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Exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala and garden, San Diego, circa 1874

Description:
Stereoscopic photographs of an exterior view of the Mission San Diego Alcala showing a well (or water tank?) in the garden. The mission, in the background, is in a state of disrepair. Much of the stucco has fallen off of the adobe walls. A road from the left leads to the church entrance. In the foreground is a windmill and well. A pipe extends from the windmill and its end hovers over the well.
Date:
[circa 1874]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Exterior view of Mission San Diego Alcala and garden, San Diego, circa 1874

Interior of the chapel at Santa Ysabel Asistencia, San Diego, 1902

Description:
Santa Ysabel Asistencia, established in 1818 as a sub-station to Mission San Diego de Alcala, was located east of San Diego in the area north of the town of Santa Ysabel. The cemetery is all that remains of the original site, which included a chapel, granary, and several adobe houses. The copyright of the photograph is April 3, 1902.
Date:
1902
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Thresher, G. P. (George P.)
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Interior of the chapel at Santa Ysabel Asistencia, San Diego, 1902

Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego, 1887

Description:
Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego. The bells that chimed for Ramona's wedding, 1887. The two bells are hung from a wooden beam structure separate from the wooden slat building behind them. A man is standing in the foreground. In the background is a wood rail fence, a low hill and an adobe wall enclosing, possibly, a cemetery.
Date:
1887
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Mission bells at Old Town, San Diego, 1887

Governor Frank Merriam introduces President Franklin Roosevelt at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Description:
Governor Frank Merriam stands at a podium and introduces President Franklin D. Roosevelt before his address in Balboa Stadium. The platform the Governor stands upon is lined by a railing decorated with patriotic bunting and a flag. The flag hangs in front of the lectern. Behind the lectern, Governor Merriam stands at center and looks up. Behind him at left, a few military officers are seated. Seated behind Governor Merriam at right, are, from left to right, President Franklin Roosevelt, Mayor Percy Benbough and Eleanor Roosevelt. American flags and patriotic bunting surround the platform and decorate the stadium's colonnade, which stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Governor Frank Merriam introduces President Franklin Roosevelt at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Shell Oil Company Building under construction at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, circa 1935

Description:
Photograph of the Shell Oil Company Building, cast in concrete in the shape of a seashell, at the California Pacific International Exposition during the end stages of construction. A ladder is suspended from the top of the shell and a man is suspended on a scaffold near the top on the right. Scaffolding is on the ground in front of the building. Technical writing appears on each shell spandrel about midway up the façade (where there appears to be a join between 2 large cast shell sections), at the bases of the shell spandrels, and around the doorway. A flatbed truck and 2 cars are parked in front and 2 boys are passing on a bicycle.
Date:
[circa 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Shell Oil Company Building under construction at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, circa 1935

Press corps documents President Franklin Roosevelt's address at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Description:
Related to the article, “PRESIDENT VOWS HE'LL SHUN WAR: Promise Given on Neutrality Individual Effort, He Says Must Follow Gains Made Under New Deal NEUTRALITY REAFFIRMED Roosevelt Vows to Shun War New Deal Foes Challenged With Statistics in His San Diego Talk,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 1935: 1
Date:
[circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Press corps documents President Franklin Roosevelt's address at Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Description:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at a podium while delivering a speech in Balboa Stadium. The platform he stands upon is lined by a railing decorated with patriotic bunting and a flag. The flag hangs in front of the lectern. Behind the lectern, President Roosevelt stands, off-center to the left. He looks down at the lectern. An unknown military officer stands to the immediate right of him. Behind President Roosevelt at left, a few military officers stand and clap their hands. Standing behind President Roosevelt at right, are, from left to right, Mayor Percy Benbough, Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unknown woman (possibly Grace Benbough?). Mayor Benbough is partially obscured by the military officer beside the President and the 2 women stand side-by-side beneath an American Flag. American flags and patriotic bunting surround the platform and decorate the stadium's colonnade, which stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

President Franklin Roosevelt gives an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Description:
At center, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at a podium while delivering a speech in Balboa Stadium. The front rail of a stage stretches across the foreground on an angle back from right to left. A banner hangs down from it at left. Behind the rail, President Roosevelt stands at center, facing left. He looks up as he places his hands onto the podium in front of him. Flowers adorn the stage along the right edge and the American flag stands behind and to the left of the President. Balboa Stadium's crowd is visible in the background at left.
Date:
[circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
President Franklin Roosevelt gives an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Description:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at a podium while delivering a speech in Balboa Stadium. The platform he stands upon is lined by a railing decorated with patriotic bunting and a flag. The flag hangs in front of the lectern. Behind the lectern, President Roosevelt stands, off-center to the left. He looks up as he raises one arm in the air. Behind him at left, a few military officers stand and clap their hands. Standing behind President Roosevelt at right, are, from left to right, Mayor Percy Benbough, Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unknown woman (possibly Grace Benbough?). Mayor Benbough claps his hands and the 2 women stand side-by-side beneath an American Flag. American flags and patriotic bunting surround the platform and decorate the stadium's colonnade, which stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa October 2, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers an address in Balboa Stadium, San Diego, 1935

Dignitaries attend the opening of the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

Description:
Dignitaries attend the opening of the California Pacific International Exposition include, from left, William Phillips, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, Exhibition President Frank Belcher, California Gov. Frank Merriam, and Brig.-Gen Seth Howard of the California National Guard.
Date:
[May 29, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Dignitaries attend the opening of the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

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

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.
Date:
May 29, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Governor Merriam at the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935

Navy event next to the Standard Oil Tower at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Description:
Photograph taken at the California Pacific International Exposition next to the Standard Oil Tower. Sailors stand in formation in the foreground, Navy personnel are lined up along a path and people are gathered around. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is in the background on the right.
Date:
[1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Navy event next to the Standard Oil Tower at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Cabin on a hillside, possibly Mount Soledad, where human remains were discovered, San Diego, 1927

Description:
Photograph of a cabin on a hillside with trees in the background. The negative sleeve annotation dates the image to 1927 and relates it to the investigation of the murder of George Schick, a wealthy mine owner. According to a Los Angeles Times newspaper story, in 1927 human bones were found on Mount Soledad in San Diego, by a man clearing orchard land with a tractor. It was ultimately determined that the bones belonged to man taller than Schick.
Date:
[circa November 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Cabin on a hillside, possibly Mount Soledad, where human remains were discovered, San Diego, 1927

Visitors at the California State Building during the dedication at the California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, 1935

Description:
View of a crowd in front of the California State Building on the opening day of the California Pacific International Exposition. Governor Merriam, who gave the dedication, is in the background standing behind a policeman on the right.
Date:
May 29, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Visitors at the California State Building during the dedication at the California Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego, 1935

Night view of the Standard Oil Tower of the Sun at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936

Description:
Art director Juan Larrinaga invented a motif for the ground level of the building that mayhave been inspired by repeat key patterns on the walls of the Place of the Dead in Mitla, Oaxaca. The cleanly articulated geometric designs on the tower were Art Deco in style.
Date:
[1935-1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Owens, Charles H.
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Night view of the Standard Oil Tower of the Sun at the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935-1936