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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. The Sacramento Valley Building, viewed here was not built until 1915. It is likely that this image was 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. Photograph of Minnie West (left) standing and watching her granddaughters, Frances (center) and Elizabeth West (right) feeding pigeons in the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park. Minnie West stands at left, facing towards the camera and casting her gaze down to the ground. To her immediate right, Frances West kneels on the ground and holds her hand out to 2 pigeons in front of her. She faces towards the camera, but turns her head to the right. Elizabeth West crouches down to the right of Frances. She too holds out a hand to feed a pigeon on the ground in front of her. She looks down towards the bird. Behind Elizabeth and to her left, another girl crouches down with her back to the camera. In the distance at left, the Sacramento Valley Building (demolished in the 1920's) stands. Steps lead up to its facade behind Minnie West. Ornate columns flank its arcade. Trees line both the front of the building at right and the plaza. A pergola rises behind and above the trees in the distance at right. 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_004 ark:/21198/zz002hsg1w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego Plazas--California--San Diego Animal feeding--California--San Diego Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Pigeons--California Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
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