Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dignitaries attend the opening of the California Pacific International Exposition include, from left, William Phillips, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, Exhibition President Frank Belcher, California Gov. Frank Merriam, and Brig.-Gen Seth Howard of the California National Guard. Photograph appears with the article, "Crowds Hail Beauty of Exposition at San Diego as Without Peer in History: PROGRESS OF WEST COAST TYPIFIED IN MIRACLE CITY Visitors Stand in A we as They View Wonders of Colossal Spectacle Reflecting Genius of Man," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1935: 5. Handwritten on negative: L to R: Wm Phillips, Dane Ropr, Frank Belcher, Gov. Merriam, Gen. Seth Howard Text from negative sleeve: Phillips, William; Diplomat, 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Among dignitaries attending the opening of the California Pacific International Exposition at San Diego yesterday were officials of the Federal and State governments. Shown here, from left to right are: William Phillips, Secretary of Commerce Roper, President Roosevelt's personal representative at the Exposition; Frank G. Belcher, president of the Exposition; Gov. Merriam and Brig-Gen. Seth Howard of the California National Guard.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11277 ark:/21198/zz002h990p
Subject
Exhibitions--California--San Diego Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955 California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) Belcher, Frank G. (Frank Garrettson), 1905-1959 Howard, Seth E. (Seth Edward), 1884-1935 Phillips, William, 1878-1968
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