GUIDE TO THE ELDON ANDERSON COLLECTION

COLLECTION NUMBER:
C007.

COLLECTION TITLE:
Eldon Anderson Collection.

CREATOR(S):
Eldon Anderson.

DATES OF MATERIAL:
1935-1936.

EXTENT:
39 negatives: safety film; 4 x 5 in.

LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Copy negatives: 84:15268/0-38.

REPOSITORY:
San Diego History Center
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203

ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Loan for copy from Eldon Anderson, [1984?]

RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.

COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives of the San Diego History Center. Reproduction or publication of any part of this collection must include the following information next to the image(s) or in a special section of credits: Eldon Anderson Collection, San Diego History Center, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.

GENERAL NOTES:
Arranged by local control number. Forms part of the San Diego Historical Society Negative Collection.

BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL NOTE:
Eldon Anderson worked in the field of park planning and development before becoming an artist and photographer.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
The collection contains black-and-white copy negatives from original photographs by Eldon Anderson depicting Balboa Park during the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935-1936. It includes general views of buildings and people engaged in various activities, photographs of exposition passes, and portraits of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and those who served him at Casa del Rey Moro.

SUBJECTS INDEXED:
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936: San Diego, Calif.)
Parks — California — San Diego.
Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)

CONTENTS LIST:

Negative Description
84:15268/0 1935 California Pacific International Exposition passes
84:15268/1 President Franklin D. Roosevelt with those who served him
at Casa del Rey Moro [i.e. House of Hospitality]
84:15268/2 Junior girls baseball team
84:15268/3 Fountain near Arboretum [i.e. Botanical Building]
84:15268/4 Building facade [House of Charm]
84:15268/5 House of Hospitality courtyard
84:15268/6 House of Hospitality courtyard
84:15268/7 California Pacific International Exposition buildings
84:15268/8 Man by structure
84:15268/9 Museum of Art facade
84:15268/10 Botanical Building
84:15268/11 California Tower from arcade
84:15268/12 Gateway near Organ Pavillion
84:15268/13 Girl with fruit
84:15268/14 Girl with fruit
84:15268/15 Technician and girl with sound equipment
84:15268/16 Technician and girl with sound equipment
84:15268/17 Technician and girl with sound equipment
84:15268/18 Two men
84:15268/19 Luncheon speaker
84:15268/20 Man at desk
84:15268/21 Girl with model telescope
84:15268/22 Girl modeling oversize shoes
84:15268/23 Girls on steam engine
84:15268/24 Girl being fitted with oversize shoes
84:15268/25 Girl in oversize shoes
84:15268/26 Girls holding giant letters spelling “Expo”
84:15268/27 Two men with Humpty Dumpty
84:15268/28 Men working on model characters
84:15268/29 Two men in park
84:15268/30 Two women dressing child performer
84:15268/31 Two men in park
84:15268/32 Man holding child performer
84:15268/33 Large group of men in park
84:15268/34 Babies among flowers
84:15268/35 Overview of park layout
84:15268/36 Arch of the Future reflected in pool
84:15268/37 Museum of Man and California Tower
84:15268/38   Aerial view of park