Elizabeth West, Minnie West, Christina Schmitz and Frances Cline riding an Osborn Electriquette past the Nevada Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, [about 1915]

Item Overview

Title

Elizabeth West, Minnie West, Christina Schmitz and Frances Cline riding an Osborn Electriquette past the Nevada Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, [about 1915]

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Architect

Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924
Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946

Date Created

[circa 1915]

Date

1915

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

A blurry photograph of Elizabeth West, Minnie West, Christina Schmitz and Frances Cline riding an Osborn Electriquette along a road through Balboa Park and past the Nevada Building. Their electriquette drives along the road at center. It appears to be in motion and moving towards the left. Elizabeth sits on the front end of the wicker cart and holds a long stick out in front of her with one hand and holds on to the hat on her head with the other. From left to right, Minnie, Christina and Frances sit across the seat of the cart. The road they ride upon extends back and to the right. Behind them, the Nevada Building stands in partial view on the left half of the image. A couple visitors to the park walk along a sidewalk in the distance at far right. Behind the visitors, trees stand in the background.
According to the negative sleeve for this set, these photographs are of the San Diego Fair, about 1912. The buildings in some of the photographs were not built until 1915. It is more likely that these images are were taken in 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in the photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1153. San Diego Fair about 1912. Fair. 1. L to R: Elizabeth West in front. Mrs George M.West. Mrs A.B.Schmitz. Frances Cline. 2. Resting at the fair: L to R: Mrs Mary A West. Elizabeth West. 2 ladies not recognized. Frances West turning around. Chester Schmitz? 2 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Schmitz, Christina, b. 1845 or 46
West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927
Cline, Harriet Frances, b. 1904 or 05
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
Siemsen, Elizabeth West, 1903-1966

Location

California--San Diego

Longitude

32.734529

Latitude

-117.148135

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Exhibition buildings--California--San Diego
Rickshaws--American--California--San Diego
Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)