PC-000-172

Arco Del Porvenir and Cafe of the World, California Pacific International Exposition, 1935

 

circa 1935

 

 

The Arco Del Porvenir (Arch of the Future, also known as Arco del Futuro), is reflected in one of the pools on either side of the arch, all constructed for the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935 held in Balboa Park. On the right is the Cafe of the World on the northeast side of the Plaza del Pacifico. The Cafe was designed by Carleton Winslow (1876-1946) and built for the Panama-California International Exposition of 1915 as the Home Economy Building, was also known as the Pan-Pacific Building and the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Building (sometimes War Memorial Building). It was razed in 1964-65 to make way for the Timken Museum. A portion of the Palace of Fine Arts (the Fine Arts Galley of 1925, in 2013 the San Diego Museum of Art) may be seen in the background to the left of the arch.

Expositions; Balboa Park; California Pacific Exposition of 1935; Arco del Porvenir; Cafe of the World; Plaza del Pacifico; California Pacific International Exposition of 1935; Home Economy Building; American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Building; War Memorial Building; Carleton Monrow Winslow; Palace of Fine Arts; Fine Arts Gallery; San Diego Museum of Art; Arch of the Future; Arco del Futuro; San Diego; Pan-Pacific Building

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

Western Publishing & Novelty Company, Los Angeles, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

See San Diego History Center about the two San Diego Expositions, the Carleton Winslow, Sr. papers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and the San Diego State University department of Special Collections for further information.

 

 

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