the Commerce and Industries Building, also known as the Canadian Building, the Museum of Natural History, the Palace of Better Housing, and the Electric Building, before it burned down in 1978 and was reconstructed as the Casa de Balboa. In the distance on the right is the Foreign Arts Building (or Foreign Liberal Arts Building), later known as the House of Hospitality. On the immediate left is the Varied Industries and Food Products Buiilding, renamed the Foreign and Domestic Building (1916), then the Palace of Food and Beverages (1935). After the building was closed in 1968, it was reconstructed by architect Richard George Wheeler (1917-1990) and reopened in 1971 as the Casa del Prado. On the immediate right is the Home Economy Building, later known as the Pan-Pacific Building, Cafe of the World, and American Legion Building before being demolished in 1962.

Expositions; Balboa Park; botanical garden; Lagoons; Panama-California Exposition of 1915; Laguna de las Flores; Lily Pond; Commerce and Industries Building; Canadian Building; Casa de Balboa; Foreign Arts Building; Foreign Liberal Arts Building; House of Hospitality; Laguna de Espejo; Reflecting Pool; San Diego; Palace of Better Housing; Electric Building; Varied Industries and Food Products Buiildin; Foreign and Domestic Building; Palace of Food and Beverages; Richard George Wheeler; Casa del Prado; Home Economy Building; Pan-Pacific Building; Cafe of the World; American Legion Building

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

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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