According to the negative sleeve, the power plant in the accompanying photographs was visited by the West, Schmitz and Lemberger party around 1912. The plant that stands in the images was not completed until 1917. It is more likely these images were taken around 1917 or later.
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 Home Economy Building, viewed here was not built until 1915. It is likely that this image was taken around 1915. In 1915 and through 1916, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, for which many of the buildings in this set of photographs were built. The photographs most likely document this event.
According to the negative sleeve, the power plant was visited by the West, Schmitz and Lemberger party around 1912. The plant that stands in the accompanying image(s) was not completed until 1917. It is more likely these images were taken around 1917 or later.
According to the accompanying negative sleeve, the power plant was visited by the West, Schmitz and Lemberger party around 1912. The plant that stands in the images was not completed until 1917. It is more likely these images were taken around 1917 or later.