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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. Buildings identified in these photographs were not built until late 1914 at the earliest. It is more likely that these images are were taken around 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in the photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event. Per the caption, at the time of this photograph, Elizabeth West, Frances Cline and Frances West would have been about 9, 7 or 8, and 6, respectively. All three girls look older than that in this photograph. Photograph, from left to right, of Elizabeth West, Minnie West, Frances Cline and Frances West posing for a photograph while standing in front of a fountain in Balboa Park. Elizabeth West, Minnie West and Frances Cline stand in a group, left-of-center, and look to the camera. Frances stands separate from them to the right. They stand in front of the round pool of a small fountain. The fountain head is visible, right-of-center, between Frances Cline and Frances West. A building stands in the distance behind Elizabeth and Minnie. Behind the fountain head, the California Building and Tower is visible rising in the distance. Landscaped grounds within the park occupy the space between the group and the distant buildings. Text from negative sleeve: 1149. San Diego Fair about 1912. A.B.Schmitz and family. H.H.West and family with Mrs George M West. Mrs Harry Schmitz. Frances Cline. 1. View of the pipe organ. 2. View of the fountain. 3. Left to right: Elizabeth West. Mrs George M. West. Frances Cline. Frances West. 4. Feeding the pigeons. L to R: Mrs George M. West. Frances West. Elizabeth West. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1149_002 ark:/21198/zz002hsfzc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fountains--California--San Diego Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 Cline, Harriet Frances, b. 1904 or 05 Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
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