San Diego's Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916)
GM30 Arcade View Co. - Ground-Breaking, July 1911
Titles printed in light box on front in caps on first line, upper & lower case on second line.Solemn High Mass (in caps)/ July 1911 / GBC PCE SDC
Ground-Breaking Ceremonies July 1911 (in caps) / GB PCE SDC
- (several priests at altar, view from right - horse in left f/g) - detail from original SDHS photo with horse and carriage in f/g cropped from postcard
- (very similar to above; more distant view from right - horse in f/g)
- (identical to above but without box, handwritten "San Diego July 19 1911") 2 hand-drawn symbols; cropped differently - ? Arcade
- (close view, priest facing left at altar) ~ RPO postmark dated 7/21/1911 on back (just 2 days after the mass)
- (crowd in stands; no altar)
Church Procession July 1911 (in caps) / GB PCE SDC
- (priest during mass facing right at altar) PC4-116
- (dignitaries in front of grandstand, one turns shovel of dirt)
Floral Parade July 1911 (in caps) / GB PCE SDC
- (5 priests and 2 men riding in open car, 2 boys walk at left) "Bishop Conaty (+)" hand printed - shown above
- (5 priests and 2 men riding in open car, 2 boys walk at left) same as above without hand printing or +
- (4 priests & driver in suit, in car facing left with "pioneer" between USA flags in back) PC4-118
- (4 priests & driver in suit, riding in car facing left, house in backgrd, palm at left) PC4-119
- (4 priests & driver in suit ride in car facing left, priest in back has hat in hand)
- (4 priests & driver in suit ride in car facing left, priest in back has hat in hand) [same as above without title box]
- (inverted label-error-actually priests at altar)
- (error: "Curch" procession with titles inverted)
Industrial, Fraternal and Commercial Parade July 1911 (in caps) / GB PCE SDC July 1911
- "X" (marks) Cabrillo Carnival King (on running board in front of two cars with his male court) - detail from original SDHS photograph PC4-150
- (9 women/girls on white float with large globe on street) PC4-152
- (7 attendants & queen in gowns on horse-drawn float, driver & horse at left) PC4-125
- (attendants in gowns on horse-drawn float, 5 horses at left, 1 with woman rider) "Civic & Ethic Advancement Our Aim"
- (decorated auto labeled Portia on front; Loring's Bookstore in b/g)
- (same Portia Club decorated auto as above; onlookers in b/g)
- (9 people on decorated white float on truck with globe-side view; boy standing with bike at left partly visible on some cards)
- (same white globe float in parade - view from right rear; crowd in background)
Key to abbreviations:
- (horse-drawn float of Plasterers' Union, tower with dome on top; US flag at left)
- (horse-drawn "Rapid Transit in San Diego 1886 Original Car and Driver" on vehicle) PC4-157-5
- ("The Fraternal Brotherhood" 6 people on float; "T.F." on horse) PC4-121 detail 89-17803
See many other Groundbreaking Ceremonies postcards:
- PCE =Pan-Cal Expo.
- PC =Pan-Cal
- GBC=Ground Breaking Celebration
- GB =Ground Breaking
- SDC=San Diego, Cal.
- SD =San Diego
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