Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of a crowd in front of the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition. Governor Merriam, who gave the dedication, is in the background standing behind a policeman on the right. Juan Larrinaga (Juan Baptista Manuel Larrinaga) was born on San Antonia, Baja, Mexico. He graduated from St. Vincents College in Los Angeles in 1900, worked as an artist-designer in the movie industry, and was an art director for several expositions around the country. 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]. Text from newspaper caption: San Diego Plays Hostess to Throngs on International Exposition's First Day: Visitors Massed About State Building During Dedication [Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1935: 16]. Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego, Exposition
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uclamss_1429_0608 ark:/21198/zz002d9x3p
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Exhibitions--California--San Diego Dedications--California--San Diego Murals--California--San Diego Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955 California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
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