Palace of Industry, California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego by Dorothy Barbara Thomas Haddaway

Palace of Industry, California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego by Dorothy Barbara Thomas Haddaway

Palace of Industry, California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego

Dorothy Barbara Thomas Haddaway

Title

Palace of Industry, California Pacific International Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego

 
Artist
Year
1935  
Technique
pastel 
Image Size
8 5/8 x 8" image & paper 
Signature
pencil signed on support sheet 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
inscribed on support sheet: Exposition 1:1.1 in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
Behr-Manning Mohawk Flint paper; support sheet is a green gray wove 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
PMJ338 
Price
SOLD
Description

The California Pacific International Exposition was held in San Diego's Balboa Park during May 29, 1935 through November 11, 1935, and February 12, 1936 through September 9, 1936. It was San Diego's second successful attempt to hold a World's Fair. The first was held in 1915 and many of the buildings from the original fair were used again in 1935.

Two themes of the fair were "progress" and "beauty". An exhibition committee controlled the California Pacific International Exposition so the focus of the fair turned from the history of California toward corporate interests. The modernist Ford building, emphasizing "progress" and consumerism, was a startling contrast to the historic Spanish influenced buildings from the earlier fair.

The "beauty" was provided by the Zoro Garden nudist colony whose attributes could be enjoyed through knotholes in a fence. Visitors to the 1935 exposition could enjoy fourteen miles of exhibits and attractions.