PC-000-071

West Entrance to Plaza de California, Exposition, 1915, including the California State Building

 

1915

 

The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY

This shows the west entrance to the Panama-Callifornia International Exposition of 1915-1916 from Cabrillo Bridge. The bridge, also known as Puente de Cabrillo, was built for the Panama-Callifornia International Exposition of 1915 carrying traffic on El Prado from Laurel Street into Balboa Park. Its designers were Frank Phillips Allen, Jr. (1881-1943), and Thomas B. Hunter, with construction and opening in 1914. The California State Building visible on the left was designed by Bertram Goodhue (1869-1924). It includes the Callifornia Tower and the California Building later known as the San Diego Museum of Man. The entrance arch on the right constitutes part of the California Quadrangle (on the National Register of Historical Places) that includes the California Tower and California Building. The Panama-California Exposition of 1915 was held in San Diego's Balboa Park to belebrate the completion of the Panama Canal.

Expositions; Balboa Park; Panama-California International Exposition of 1915; California State Building; California Building; California Quadrangle; Administration Building; El Prado; San Diego; San Diego Museum; San Diego Museum of Man; California Tower; Cabrillo Bridge; Puente de Cabrillo

 

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

English

I. L. Eno, 529 Broadway, San Diego, CA

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

20.87 MB