Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph taken at the California Pacific International Exposition next to the Standard Oil Tower. Sailors stand in formation in the foreground, Navy personnel are lined up along a path and people are gathered around. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is in the background on the right. Charles Hamilton Owens (1881-1958) was an illustrator and landscape painter, and Los Angeles Times staff artist [identified as the photographer in image ark no. 21198/zz002d9x88]. Photograph of a Navy event at the California Pacific International Exposition next to the Mayan themed Standard Oil Tower The Standard Oil Tower was located south of the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, which still stands (as of 2014). Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego, Exposition Handwritten on negative: San Diego Fair...
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0597 ark:/21198/zz002d9wqh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Naval parades & ceremonies--California--San Diego Exhibitions--California--San Diego Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) Standard Oil Tower of the Sun (California Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936, San Diego, Calif.)
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