Panama-California Exposition 1915

San Diego's Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916)

Postcard index

GM360 Oakes Photo - numbered on front*

Most have "San Diego Fair" (SDF) or "San Diego Expo" (SDE) or "San Diego Fair 1915" on front
All known Oakes postcards have Kruxo back

(509) (arcade entrance on left; Oakes/BLS on back) PC4-188
(528) Agricultural Building SDF PC-ABC
(365) Arts & Crafts, SDF (vertical)
(503) Arts and Crafts SDF(vertical- tower & bells-text at right)
(517) Arts and Crafts SDF(thru arch-vertical-text at left)
(??2) Birds Eye View, SDF Oakes
(411) Botanical Building, SDF
(411) Botanical Building (same as above 411?)
(362) Exposition Band
(515) Feeding the Goldfish SDF
(515) Feeding the Goldfish SDF Oakes (BLS on back)
(3??) Feeding the Pidgeons (sic-horizontal)
(543) Feeding the Pidgeons (sic-vertical)
(538) Garden So. Counties SDF
(500) Greek Pergola SDF
(507) Home Economy (through arch, man with shovel)
(392) Home Economy Bldg Oakes (vertical)
(392) Home Economy Bldg (vertical-same view as 392 above)
(505) Home Economy (vertical-same view as 392 above)
(507) Indian Family SDF (4 people) PC-ABC
(522) Indian Trading Station SDF
(560) Indian Village at SDF
(564) Indian Village at SDF
(520) Japanese Bridge, SDF
(512) Japanese Tea Pavilion SDF
(406) Laguna SDF
(374) Montana Bldg SDF
(576) Model Bungalow SDF
(361) New Mexico Building SDF
(400) New Mexico Bldg SDF
(401) New Mexico Bldg SDF Oakes
(527) Ostrich Farm On the Isthmus SDF
(521) Painted Desert SDF
(500) Pergola SDF
(534) Pergola at SDF
(363) Pidgeons, (sic) Plaza de Panama (small boy kneeling)
(38?) Pidgeons (sic) on Plaza de Panama (slightly different from above and closer)
(562) Puente Cabrillo
(5??) Puente Cabrillo. SDF (view from North-all 7 arches)
(570) Puente Cabrillo. SDF (closer view from North-all 7 arches-differs from above)
(526) Puente Cabrillo from State Bldg SDF (from tower looking West)
(316) San Joaquin Valley Building
(513) Science and Education
(350) Science and Education (vertical)
(540) Science and Edu. SDF
(343) Southern Counties Building (vertical)
(509) Southern Counties SDF (distant frontal view from canyon) PC-ABC
(511) Southern Counties SDF(same as 343)
(532) Southern Counties SDF (view from SW corner)
(501) Spreckles (sic) Organ SDF Oakes
(372) Spreckles (sic) Organ from Tower
(545) Spreckles (sic) Organ SDF
(546) Supai Indian Children SDF
(370) The Esplanade SDF (child with hat-view to East)
(370) The Esplanade Oakes SDF (same photo as above with Oakes)
(384) The Faun SDF
(406) The Laguna SDF
(377) The Laguna de las Flores Oakes
(377) The Laguna de las Flores (same view as above without Oakes)
(568) The Model Farm SDF
(506) The Prado
(542) The Prado SDF Oakes BLS on back
(375) The Prado SDF
(410) Varied Industries Building SDF
(410) Varied Industries (same photo; title different)
(531) Vista at San Diego Fair (vertical)
(537) Vista at San Diego Fair
(360) Vista SDF PC4-189
(314) Vista SDF (vertical)
(538) Vista thru Pergola
(2??) Washington State Bldg Oakes

Variations of Kruxo postcard backs:

Notes:

Oakes category definitions used by Megson are redefined here for clarity:
GM350 has no number on front. GM360 has a number on front.
Cards in either set may have Oakes, BLS or Oakes/BLS imprint on back.
Earliest Date: 1/2/1915
See Oakes photos of fairgoers in electriquettes GM362
See more fairgoers in electriquettes GM660

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