PC-000-252

Lily Pond, American Legion Building and Palace of Better Housing, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

 

 

 

E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, WI

The Lily Pond, also known as the "Lagoon," Laguna de Las Flores, and Laguna de Espejo (Reflecting Pool) was built for the Panama-California International Exposition of 1915-1916, as was the Palace of Better Housing (left) then known as the Commerce and Industries Building. This building was also known as the Canadian Building, Electric Building, Museum of Natural History, Aerospace Museum and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, before it burned down in 1978, rebuilt as the Casa de Balboa (1980). The American Legion Building (right background) was also known as the Home Economy Building, the Pan-Pacific Building and the Cafe of the World, and it was demolished in 1963 to make way for the Timken Museum of Art. On the immediate left of the lagoon is the Varied Industries Building or Varied Industries and Food Products Building, later known as the Food and Beverage Building, torn down and reconstructed as the Casa del Prado in 1971.

Balboa Park; Lagoons; Laguna de las Flores; Laguna de Espejo; Lily Pond; Reflecting Pool; Home Economy Building; Pan-Pacific Building; Cafe of the World; American Legion Building; Commerce & Industries Building; Canadian Building; Palace of Better Housing; Electric Building; Casa de Balboa; Natural History Museum; Aerospace Museum; Internatiional Aerospace Hall of Fame Varied Industries Building; Casa del Prado

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

Hopkins News Agency, San Diego, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

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TIFF

21.25 MB