PC-000-319

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

 

 

 

Sparkletone Photo Service, San Diego 4, CA

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 in the distance, with tower) 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 is the Food and Beverages Building, created for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 as the Varied Industries and Food Products Building, also known as the Foreign and Domestic Industries Building, the Palace of Foods and Beverages, and the County Fair Building, later reconstructed as the Casa del Prado.

Balboa Park; Lily Pond; Palace of Better Housing; Lagoons; Casa de Balboa; Electric Building; Canadian Buiding, Commerce and Industries Building; Laguna de las Flores; Laguna de Espejo; Reflecting Pool; San Diego; Better Housing Building; Food and Beverages Building; Varied Industries and Food Products Building; Foreign and Domestic Industries Building; Palace of Foods and Beverages; County Fair Building; Casa del Prado

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

Mike Roberts Color Production, Berekley 2, Ca

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

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TIFF

20.73 MB