Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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]. 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. 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. Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego, Exposition
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_0608 ark:/21198/zz002d9x3p
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Subject
Murals--California--San Diego Exhibitions--California--San Diego Dedications--California--San Diego Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955 California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
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