Night time view facing west towards the Palace of Photography and the California Building with its high tower at the California Pacific International Exposition, with automobiles parked along the roadside.
Negatives uclamss_1429_0584 to uclamss_1429_612 are accompanied by a note reading: "E. H., These are San Diego Fair negs. brought in by Charlie Owens, JSW". Charles Hamilton Owens was a staff artist at the Los Angeles Times.
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.