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Lily pond with Casa de Balboa and American Legion Building, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

 

 

 

 

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.

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

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

Western Publishing & Novelty Company, Los Angeles, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

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19.94 MB