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Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs

Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00140

Title: California State Building, 1915 Panama-California Exposition

Creator: Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor

Bio/Origin: American, 1869-1942

Role: Architect

Notes: This is a view of the California State Building and tower, from the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in San Diego, California. "The Piccirilli Brothers of New York City created casts of ornament on the tower and facade of the California Building and on the two gates framing the Quadrangle. These they sent to Tracy Art and Brick Stone Company of Chula Vista for final execution." (Source: San Diego Historical Society website, http://www.sandiegohistory.org/pancal/sdexpo4.htm)

Creator: Taylor, Harold A.

Bio/Origin: American, 1878-1960

Role: Photographer

Dates: ca. 1915?Building Date

Classfication: Photographs

Medium: gelatin silver print

Current Site: North and Central America: United States; California, San Diego

Measurement: Image: 7.9134 x 6 in.; 20.1 x 15.24 cm

Subjects: Towers, Architecture, Exhibition buildings, Domes, Mosaics, Inscriptions, Relief sculptures, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, California

Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning

Repository: Cornell University Library?A.D. White Photographs?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University