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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

Postcard back, patio, House of Hospitality, 1935

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PC-000-159B
Postcard back, patio, House of Hospitality, 1935
10/14/1935
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[Curt Teich and Company, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois]
This divided postcard back carries descriptive paragraphs, a promotional cancellation, a legible postmark, an intact postage stamp, and a handwritten message and address in cursive using dark blue ink.
Expositions; Balboa Park; California Pacific Exposition of 1935; House of Hospitality Patio; Postmarks; Divided backs; Dorothy Horner; Postage stamps; Cafe Casa del Rey Moro
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Western Publishing & Novelty Company, Los Angeles, CA
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
Yes
PC-000-159A
[printed description]
PATIO, HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY
One of the most sumptuously furnished buildings in the Exposition grounds. Visiting dignitaries are received and entertained in the House of Hospitality. The Patio is patterned after the famous Patio of the Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico with a white Aztec fountain in the center of the court.
[handwritten message]
One of the most
Had luncheon here today. Will be home Wednesday, either morning or evening - probably evening.
Love
Mother

Dorothy Horner
600 San Luis Road
Berkeley, California

[postmark] San Diego, Calif. Oct 14
6-PM 1935
[promotional cancellation] California Pacific International Exposition Station
[postage stamp one cent green Franklin Scott design A155]
[promotional message printed at bottom of message panel]
CAFE CASA DEL REY MORO
This beautiful restaurant fronts on the patio illustrated on reverse side and is the most charming place to eat on the Exposition grounds. Reasonable prices, quick service and excellent foodd make it the center of activities of America's Exposition.
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