PC-000-687

Black-and-white photographic picture postcard of aerial view of San Diego downtown, with the old Civic Center in the foreground

 

 

 

Bunnell Photo Shop

In the center foreground of this Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) is the old Civic Center (1938), later the San Diego County Administration Center, at 1600 Pacific Highway. The building faces west onto San Diego Bay. Aside from the structure designed by Samuel Wood Hamill (1903-1989), the site also features a sculpture by Donal Hord (1902-1966), "Guardian of Water." In the background, partly cut off at the top toward the left, is the El Cortez Hotel, built in 1927 and the tallest building in San Diego until 1963. West Beech Street stretches from Harbor Drive to the east just to the right of the Civic Center, and West Ash extends from the rightmost edge toward the middle of the photograph to the right of the El Cortez. Behind the building West Cedar extends east, and to the left of that is West Date Street, which does not extend much past Kettner Boulevard running north and south. This type of photo paper, Agfa Ansco, was only used from 1928-1941, thus narrowing the dates of this postcard from 1938 to around 1941.

Civic Center, San Diego; San Diego; County Administration Center; San Diego Bay; Ships; Waterfronts; Cityscapes; Samuel Wood Hamill; Agfa Ansco photo papers; Bunnell Photo Shops; Real Photo Post Cards; RPPC

 

California - San Diego - Downtown

 

 

MS-0008

English

 

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

 

[handp-printed in white superimposed on the photograph at bottom, starting at left]
440--New Civic Center and Business District--San Diego, Cal.

[hand-printed in white superimposed on photo bottom right]
Bunnell Photo Shop

 

Image

TIFF

13.13 MB