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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Group photograph, from left to right, of: Mary A. West, Kate Schmitz, Elizabeth West, Winnie Schmitz, Minnie West, Frances West and Irene Schmitz? sitting along a curb and taking a rest in Balboa Park. They are gathered at center in the near distance. Kate Schmitz is obscured as she sits in the grass behind Mary West at left. The other members of the group look in various directions. Mary looks to the right at Elizabeth. Elizabeth gazes off towards the left. Winnie Schmitz looks off towards the right. Minnie West looks down and to the right. Frances West and Irene Schmitz both turn their backs to the camera to look behind them. Other park visitors sit beneath the shade of the trees at center and left, behind the curb. A woman walks through the image in the foreground at right. In the distance at right, the Salt Lake Route - Union Pacific Building stands in partial view. According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The buildings in some of the photographs were not built until 1915. It is more likely that these images are were taken in 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, Chester Schmitz is seated at far right, next to Frances West. This person is most likely his sister, Irene Schmitz, as the child wears a dress and her long hair is braided down her back. Text from negative sleeve: 1153. San Diego Fair about 1912. Fair. 1. L to R: Elizabeth West in front. Mrs George M.West. Mrs A.B.Schmitz. Frances Cline. 2. Resting at the fair: L to R: Mrs Mary A West. Elizabeth West. 2 ladies not recognized. Frances West turning around. Chester Schmitz? 2 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1153_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsg8h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego Rest periods--California--San Diego Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966 West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927 Schmitz, Kate A. Gaver, 1871-1966 Wells, Frances Lucille West, b. 1906 Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.) Schmitz, Winifred M Schmitz, Irene, b. 1908 Shepard, Mary Adelbert Teel West, 1883-1960
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