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GUIDE TO THE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION OF 1915 COLLECTION

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COLLECTION NUMBER:
C084.

NAME OF COLLECTION:
Panama-California Exposition of 1915 Collection.

LOCAL CONTROL NUMBER(S):
Photographic prints: OP 10550-10616 and 10636-10643.

DATES OF MATERIAL:
1912-1915.

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
Ralph P. Stineman, [Walter E.] Averrett and [C. H.] McFadden, [Charles F.] Todd and [M. Emma] Lewis, and Peter A. Juley.

EXTENT:
77 photographic prints: gelatin silver; 21 x 32 cm. or smaller.

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

ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of Audrey Harwood, 1982 (Accession No. 338-D).

RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.

COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives at the San Diego Historical Society. 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: Panama-California Exposition of 1915 Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.

GENERAL NOTES:
Forms part of San Diego Historical Society Original Print Collection. Related materials: Frank P. Allen Jr. Papers, 1902-1947. See Print Reference books on Balboa Park for more images of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915. Copy negatives available, 82:14090-14158.

ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT:
Arrangement: numerical.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:
An architect and engineer, Frank P. Allen Jr. was chief architect and director of works for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTES:
Photographs of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition from Frank P. Allen Jr. depicting construction and style of buildings and other features, most designed by Allen or consulting architect Bertram Goodhue. Includes views along El Prado of Varied Industries Building, Home Economy Building, California Building and Tower, Cabrillo Bridge, the Lily Pond and Botanical Building, the Japanese Tea Pavilion, Food Products Building, and Indian Village. Also, views of pre-construction Balboa Park, reproductions of architectural drawings, and a photograph of Allen.

SUBJECTS INDEXED:
Panama-California Exposition (1915: San Diego, Calif.)
Exhibitions – California – San Diego.
Exhibition buildings – California – San Diego.
Architecture – California – San Diego.
Parks – California – San Diego.
Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)

CONTENTS LIST:
OP 10550
Bird's-eye view of buildings (California Tower, left) under construction, looking east from above Cabrillo Bridge, 1914

OP 10551
View of Plaza de Panama from pergola on roof of Home Economy Building

OP 10552
Varied Industries Building (right) [architect Frank P. Allen Jr.'s initials on back of photograph]

OP 10553
Buildings along El Prado, looking east

OP 10554
Buildings along El Prado, looking west, with California Building and Tower in background and Varied Industries Building in foreground (right) [architect Bertram Goodhue's last name and Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10555
San Juaquin Valley Building, 1915

OP 10556
Looking west along El Prado, Varied Industries Building and California Tower on right

OP 10557
Construction of Foreign Arts Building, Commerce and Industries Building (right), and Lily Pond [two copies], 1914

OP 10558
Looking south from Lily Pond at Foreign Arts Building (right) and Commerce and Industries Building (left), 1915

OP 10559
Looking south from Lily Pond [Allen's initials on back of photograph], 1914

OP 10560
Arcade and tower of Commerce and Industries Building [Allen's initials on back of photograph], 1914

OP 10561
Commerce and Industries Building, east end [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10562
Arcade and tower of Commerce and Industries Building, El Prado still under construction [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10563
Arcade and tower of Commerce and Industries Building, 1914 [Averrett & McFadden, photographer]

OP 10564
Looking north across El Prado toward Botanical Building from between Foreign Arts Building (left) and Commerce and Industries Building (right)

OP 10565
Looking north across El Prado toward Botanical Building from between Foreign Arts Building (left) and Commerce and Industries Building (right), 1914

OP 10566
South front of Varied Industries Building showing detail of doorway [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10567
Varied Industries Building, 1914

OP 10567A
San Jauquin Valley Building, 1914

OP 10568
Science of Man Building

OP 10569
“A quiet patio” near the Science of Man Building [Todd & Lewis, photographer]

OP 10570
Japanese Pavilion

OP 10571
Japanese Pavilion

OP 10572
Sacramento Valley Building [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10573
Sacramento Valley Building [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10574
Looking southwest from Lily Pond at rear of Home Economy Building

OP 10575
Lily Pond, Home Economy Building (left), and Sacramento Valley Building (right), 1915

OP 10576
Looking west from Lily Pond [1915?]

OP 10577
Construction of Lilly Pond in front of Botanical Building [two copies; Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10578
Lily Pond in front of Botanical Building

OP 10579
Lily Pond in front of Botanical Building [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10580
Front of Botanical Building [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10581
Construction of Food Products Building [Allen's initials and Goodhue's name on back of photograph, as architect and Consulting architect; two copies]

OP 10582
Botanical Building and Food Products Building

OP 10583
Botanical Building (right) and Food Products Building (left) [Allen's initials and Goodhue's name on back of photograph]

OP 10584
Lily Pond and Food Products Building

OP 10584A
Food Products Building

OP 10585
Close-up of Father Serra Memorial

OP 10586
Indian Village [1915?]

OP 10587
Indian Village [1915?]

OP 10588
New Mexico Building, I. H. and William Rapp, architects

OP 10589
Kern and Tulare Counties Building in foreground, with Organ Pavilion under construction, 1914

OP 10590
Photograph of [pen-and-ink?] drawing of Cabrillo Bridgeand California Building and Tower [Peter A. Juley, photographer]

OP 10591
Photograph of [pen-and-ink?] drawing of Cabrillo Bridge and California Building and Tower [possibly by Bertram Goodhue, architect who designed California Building and Tower; Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10592
California Building and Tower (left) under construction, 1914 [two copies;Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10593
California Building and Tower (left) under construction, 1914 [two copies;Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

[Note: No OP 10594.]
OP 10595
California Tower [1914?]

OP 10596
California Tower [1914?]

OP 10597
California Building and Tower and Cabrillo Bridge [Goodhue's name and Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10597A
California Building and Tower [1914?]

OP 10598
Cabrillo Bridge under construction, looking from below, 1914

OP 10599
Cabrillo Bridge, looking from road below

OP 10600
Cabrillo Bridge, looking from a balcony or porch

OP 10601
Indian Arts Building, 1915

OP 10602
Southern California Counties Building

OP 10603
Food Products Building, looking north along Calle Cristobal, 1914

OP 10604
Sacramento Valley Building, showing detail of doorway [Allen's initials on back of photograph]

OP 10605
Corner of patio, Science of Man Building [Todd & Lewis,photographer]

OP 10606
Home Economy Building under construction, 1913: “Copied from the Hacienda d'Heras, Mexico. The tower is copied from the palace of King Phillip, Monterey, Spain.”

OP 10607
Entrance to Home Economy Building [Allen's initials andGoodhue's name on back of photograph]

OP 10608
Home Economy Building tower

OP 10609
Home Economy Building

OP 10610
Home Economy Building

OP 10611
Sacramento Valley Building, 1914

OP 10612
Southern California Counties Building

OP 10613
Automobile on road through undeveloped area of Balboa Park [ca. 1912], unidentified building in distance [Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10614
Road through undeveloped area of Balboa Park [ca. 1912], unidentified building in distance [Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10615
Undeveloped area of Balboa Park showing steps (center) and construction (upper right), 1912 [Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10616
Architect Frank P. Allen Jr. (third from right) and others [Ralph P. Stineman, photographer]

OP 10636
Foreign Arts Building

OP 10637
Indian Arts Building and arbor

OP 10638
View through archway of arcade

OP 10639
View through arch showing unidentified sculpture

OP 10640
Close-up of Lily Pond

OP 10641
Interior view of Botanical Building

OP 10642
Interior view of Botanical Building

OP 10643
Indian Village