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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

The Foreign and Domestic Building, Balboa Park

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The Commerce and Industries Building and Lagoon, Balboa Park, San Diego, California
The Commerce and Industries Building as seen from the Lagoon in San Diego's Balboa Park. 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).
Balboa Park; lagoon; Laguna de las Flores; Laguna de Espejo; Lily Pond; Reflecting Pool; San Diego; 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
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
English
Sunny Scenes, Incorporated, Winter Park, FL
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3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
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  • San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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