Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Shell Oil Company Building, cast in concrete in the shape of a seashell, at the California Pacific International Exposition during the end stages of construction. A ladder is suspended from the top of the shell and a man is suspended on a scaffold near the top on the right. Scaffolding is on the ground in front of the building. Technical writing appears on each shell spandrel about midway up the façade (where there appears to be a join between 2 large cast shell sections), at the bases of the shell spandrels, and around the doorway. A flatbed truck and 2 cars are parked in front and 2 boys are passing on a bicycle. 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]. The Shell Oil Company Building was located east of the Botanical Building (standing as of 2014). Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego Exposition
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0598 ark:/21198/zz002d9wr1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mimetic buildings--California--San Diego Exhibitions--California--San Diego Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego Shell Oil Company Building (California Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936, San Diego, Calif.) California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
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