Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Navy sailors providing a fanfare of bugles in front of the Federal Building at the California Pacific International Exposition. 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 Federal Building in the Palisades section of Balboa Park was designed in a pre-Columbian revival style under the general direction of architect Richard Requa, with Juan Larrinaga as head of the art department and H. Louis Bodmer as head of the architectural department. Elements of the façade frieze are derived from the Palace of the Governor in Uxmal. Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego, Exposition
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0604 ark:/21198/zz002d9wz4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Naval parades & ceremonies--California--San Diego Sailors--American--California--San Diego Exhibitions--California--San Diego California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) Federal Building (San Diego, Calif.)
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