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The Lagoon, Palace of Better Housing, American Legion Building, Balboa Park, San Diego

 

 

 

 

This view looks south from the Botanical Building to the Botanical Gardens and La Laguna de las Flores (Laguna de Espejo, Reflecting Pool, or Lagoon), later Lily Pond. On the left is the Palace pf Better Housing, designed as the Commerce & Industries Building for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, and also known as the Canadian Building, Electric Building, Museum of Natural History, Aerospace Museum and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, now Casa de Balboa (rebuilt 1980). On the right, the Home Economy Building, also known as the Pan-Pacific Building, Cafe of the World, and American Legion Building, was demolished in 1963 to make way for the Timken Museum. 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

Tichnor Art Company, Los Angeles, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

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TIFF

19.95 MB