PC-000-039

La Laguna de las Flores, Exposition, 1915

 

1915

 

The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY

Looking south from Laguna de las Flores, later known as the Lily Pond (Laguna de Espejo, Reflecting Pool), during the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 held in San Diego's Balboa Park to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. In the foreground at the bottom edge is the Lagunita or north pond between the Botanical Building and the footbridge that divides the two ponds. The south pond is also known as the lagoon. In the distance, the buildings with the towers are (left) the Commerce and Industries Building (also known as the Canadian Building, Museum of Natural History, Palace of Better Housing, and Electric Building) and the Foreign Arts Building (right). While the former building was razed and reconstructed as the Casa de Balboa, reopening in 1982, the latter kept the name assigned to it for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935, the House of Hospitality (also known as Foreign Liberal Arts Buuilding) after it was reconstructed in 1997. On the left in the middle distance is the Palace of Food and Beverages, which was previously known as the Varied Industries and Food Products Building, rebuilt as the Casa del Prado. On the right in the middle distance 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; footbridge; Lagunita; South pond; North pond

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

The Book Lovers' Shop, 5th and C, San Diego, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

same as PC-000-074

 

 

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TIFF

20.80 MB