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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
San Diego Downtown and Bay
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PC-000-711
Picture postcard of San Diego showing Horton Plaza and San Diego Bay
1921
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C. T. Photochrom (Curt Teich)
On the horizon from the right is Point Loma, and in the middle of the visible San Diego Bay are the North and South Islands that were joined in 1943, making up the whole of Coronado "Island" (connected to the mainland by a "Silver Strand" of narrow beach). This picture postcard appears to be manufactured from a photograph taken from the U. S. Grant Hotel (later The US Grant). In the immediate foreground is Horton Plaza, built to accommodate visitors to the hotel, which was erected in 1910 in anticipation of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915. The expansive street from right bottom to San Diego Bay Broadway. The streetcars on Broadway appear to be operating without wires because streetcar superstructure was routinely removed from enhanced postcards. This postcard is also in the collection of the San Diego History Center. The view is almost exactly the same as in postcard PC-000-709, which looks to have been taken on a lower floor. The Curt Teich number on the back ofthe card is A-85991
Broadway, San Diego; San Diego; Horton Plaza; D Street, San Diego; San Diego Bay; Point Loma
California - San Diego
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
H. L. Christiance, San Diego, California, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
No
PC-000-709
[printed superimposed on photograph from far left]
4527. Portion of Business Section of San Diego, California.
[signs on building]
Hartsook
Cabrillo Theatre Building
Turkish Baths
4527. Portion of Business Section of San Diego, California.
[signs on building]
Hartsook
Cabrillo Theatre Building
Turkish Baths
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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TIFF
19.39 MB
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