The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. Expo (short for "exposition" and also known as World Fair and World's Fair) is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The exposition was held at the site of the earlier 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego's large, urban Balboa Park. The Panama-California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego California between March 9, 1915 and January 1, 1917 Balboa Park is a 1200 acre (49 km² urban cultural park in San Diego California, United States named after the Spanish explorer Vasco
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Exposition
The reason the Exposition was held was to promote San Diego. The exposition was a success due to careful planning and employee training, with arrangements for restaurants, theatres, security, transportation, and other important details.
The exposition had hundreds of exhibits in history, arts, science, and industry. Some exhibits were unusual, such as Zoro Garden Nudist Colony or the 1 ton (900 kg. Zoro (or Zorro) Garden Nudist Colony was a reputed Nudist colony, composed in its first season only of comely young women at Balboa Park's ) Mechanical Man, and some were not-so-scientific, such as the Lost Continent of Mu.
Architecture
The architecture of buildings from the 1915 fair was Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture, while the few new buildings added in the 1935 fair were the more sterile Vernacular Style, but with interesting Art Deco touches, such as murals. The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was a United States architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century starting in Florida as a regional expression related Vernacular Architecture is a term used to categorize methods of Construction which use locally available resources to address local needs Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial Exotic landscaping was planted around the buildings. The newer buildings are at Presidents Way, southwest of the original buildings at El Prado.
Coinage
In honor of the California Pacific International Exposition, the federal government released a commemorative silver half dollar; today referred to as the San Diego Half. The coin was authorized by congress and released with a stamp. Produced largly to sell to collectors for profit, 480,000 in total were minted, but all but 70,132 in 1935 in San Francisco and in 1936 30,092 in Denver were ultimately melted because they were unsold. The obverse depicts liberty seated with a spear in her right hand a shield with the state motto “eureka” above the head of medusa (California's former state seal). Also there is a bear to liberty's right and in the background there is a ship and a miner; all symbols of California. The reverse depicts the what is now the dome and tower of the Museum of Man in Balboa Park and reads “California Pacific International Exposition” and “San Diego” as well as the mint and year of mintage. These coins were not widely circulated, but some slightly worn examples imply some circulation.
Statistics
The Exposition took ten months to build. It attracted 7,220,000 visitors during its 377 days of operation. Visitors brought US$ 37,700,000 to San Diego. It employed 2700 people, half of them Federal relief workers. The cost was US$ 20,000,000. Admission was 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children 2-11.
Four restaurants provided meals: Cafe of the World, Palisades Cafe, Spanish Kitchens, and the Pioneer Days Restaurant.
Twenty-one nations participated: Argentina, British Empire, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Honduras, Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay, United States, Yugoslavia, and one unknown. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian
Legacy
Park improvements amounted to US$ 6,000,000. The exposition was so popular that some buildings were rebuilt to be made more permanent. Many buildings or reconstructed versions remain in use today, and are used by several museums and theatres in Balboa Park.
In the early 1960s destruction of a few of the buildings and replacement by modern, clashing buildings created an uproar in San Diego. A Committee of One Hundred was formed by citizens to protect the park buildings. They convinced the City Council to require new buildings to be built in Spanish Colonial Revival Style and worked with various government agencies to have the remaining buildings declared as a National Historic Landmark in 1978. In the late 1990s, the most deteriorated buildings and burned buildings were rebuilt.
See also
- California Pacific International Exposition Official Guide; Souvenir Program and Picture Book. 84 pages.
External links
- "Do You Want an Exposition? San Diego's 1935 Fair in Photographs", 'The Journal of San Diego History 31:4 (Fall 1985) by Larry and Jane Booth
- California Pacific Exposition San Diego 1935-1936 History by Richard Amero (San Diego Historical Society)
- "The Crosby Exhibit of 1935 California Pacific International Exposition Covers" - Philatelic Exhibit (November 1999) by Lawrence Gregg
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