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[Aerial views: Exposition San Diego - highways in background] – Antique Print

[Aerial views: Exposition San Diego - highways in background], c1935. — historic photograph
[Aerial views: Exposition San Diego - highways in background], c1935.. 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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This aerial view looks down on the San Diego exposition grounds with highways visible in the background, a detail that places the fairgrounds within the wider road network of the city. The record dates it to about 1935, the year the California-Pacific International Exposition opened in Balboa Park. That fair drew on the Spanish Colonial Revival style of the park's buildings and marked San Diego's bid for recognition as a Pacific port city. The caption card's subject tags, which include the Navy, bathing beaches, and waterfronts, suggest the photograph may take in more of the surrounding city and harbor, though the record notes these details are unverified.

Created / publishedc1935.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Harry A. Erickson. No copyright renewal. No. 35-130-1. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Navy, U.S.; Bathing beaches; Hotels; Schools; Exhibitions; Waterfronts.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,390 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149608

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