Allen Wright: Panama-California Exposition Postcards
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GM640 Allen H. Wright, press photographer
Azo or Cyko back; many stamped “Photo by Allen H Wright, San Diego, Cal.”
Real photos; Wide white border on one edge of card
- (2 boys with corn flakes boxes near Plaza de Panama) PC4-239
- (2 men participating on “Oldsmobile 1900 model” in old-time auto race Sept 23, 1915) *AHR (see back-note by Wright)
- (4 men in kilts playing music by SC Counties Bldg) PC4-385
- (4 men in costume, man in suit in center, Home Economy Bldg)
- (6 sailors in uniform in 3 electriquettes)
- (Al Bahr Temple, San Diego, band in front of SC Counties Building) ~ (names of band members on Azo back) This may not be a Wright photo PC-207-12 (17373-3)
- (Arcades under construction) Kruxo PC4-198
- (Archway of west entrance under construction “Const Co” at left) *AHR
- (boy with dog, both in top hats, roller coaster in b/g) PC4-202
- (“Former Police HQ as hospital for sailors..1918…”) post-Expo: included because this is the only view of this building I’ve seen
- (“Joe Boquel / last picture taken before his fatal fall in Balboa Park”) ~ Azo back
- (Lipton pavilion with man in front) vertical; Cyko
- (Montezuma garden, California Tower in b/g) no Wright stamp; Noko
- Palm Building and Fountain, PCE, SDC (text on front and white border unusual; may not be Wright) Azo
- (“palm-leaf articles in booth at SDF” on back; interior display)
- (Parade with car labeled “Liberty”, probably Expo)
- (Peace Day Parade near SC Counties Building on Sept 28th 1915 “San Diego Ad Club”) *AHR
- (Plaza de California, from above looking east) PC4-195
- (Rogers $2 Hat Shop sign, man in Sombrero; ice rink in b/g) vertical
- (Sailors in group feeding pigeons on Plaza de Panama, Foreign Arts Bldg)
- (Sailors in white uniforms, 2 tall 2 short)
- (Salt Lake City High School cadets on Plaza de Panama July 17th 1915, Home Economy & Foreign Arts Bldgs) PC4-237
- (Scandinavian Day at Expo, 1916; man at pole in organ pavilion) vertical – PC4-205
- (Southern California Counties Building nearing completion) – Kruxo back
- (Southern California Counties Bldg. nearly completed-children on steps are Wright’s son & daughter) *AHR
- (“The Caterpillar” tractor climbing) – Cyko
- (“Toadstool” on the Isthmus) – Azo
- “Theodore Roosevelt reviews US Naval Academy Mid-shipmen July 28 1915 at San Diego Expo” (steps of Sacramento Valley Bldg) *AHR
- (Uncle Sam and Mexican on Plaza de Panama, Home Economy Bldg) PC4-399
- (“United States Chicle Co” interior display) vertical
- (“Wagner Ware” interior display)
- (William Jennings Bryan at Expo Organ, July 17th 1915) *AHR
- (Yelps at left, “dairy” right, on Isthmus) vertical – note on back by Wright
Note: *AHR denotes documentation by Allyn Henry Wright, son of photographer (a few images are scans of his photocopies)