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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Old Civic Center and San Diego downtown
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PC-000-703
Picture postcard of aerial view of San Diego's old Civic Center on the waterfront, with downtown San Diego stretching beyond
In the center foreground of this hand-tinted picture postcard is the old Civic Center (1938), later the San Diego County Administration Center, at 1600 Pacific Highway. The building faces west onto San Diego Bay. Aside from the structure designed by Samuel Wood Hamill (1903-1989), the site also features a sculpture by Donal Hord (1902-1966), "Guardian of Water." West Beech Street stretches from Harbor Drive to the east just to the right of the Civic Center, and West Ash extends from the rightmost edge toward the middle of the photograph to the right of the El Cortez. Behind the building West Cedar extends east, and to the left of that is West Date Street, which does not extend much past Kettner Boulevard running north and south. The publishers were in business from the 1930s until 1957.
Civic Center, San Diego; Civic centers; San Diego; County Administration Center; San Diego Bay; Ships; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Samuel Wood Hamill
California - San Diego
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, California, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
31 New $1,500 Civic Center at San Diego, California
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
Image
TIFF
19.68 MB
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