Governor Merriam at the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Governor Merriam at the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

Photographer

Owens, Charles H.

Architect

Requa, Richard, 1881-1941

Date Created

May 29, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Juan Larrinaga (Juan Baptista Manuel Larrinaga) was born on San Antonia, Baja, Mexico. He graduated from St. Vincents College in Los Angeles in 1900, worked as an artist-designer in the movie industry, and was an art director for several expositions around the country.
Governor Merriam is visible wearing the same suit and tie in a photograph published with the article, "Crowds Hail Beauty of Exposition at San Diego as Without Peer in History," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1935: 5.
The California State Building now houses the San Diego Automotive Museum.
Photograph of Governor Merriam giving the dedication in front of the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition. The Frieze and mural by Juan Larrinaga are visible behind him.
Charles Hamilton Owens (1881-1958) was an illustrator and landscape painter, and Los Angeles Times staff artist [identified as the photographer in image ark no. 21198/zz002d9x88].

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: California, San Diego, Exposition

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Exhibitions--California--San Diego
Dedications--California--San Diego

Names

Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)

Location

San Diego (Calif.)

Longitude

32.727226

Latitude

-117.153493

Resource type

still image