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[Aerial of Exposition buildings, San Diego, Calif.] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial of Exposition buildings, San Diego, Calif.], c1935 May 7. — historic photograph
[Aerial of Exposition buildings, San Diego, Calif.], c1935 May 7.. Historic photograph from the World's Fairs collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Aerial of Exposition buildings, San Diego, Calif.]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Aerial of Exposition buildings, San Diego, Calif.]

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From the air, this view shows the grounds of Balboa Park in San Diego as the California Pacific International Exposition was preparing to open in 1935. The fair marked the 400th anniversary of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo's landing on the California coast, and its buildings extended the Spanish Colonial Revival style that had shaped the park since the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. The photograph was made by H.A. Erickson, though its caption data is unverified and the exact date should be read with some caution.

Created / publishedc1935 May 7.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by H.A. Erickson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,735 × 2,250 px · prints to 9 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115318

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