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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, from front to back, of Elizabeth West and Frances West feeding pigeons in the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park. Elizabeth West crouches down in the foreground, right-of-center. She faces left and holds out a hand towards several pigeons on the ground to the left. Behind her and the pigeons, Frances West also crouches down in the plaza. She faces left and turns her head slightly towards a bird in the near distance. A few pigeons walk on the ground behind Elizabeth and to the right of Frances. In the background, the Sacramento Valley Building (demolished in the 1920's) stands. Steps lead up to its facade at left and center. A striped awning hangs over the entry at left. Ornate columns flank its arcade. A group of people approach the building from the right. Trees line stand in front of the right side of the building. Text from negative sleeve: 1150. San Diego Fair About 1912. San Diego. 1. Feeding the pigeons. L to R: Frances West and Elizabeth West. 2. At the fair. L to R: A.B.Schmitz with back to camera. Mrs A.B.Schmitz looking up. Mrs Mary A West sitting down Elizabeth West next to her. Mrs Harry Schmitz. Mrs George M.West. 2 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1150_002 ark:/21198/zz002hsg3x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego Plazas--California--San Diego Animal feeding--California--San Diego Pigeons--California Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
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