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GM350 Oakes Photo (no number on front*)
“San Diego Fair” (SDF) or “San Diego Expo” (SDE) on front of most
All known Oakes postcards have Kruxo back
White border, subtitles on front in back-sloping caps, some have “Oakes” on front
- (agave in large pot on wall; vertical)
- (arcade entrance to Home Economy Bldg-same view as “A Bit of the SDF” below)
- (arcade entrance to Science and Education Bldg; vertical) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (arcade from Montezuma Gardens to Prado; Science tower in b/g) (Oakes imprint on back)
- (pergola with view of Admin Bldg?) (Oakes imprint on back) same as GM360 #538
- (Botanical Building) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Botanical Building from arcade, 2 columns) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Cabrillo Bridge, from below; one complete arch from right with pond in f/g; vertical) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Cabrillo Bridge, from California tower; horizontal (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (California Building & Tower; vertical) (Oakes imprint on back)
- (California Tower; vertical) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Foreign Arts Building from Plaza de Panama) (Oakes imprint on back)
- (Home Economy Building front; vertical) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Home Economy Building tower; vertical)
- (Indian Arts Building tower and mission bells; vertical) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Indian Village; rock cliffs with ladder on right (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Kansas Building)
- (Leap Year Court pergola from in front of Botanical Building; large pots on wall) (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Liberty Bell) (vertical) ~ Back
- (Model Bungalow) (Oakes imprint on back)
- (Model Bungalow from N with expo in b/g) (Oakes on back)
- (“New Mexico State Bldg.” hand printed in border (Oakes/BLS imprint on back)
- (Sacramento Building with crowd at event)
- (Science & Education tower and mission bells; horizontal) (Oakes imprint on back) – same as GM360 #537
- (Southern California Counties Bldg court) same as GM360 #343 and GM360 #511
- (Serra tablet; 3 benches in f/g)
- (Varied Industries Building from SE corner; electriquette at left) (Oakes imprint on back)
- (Varied Industries Building)
- (View of Exposition; Model Farm in f/g) (Oakes/BLS on back)
- (View of Exposition from across Cabrillo Canyon) (Oakes/BLS on back)
- (Washington State Building from across canyon, beneath pergola) (borders trimmed)
- A Bit of the San Diego Fair
- A Group of State Bldgs SDF PC-ABC
- Administration Bldg. SDF
- Arkansas Aetna-izers / ~San Diego Expo. Oct. 11, 1915~
- Balboa Guards, SDF (3 on steps in front)
- Balboa Guards, SDF
- Birds Eye View SDF Oakes
- Botanical Bldg. SDF Oakes (from patio on right)
- Botanical Bldg. SDF (with fountain) PC-ABC
- Botanical Bldg. SDF (with lagoon-man on right in distance) PC-ABC
- Botanical Gardens SDF
- Butter Cow Southern Cal Bldg SDE 1915
- California Bldg. SDF (vertical-tower at left, dome right)
- California Bldg. SDF Oakes (vertical-entrance)
- California Bldg. SDE Oakes (vertical-entrance & tower; some without Oakes on front)
- California State Bldg. SDF (vertical)
- Chicken Runs Model Farm SDF
- Children’s Day SDF – quite different cropping
- Commerce + Industries Bldg. SDF Oakes PC-ABC
- Commerce + Industries Bldg. SDF (same view without Oakes) PC-ABC
- Creatore Band at the SDE
- Fawn Fountain SDF
- Foreign Arts Bldg. SDF (horizontal) PC-ABC
- Gardens, SDF
- Home Economy Bldg & Plaza SDF
- Indian Arts Bldg. SDF Oakes (vertical-through arch)
- Indian Arts Bldg & Towers SDF PC-ABC
- Indians at the SDF (in electriquette #2; BLS on back)
- Interior San Joaquin Valley Bldg. SDF
- Kansas Bldg. SDF
- La Cubanita, Spanish Troupe, Expo Oakes
- Lagoon, SDF
- Laguna de las Flores SDF (at angle across pond, Commerce & Industries Building in b/g)
- Laguna de las Flores SDF (view south, arcade in middle b/g)
- Lagunita de las Flores SDE Oakes
- Lilly Pond SDE (sic)
- Nevada Bldg SDF PC-ABC
- Opening the San Diego Fair Jan 1st 1915
- Organ from the Tower SDE
- Organ from the Tower SDE Oakes – (BLS imprint on back)
- Pergola SDF
- Pergola SDF (different view)
- Peoples’ Chorus – SDF
- Peoples’ Chorus, Easter Day, SDF
- Pigeons, Plaza de Panama SDF (10 people in black in front of Sacramento Bldg)
- (Pigeons, Plaza de Panama – same as above without subtitle)
- Plaza de Panama Thru a Pergola San Diego
- Sacramento Valley Building SDE 1915 (9 reversed)
- San Diego Fair from Balboa Park
- San Joaquin Valley Bldg. PC-ABC
- Serra Tablet, SDF (vertical)
- So. Counties Bldg. (horizontal-left side nearer) SDF Oakes PC-ABC
- So. Counties Bldg. (same as above without Oakes) SDF
- So. Counties Bldg. (horizontal-right side nearer) SDF PC-ABC
- So. Counties Bldg. (vertical) SDE Oakes PC-ABC
- Sombrero Blanco, Spanish Troupe – SDE Oakes
- Spanish Dancers SDE (2 women feeding pigeons)
- Spanish Troupe SDE (13 men, 4 women on steps)
- Spanish Troupe SDE (4 men, 3 women dancing; man in suit watches)
- Spanish Troupe at SDE Oakes (7 seated on grass)
- Spreckels (sic) Organ SDF Oakes
- The Dancers, Spanish Troupe – SDE (1 man, 3 women)
- The Esplanade SDF (no people-view to West)
- The Organ SDE Oakes
- The Organ SDF Oakes
- The Isthmus at Night SDF
- The Prado SDF
- The Prado SDF (musician in electriquette #71 at left)
- Thru the Coridors SDF (sic) PC-ABC
- Utah Bldg SDF
- Varied Industries Bldg SDE Oakes PC-ABC
- Varied Industries Bldg., SDE Oakes (from arcade)
- Washington State Bldg Oakes (Oakes imprint on back)
- West Entrance SDF
- West Gate SDE Oakes
- W.C.T.U Headquarters PCE SD
- With the Pigeons on the Plaza SDF
Variations of Kruxo postcard backs:
- without Oakes or Book Lovers’ Shop imprint on back
- “Oakes Art Prints, 1552 5th St. San Diego, Cal” on back
- “The Book Lovers’ Shop, 5th and C Sts., San Diego, Calif.” on back – closeup of imprint
- “Oakes Art Prints, The Book Lovers’ Shop / 5th and C. Streets, San Diego, Cal.” on back
Notes:
- Oakes category definitions used by Megson are redefined here for clarity:
- Earliest Date: 1/2/1915
- See Oakes photos of fairgoers in electriquettes GM362
- See more fairgoers in electriquettes GM660
