The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations Figure 1. Presidio Hill, 1874 / 4 Figure 2. Mission San Diego de Alcalá in disrepair during the 1880s / 11 Figure 3. Undeveloped canyons of Balboa Park, c. 1912 / 13 Figure 4. Publicity poster for the Panama-California Exposition, 1916 / 14 Figure 5. Brazil Exhibition, 1915 / 21 Figure 6. Tijuana Insurrection, May 29, 1911 / 29 Figure 7. Curious onlookers at the San Ysidro border crossing observing the Tijuana Insurrection, May 9, 1911 / 29 Figure 8. Police authorities control free-speech demonstration in downtown San Diego, 1912 / 34 Figure 9. Queen Ramona and court during the San Diego Pageant, July 19–22, 1911 / 39 Figure 10. Industrial Parade, July 21, 1911 / 41 Figure 11. Pageant of the Missions, July 22, 1911 / 43 Figure 12. Postcard of Ramona’s marriage place, Old Town San Diego / 47 Figure 13. San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for Its Improvement, 1908 / 52 Figure 14. San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for Its Improvement, detail 1908 / 53 Figure 15. San Diego exposition plan 1911 / 57 Figure 16. Rendering of the California Quadrangle and Cabrillo Bridge 1914 / 61 Figure 17. New Mexico State Building 1915 / 69 Figure 18. Painted Desert 1915 / 71 Figure 19. Science of Man exhibition, 1915 / 73 Figure 20. Panama-California Exposition fairgrounds on the central mesa of Balboa Park, 1915 / 81 Figure 21. Rendering of the California Quadrangle 1913 / 83 Figure 22. Decorative elements for the Casa de Balboa and Casa del Prado 1915 / 85 —viii— ix List of Illustrations Figure 23. Man’s Evolution exhibition, 1915 / 90 Figure 24. Clay busts of the “Teton Sioux,” 1915 / 92 Figure 25. “Races of Man” chart, 1915 / 93 Figure 26. California Building, 1915 / 105 Figure 27. Scientific library inside the California Building, 1936 / 105 Figure 28. Façade, California Building, 1915 / 107 Figure 29. Farnham historical frieze, 1915 / 109 Figure 30. Murals of ancient temple cities, rotunda of the California Building, 1915 / 110 Figure 31. Mayan historical frieze, 1915 / 111 Figure 32. Painted Desert tourist brochure, 1915 / 115 Figure 33. Painted Desert with tipi and hornos, 1915 / 119 Figure 34. Navajo Indians at the Painted Desert, 1915 / 121 Figure 35. San Ildefonso Pueblo workmen, Painted Desert, 1915 / 123 Figure 36. Pueblo Indians in kiva performing the dog dance, Painted Desert, 1915 / 125 Figure 37. Pueblo jar, María or Ramoncita Martínez, Indian Arts Building, 1915 / 127 Figure 38. Hopi Indians on stage, 1915 / 129 Figure 39. Pueblo women on the Painted Desert, 1915 / 131 Figure 40. Navajo Indians on the Painted Desert, 1915 / 135 Figure 41: Cover of the souvenir guide, California-Pacific International Exposition, 1935–1936 / 140 Figure 42. Proposal for San Diego Civic Center, 1926 / 148 Figure 43. General Improvement Plan, Balboa Park, 1925 / 149 Figure 44. Frank Belcher Jr., Edsel Ford, and Gilbert A. Davidson, 1935 / 163 Figure 45. The Federal Building, 1935 / 168 Figure 46. Looking down the Palisades at the Ford Pavilion, 1935 / 169 Figure 47. Ford Pavilion with Firestone Singing Fountain in foreground, 1935 / 171 Figure 48. Federal Housing Administration brochure, “Modeltown and Modernization Magic,” 1935 / 173 Figure 49. Federal Housing Administration exhibit, 1935 / 177 x List of Illustrations Figure 50. Modeltown brochures, modern vernacular designs, 1935 / 178 Figure 51. Modeltown brochures, modernist designs, 1935 / 179 Figure 52. Richard Neutra poses next to his contribution to Modeltown, 1935 / 181 Figure 53. Roads of the Pacific, Balboa Park, 1935 / 193 Figure 54. Gold Gulch, located in the canyon behind the House of Hospitality, 1935 / 197 Figure 55. Revelers on the Zócalo, 1935 / 205 Figure 56. Women of Zorro’s Garden, 1935 / 207 Figure 57. Nudists defeat machine civilization, Zorro’s Garden Pageant, 1935 / 209 Figure 58. Women of “Sensations,” Zócalo, 1935 / 211 Figure 59. Sally Rand, the fan dancer, 1936 / 220 ...