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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

"Modeltown", America's Exposition, 1935

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"Modeltown", America's Exposition, 1935
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"Model Town", Federal Building complex, California Pacific International Exposition of 1935
1935
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"Natural color" post card of "Model Town," behind the Palace of Better Housing (visible in background in middle). These 56 miniature mechanized houses were built for the California Pacific Exposition of 1935 to illustrate how $2,000 loans from the Federal Housing Administration could convert rundown houses into beautiful homes. The Palace of Better Housing was previously the Commerce and Industries Building (1915), Canadian Building (1916), the Electric Building (1936), and later reconstructed as the Casa de Balboa. The Exposition was held in San Diego's Balboa Park.
Expositions; Balboa Park; California Pacific Exposition of 1935; Model Town; miniature house; Palace of Better Hosing; Commerce and Industries Building; Canadian Building; Electric Building; Casa de Balboa; Gold series; John Sirigo
California - San Diego - Balboa Park
John Sirigo
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
John Sirigo, Official Photographer
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3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
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http://www.sandiegohistory.org/amero/notes-1935.htm
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