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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Downtown San Diego, train tracks to Balboa Park
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PC-000-682
Aerial view of San Diego from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train tracks at bottom to Balboa Park and the distant hills
1931
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Erickson
C.T. Art-Colortone (Curt Teich)
This is a Curt Teich postcard, of which the numbering scheme is known and translates into the date. The number at the right bottom here, 1A-H499, indicates the year 1931, with the "H" meaning card is a "linen" card. This downtown aerial view of San Diego from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tracks near San Diego Bay to Balboa Park shows the El Cortez Hotel prominently in almost the center of the card. This hotel (later condominiums) was the tallest building in San Diego until 1963. Behind and to the left of the hotel is the Cabrillo Bridge built for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, as were the most prominent buildings just to the right of the hotel in the background, the California Building and Tower. This card is exactly the same as PC-000-685 except for different tinting on the buildings, and a white border.
Aerial views; San Diego; El Cortez Hotel; Cabrillo Bridge; Balboa Park; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway; Curt Teich
California - San Diego
Erickson
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
PC-000-685
[printed centered in top orange border]
4510. A portion of the bsiness area of San Diego, California, Balboa Park in the distance
[hand printed superimposed on photograph at bottom right]
[copyright symbol] Erickson
[Curt Teich number in border at bottom right] 1A-H499]
4510. A portion of the bsiness area of San Diego, California, Balboa Park in the distance
[hand printed superimposed on photograph at bottom right]
[copyright symbol] Erickson
[Curt Teich number in border at bottom right] 1A-H499]
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