S a n D i e g o H i s t o r y Center Newsletter

VOLUME 55 NUMBER 4 FALL 2014

Photo by Daniel A. Anderson, Electric Ivy The Dream Realized : The Jewel of Premieres

THE IN A STUNNING STILL SHOT FROM BALBOA PARK: THE JEWEL OF SAN DIEGO.

Featuring stunning vistas shot by aerial photography Creative Director Kris Viesselman and ably aided juxtaposed with historic images from our collection, by filmmakers Josh Allard and Cody Long, explores the documentary filmBalboa Park: The Jewel of the Park from the heights of the Tower San Diego nears completion, a decades-long dream to the depths of underground museum collections, realized. A centerpiece of the History Center’s 2015 offering an unforgettable visual experience. Centennial Celebration, the film will be shown With funding from the San Diego Tourism daily in our Thornton Theatre, starting in early Authority through the San Diego Tourism Marketing December, as a permanent introduction to Balboa District, as well as support from generous donors Park for visitors, a valuable history lesson for area including Jerome D. and Anne E. Ryan in memory youth, and a testimonial of the remarkable vision of Bea Evenson, research funded by the David of the Park’s founders who created one of the Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation, premier media TIMES great cultural parks of the world. sponsor U-T San Diego, and additional support from Using state-of-the-art motion graphics, three- Roberta and Malin Burnham, Trevor Fetter Family, dimensional mapping, an original sound track, Gildred Families, Ledford-Evans Family, and Legler and photomontages from both the 1915 and 1935 Benbough Foundation. Premiering on the eve Expositions, the talented film crew has produced a of the Centennial, the film is expected to generate lively 30-minute capsule history of the Park, whose increased interest in Balboa Park as a regional historical accuracy has been validated by local asset and destination. historians and writers Roger Showley and Dr. Iris BY CHARLOTTE CAGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Engstrand. The production team, headed by the FROM THE DIRECTOR A masterful expedition Beginning January 9, exhibition niche will be devoted to the artwork the History Center will of San Diegan Alice Klauber, whose single-minded Our mission present an extraordinary resolve drove the effort for the 1915 art exhibition. The San Diego History display of paintings The exhibition will be preserved as a legacy Center tells the diverse from the 1915 Exposition of the 2015 Centennial Celebration through a story of our region - era, the culmination commemorative catalog, with essays by exhibition past, present and of a two-year journey co-curators Bram Dijkstra and Derrick Cartwright, future - educating of discovery and the two of the renowned art experts who inspired this and enriching our expertise of an esteemed project. They have been aided by the energetic community, preserving group of curators. In work of our own Visual Culture Curator, Harry our history and keeping with our mission Katz, who has had the privilege of visiting over 50 fostering civic pride. of elevating the stature museum and private collections in his far-flung of San Diego art, the exhibition’s centerpiece will exhibition expedition. San Diego History Center Board of Trustees be a breathtaking display of 1915-era artwork from This entire initiative is the brainchild of a larger President regional artists, gleaned from private collections group that includes the curators as well as the Thompson Fetter and regional museums, including the Irvine passionate support of Mark Trotter, Pat Crowell, Vice President Museum, Laguna Art Museum, and the Bowers Sandy Dijkstra, and several of our Trustees to Bill Lawrence Bob Watkins Museum. Private lenders from throughout the establish the History Center as the repository of Treasurer region are generously lending exquisite work, San Diego artwork, with a permanent gallery of Frank J. Alessi some never before seen by the public. A special changing displays of the highest quality work from Secretary showcase of artwork by renowned East Coast local and regional artists. Join us on Friday, January Ann Hill President Emeritus artists featured at the 1915 Exposition will include 9, for this unique celebration of San Diego art. Robert F. Adelizzi an unprecedented loan to the History Center from BY CHARLOTTE CAGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hal Sadler the National Gallery of Art in , DC. An Trustees Richard Bregante Diane Canedo Ray Carpenter Dan Eaton adapted posthumously from the circa 1933 Bill Evans watercolor and ink painting created for the cover Gayle Hom of the June 1933 Judge magazine. It is just one of Lucy Jackson Helen Kinnaird the many exciting pieces featured in the exhibition John Morrell which will illuminate Theodor Seuss Geisel’s work Ann Navarra not only as the world’s most beloved children’s Susan Peinado Sandra Perlatti book author but as a true artist. Dr. Seuss’s literacy Kay Porter advocacy and unique approach to storytelling Marc Tarasuck Margie Warner transformed the world of children’s literature, and Allan Wasserman this fanciful exhibition will immerse visitors in that Roger Zucchet world. Advisory Board On Saturday, November 22, Dr. Seuss collectors Malin Burnham Thomas A. Caughlan from throughout Southern California will gather Iris Engstrand for an exclusive VIP viewing of this exhibition Kim Fletcher dedicated to the art and life of Dr. Seuss. Hosted Steve Francis Ann Hill by the San Diego History Center and five regional Yvonne W. Larsen galleries that represent The Art of Dr. Seuss, David Malcolm Detail from After Dark in the Park, Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Canvas, Adapted Seth W. Mallios posthumously from the circa 1933 watercolor and ink painting. this event will explore the amazing depths of Jack Monger Geisel’s artistic legacy as a San Diego resident and Hal Sadler significant 20th century American artist. Rana Sampson AFTER DARK IN THE PARK TO BE FEATURED IN Lynn Schenk INGENIOUS! THE WORLD OF DR. SEUSS EXHIBITION. Our special guest for both receptions is William Mary L. Walshok Dreyer, The Art of Dr. Seuss collection curator and Stephen Williams editor of two acclaimed books Dr. Seuss’s Secrets Pete Wilson Karin E. Winner of the Deep and The Cat Behind the Hat. Dreyer Executive Director After dark in the park will speak about Seuss at both events. In keeping Charlotte Cagan “After Dark in the Park” is the theme of the History with the holiday spirit, the galleries will donate Times Editor Center’s joyous opening of INGENIOUS! The World a percent of the proceeds from each exhibition- Sara Morrison Copy Editor of Dr. Seuss exhibition, on Friday, November 21, related gallery sale to the History Center through Chris Zook hosted by the exhibition’s Presenting Sponsor, The the end of the year. Photo Editor Navarra Family & Jerome’s Furniture. “After Dark” is Chris Travers a special piece from the Secret Art of Dr. Seuss BY CHARLOTTE CAGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Graphic Design Jennifer Cadam EXHIBITIONS

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On Exhibit Place of Promise (opens Oct. 24, 2014) INGENIOUS! The World of Dr. Seuss (Nov. 21, 2014, through Jan. 3, 2016) Sponsored by The Navarra Family &

From the Photograph Collection (#18223-22-A) San Diego Invites the World: The 1915 Expo (Jan. 9, 2015, through Centennial Lecture Series Jan. 3, 2016) Masterworks of the Balboa Park and the Exposition: Exposition Era (Jan. 9, 2015, through Drawing the world’s attention to San Diego Jan. 3, 2016) Presidio to Pacific

ARTISAN SCULPTING CLAY MODEL FOR THE 1915 EXPOSITION, 1913. Powerhouse, Condensed (opens Jan. 30, 2015) Balboa Park truly is a remarkable place. Likely 1915 Panama-California Exposition, is drawing Innovation Showcase you’ve wondered whether it has always looked like on a new generation of community leaders and (opens Nov. 17, 2014) this. Surely it didn’t just appear out of nowhere like experts in architecture, landscaping, park planning, the idyllic Xanadu, the mythical place described and cultural heritage to revisit the years leading in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan. up to and including the 1915 Exposition. The Times Newsletter Although referred to as Xanadu by early park planner The lecture series launched in October with The TIMES Newsletter (USPS 331-890) is , the 1915 Exposition grounds Dr. Ray Ashley, Executive Director of the San Diego published quarterly by were a carefully conceived cultural landscape that Maritime Museum, extolling San Diego’s connection San Diego History Center 1649 El Prado, Ste 3, planners and local business leaders hoped would to the world’s canals, and the importance of the San Diego, CA 92101-1664. Panama Canal in shaping San Diego’s future. In one day bring world recognition to this charming, Periodical Postage Paid seaside port. The opening of the Panama Canal November, USD History Professor, Dr. Molly McClain at San Diego, CA. was the surefire opportunity for San Diego to looks at the World’s Fairs from 1851-1915, that Postmaster present itself to the world. To do so meant proving served as models for San Diego’s Expo. Send address changes to: it was a cultural destination, comparable to other Special thanks are due Cymer, a global industry The TIMES, 1649 El Prado, Ste 3 San Diego, CA 92101-1664. world-class cities like New York, Paris, London, and leader, for sponsoring the Centennial Lecture Series. Financial support is provided Rome. It was up to community leaders to tout the Mark your calendars for the remaining lectures by the City of San Diego virtues of the city and to draw the world’s attention in the Centennial year. For the complete schedule Commission for Arts and Culture. to San Diego. visit, sandiegohistory.org/CentennialLectureSeries. In order to accomplish a similar goal nearly 100 years later, the History Center, through its Balboa BY GABE SELAK, PUBLIC PROGRAMS MANAGER Park Centennial Lecture Series: Celebrating the EDUCATION New Place of Promise On October 24, the History Center re-launched its longtime permanent exhibition, Place of Promise, in a new location in the newly finished rear gallery. Volunteer Visitors to the “new” exhibition will see enhance- ments to the original Place of Promise, but more in 2015 importantly, the installation engages visitors with The History Center richer interpretive materials that convey a greater is currently recruiting aspect of San Diego’s past. New displays of original for our inspiring objects, imagery, and props — from the 2015 exhibitions through the early American period — are on exhibit. and programs. Our Another updated feature, and one popular with volunteers specifically visitors and schoolchildren, is the Walk on San Diego are an essential part of map. Reskinned with higher resolution mapping and the visitor experience. containing more features than before, the map acts We are seeking like a canvas for the new elements of the exhibition volunteers to assist at that discuss the -Mexico border. exciting special events Place of Promise, in its new location, offers a throughout the year, greater chronological context than its predecessor to interact with visitors and, among other features, addresses the question: as informal gallery How did San Diego recover from the 1880s real guides and to lead estate bust? The answer is, in part, through the 1915 visitors as docents on Exposition. This concept complements the upcoming our popular Balboa adjacent exhibition, San Diego Invites the World, Park History Strolls. which focuses on the Panama-California Exposition The only requirement and its impact on San Diego. THE PLACE OF PROMISE EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN, for volunteering is an RELOCATED AND REVITALIZED! enthusiasm for San BY MATTHEW SCHIFF, MARKETING DIRECTOR Diego history; we will teach you the rest. For more information or to apply, visit immersed in the Japanese history of San Diego sandiegohistory.org/ through a series of collaborative events. Working volunteer or contact together, our education department, JAHSSD, Casilda Pagan and Minato School parents created a highly visual at volunteer@ and engaging presentation about the Japanese sandiegohistory.org. presence and influence in San Diego from the 1880s to today. All three institutions contributed photographs and text from their collections to facilitate personal and communal connectedness. Students and families received a hands-on look at history with an interactive artifacts table The Holidays that included documents, maps, photographs, and are RIGHT objects from JAHSSD. Groups were guided through MINATO SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNING both the History Center’s Sin Diego exhibition and around ABOUT CONDITIONS AT POSTON INTERNMENT JAHSSD’s exhibit to gain a deeper understanding the corner! CAMP POSTON FROM ARTIFACTS. of our city’s Japanese residential and business Impress your areas, including the industries that flourished as guests with an a result of their contributions. To conclude their evening for the SDHC & JAHSSD welcome visit, students and families had the opportunity to history books. engage with three panelists, two of whom were Book your Holiday the Minato Gakuen! interned in Poston III, and a third who was a Party NOW! On Sunday, September 14, the San Diego History successful business owner in the Stingaree District. Save Up to 20% Center and the Japanese American Historical The San Diego History Center and the Japanese 619.232.6203 X109 Society of San Diego (JAHSSD) partnered to American Historical Society of San Diego look events@ welcome students, teachers, and family members forward to welcoming back Minato Gakuen for sandiegohistory.org from the Minato Gakuen, a non-profit school future successful explorations. sandiegohistory.org/ dedicated to providing supplementary Japanese rentals education to students living in San Diego. During BY HEATHER POIRIER, SCHOOL PROGRAMS MANAGER their two-hour visit, students and families were DEVELOPMENT/ It pays to be a member! MEMBERSHIP The San Diego History Center is pleased to offer our members unique discounts and savings at select local retailers and exclusive experiences in San Diego. Our Affiliate Partners program connects San Diego Welcome businesses with our members by offering new benefits. San Diego History Center members receive 15% new members off at the Village Hat Shop, both in-store by showing Welcome to the your membership card and online with the promotion members who have code SDHISTORY. Village Hat Shops are located in joined the San Diego Hillcrest, Seaport Village, India Street, and Long Beach. History Center from One of our preferred hotels, The Dana Resort June to August 2014. on Mission Bay, offers premier waterfront Brock Andersen accommodations to members. Special discounts Donald Bell & include 20% off the best available rate, 20% off food Barbara Gail Jacobson Jenny Bettis and beverages (excluding alcohol) at any of their Justin Brent restaurants, and a $20 flat parking fee. To receive Lucinda Bush your discount at The Dana, use the promotion code Maria Butler SDHC/SDHC. Charles Connors The Tony Award-winning Playhouse offers Joyce Evans Olivia & Eric Fletcher members discounts on select performances. Recently Patricia Foley the theater offered $29 tickets to productions of Leslie Giesemann both The Orphan of Zhao and Ether Dome. Todd Gloria To receive information about the most current Mathieu & Raphael Gregoire discounts, make sure we have your email address Gregory & Katherine Horn Carl Hu on file. As our list of Affiliate Partners continues to Karl Johnson grow, you can check sandiegohistory.org/benefits Shirley Kelly to discover new member discounts and benefits of Joy Ledford being a History Center member. Richard & Marsha Lenyk William Littmann Dan McGeorge NEW BUSINESS DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. BY SARA MORRISON, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Pat Minnich Oscar Parra Peggy Rose Campell Schengel Thomas A. Shjarback Celebrate San Diego the World: The 1915 Exposition and the Makers Benita Skalada & of San Diego History Dinner on April 26, 2015. Damon Stevens sponsors step up And the the Trepte Family and the Balboa Park Jacqueline Skelton Sharon & Ralph Sotelo New sponsors are providing generous support for Trust at the San Diego Foundation have provided Lissa Stephen our 2015 Centennial Celebration. Joining Seuss additional new support for the History Center’s Richard Stravinsky exhibition Presenting Sponsors the Navarra Family production expenses for the filmBalboa Park: James Werner & Jerome’s Furniture, the Seuss Fund at the San The Jewel of San Diego. Larry & Patricia Williams Charles Young Diego Foundation, the De Falco Family Foundation, A special gathering to reconnect with long-time Mission Federal Credit Union and Rita’s Ice are friends and supporters and to “make new history” supporting the INGENIOUS! exhibition. Sandy and was held on Sunday, November 2. Many attendees Bram Dijkstra are providing a generous gift for were individuals and families who stepped forward Save the date! the Masterworks exhibition, in addition to Bram’s at a significant time in our museum’s history, CELEBRATE curatorial contributions. Cymer will demonstrate purchasing tiles that are a special treasure in the SAN DIEGO! their unique laser technology in the manufacture Atrium and Glass Gallery. Kay Porter and Duane The San Diego of modern digital chips in our Glass Gallery Drake co-chaired the event with additional Honorary History Center Innovation Showcase, highlighting the ways that Committee members David S. Casey Jr., Anne L. celebrates San Diego continues to be a global innovation Evans, Bonnie and Scody Hage, Margaret Marston, the Centurions leader. Cymer is also sponsoring our Centennial and Nell Waltz. Noted U-T columnist Logan Jenkins, of San Diego Lecture Series, in cooperation with The Friends a fourth-generation San Diegan, delivered remarks 2015 Makers of San Diego Architecture and additional sponsor to round out the festive afternoon. of San Diego UCSD Extension. For additional information on sponsorships, History, Sunday, Barney & Barney — a local firm in business for contact Sharon LeeMaster at sleemaster@ April 26, 2015 more than 100 years — and Union Bank also with sandiegohistory.org or Bev Fritschner at at The Town & a longtime presence in San Diego, are providing [email protected]. Country Resort support for our 2015 exhibition San Diego Invites COLLECTIONS City of San Diego reclaims its records In 1984, the San Diego History Center and the City of San Diego made an official agreement, supported 9/11 by a City Council resolution, whereby the History memorial Center became custodian of many of the city’s foundational records “in order to maintain them museum loan for historical purposes and to make them more The San Diego History accessible to the public.” The 322 large volumes Center is often included City Council minutes, deed records, leases approached by other and contract information, minutes of the Board of museums to lend them Public Works, and resolutions and ordinances. Over items from its extensive the subsequent 30 years that they have remained in collections. In 2011, we our care, the records have been made available for were contacted by the public research and used by countless researchers curator at the planned exploring the history of our city. 9/11 Memorial Museum The Office of the City Clerk has recently in New York regarding embarked on an access and preservation project, a specific San Diego which involves digitization of all city records and telephone directory making them available online. To this end, the in our collection. The city has requested the return of its records, and museum was looking the History Center is working with city officials to for a directory page accommodate their removal to the Office of the SAMPLE OF FOUNDATIONAL RECORDS AWAITING that showed the name City Clerk. The archives staff has welcomed the RETURN TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. of one of the hijackers opportunity to work with these valuable records, who had crashed but is enthusiastic that they are now being returned American Airlines Flight to their rightful place and that research access is BY JANE KENEALY, ARCHIVIST 77 into the Pentagon being enhanced by this major digitization project. on that terrible day. From January to May of 2000, he had lived in both the 1915 and 1916 Expositions and still had San Diego, and it was many empty pages to spare. After some use in a telephone directory the years following the Expositions, the Chamber from this time the of Commerce almost forgot about the enormous museum was hoping volume until it came to light again in the 1930s. to locate. They had The Chamber then went back to Ross and Ross, contacted several other but this time to dispose of the book. The Chamber institutions to find that wanted it cut up into pads of paper for general use specific directory and — a suggestion that horrified Alexander Louis Ross, our document archives who had taken over the business from his father. was the only one that He offered an alternate proposal that he provide could provide a copy. the Chamber with pads of paper in return for giving The long-term loan him the “big book.” This satisfactory arrangement request was confirmed left the book in the care of Ross and Ross until in 2012 for the Pacific 2000 when the company closed, and Norman Bell White Pages from SAN DIEGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Ross, a third-generation bookbinder, fortunately 2000. It is currently GUEST BOOK FOR THE 1915 EXPOSITION. donated the book to the San Diego History Center, on exhibit as part of where it holds a place of honor in our collections. the core historical In preparation for its display in San Diego exhibition at the Invites the World: The 1915 Exposition, we are National September 11 1915 exposition researching the contents of this gigantic artifact to Memorial Museum. “Big Book” project determine where visitors came from in 1915, as Prior to 1915, the San Diego Chamber of Commerce well as hoping to discover some interesting visitors asked Alexander Henry Ross of local bookbinders who signed their names in this extraordinary book, Ross and Ross to create a guest book for use all of which will be shared with visitors to this by visitors to San Diego’s upcoming Exposition. historic exhibition. This was no ordinary guest book, however, as it BY JANE KENEALY, measured around three cubic feet and weighed ARCHIVIST BY JANE KENEALY, ARCHIVIST over 250 pounds. It was so big that it was used for Wall of support: CURRENTS teaming up for veterans Wells Fargo, a major sponsor of the Presidio to Pacific Powerhouse exhibition, sponsors Soldiers to Summits, a program that builds transformative Announcing: experiences designed to help wounded veterans Bum the Dog overcome barriers to their physical limitations and live a life of proud purpose. This year, Soldiers Kids Club! to Summits helped veterans summit the tallest Calling all kids! The San mountain in the contiguous United States: Diego History Center is Mt. Whitney. proud to announce the Wells Fargo reached out to the History Center in launch of Bum the Dog late July to host a “Wall of Support” for the wounded Kids Club, especially for veterans who would be summiting the mountain in kids ages 5-11. In the mid-September. The “Wall” was a large video screen late 1880s, Bum the Dog staffed by a support crew who invited museum was San Diego’s mascot, passersby to write a message to the veterans via belonging to no one Twitter and Facebook. The messages were sent to but loved by everyone. the veterans’ social media feeds as they ascended Bum the Dog Kids Club the mountain, providing words and sentiments of members will engage support to those climbing at around 14,000 feet. with and learn about Installed in our Glass Gallery, the “Wall of Support” San Diego history and at the History Center delivered 400 messages of WELLS FARGO – SPONSORED, SOLDIERS TO SUMMITS, our community through support and encouragement to those who have “SUPPORT WALL” DISPLAY AT THE HISTORY CENTER. special Kids Club served our country so admirably. Our multi-gallery programs and resources. exhibition telling the story of the military in San Kids Club members Diego continues through December 2014 and in a receive an exclusive dog BY MATTHEW SCHIFF, MARKETING DIRECTOR reinterpreted version through 2015. tag showing they are a member of Bum the Dog Kids Club, $1 off admission to the History Center, 15% discount on Bum the Dog books and plush toys at the museum store, and invitations to special Kids Club programs and events throughout the year. Joining the Kids Club is absolutely FREE! To join today, visit sandiegohistory. San Diego History Center Document Archives org/kids. While you Archtoberfest celebrates are there, explore ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION DRAWING OF HOUSE the site, learn about San Diego architecture FOR MRS. ARTHUR JACKSON BY SAM W. HAMILL. Bum’s amazing story, October had a new look this year—a look at building and discover exciting facades, condo conversions, historic preservation activities just for kids. projects, and landscape—as the San Diego Collection held in our Document Archive as well Architectural Foundation launched Archtoberfest! as two architectural walking tours of Balboa Park, Partnering with dozens of architects, designers, which concluded with a stop in our Research BY SARA MORRISON, MEMBERSHIP Library to view original architectural drawings for schools, historians, museums, and environmental DIRECTOR organizations, Archtoberfest kicked off a month- many of the Park’s most recognizable landmark long celebration of San Diego’s built environment. structures. Public architecture tours of Balboa Park Condo complexes, public buildings, architect offices, will continue periodically throughout 2015, so keep Bring History Home architecture schools, city skyscrapers, and more an eye on our program calendar for upcoming Over 50,000 historic images available at served as venues for dozens of tours, talks, walks, dates and times. sandiegohistory.org/ and workshops. The History Center participated BY GABE SELAK, PUBLIC PROGRAMS MANAGER photostore with an Introduction to the Architectural Drawings 1649 EL PRADO PERIODICAL SUITE 3 SAN DIEGO CA 92101-1664

S a n D i e g o H i s t o r y Center Newsletter

VOLUME 55 NUMBER 4 FALL 2014

Calendar Do you suffer November December (continued) from indecisive 4, 7 History for Half Pints: Legend of 9 Balboa Park: The Jewel of San Diego shopping the Indian Paintbrush, 10am | $ (K) film premiere (Balboa Theater), 7pm* 6, 13, 20 12 Bach Collegium Concert, Magnificat: syndrome? Balboa Park History Stroll, 11am & 1pm | $$ From Darkness to Light, 7pm | $–$$ 7 Lecture/book signing: San Diego Italian 13 Saturday Balboa Park History Stroll, Food with culinary historian Maria 1pm & 3pm | $$ THE Desiderata , 6pm | FREE 14 History Center Holidays Party with HISTORY (book purchase additional) ASID designers, 5pm | $$ 8, 29 Saturday Balboa Park History Stroll, 14 History Center Holidays, interior design CENTER 1pm & 3pm | $$ holiday displays by ASID designers | FREE STORE 9 F allback Festival — Gaslamp Quarter, with museum admission (thru 1/4/15) HAS YOUR CURE! 11am | FREE (K) 25 Closed for Christmas OPEN DAILY: 13 Balboa Park Centennial Lecture Series: 26, 27, 28 10AM-5PM Prof. Molly McClain, Architecture of Other Balboa Park History Stroll, 10am & 1pm | $$ World’s Fairs, 6pm | $–$$$ From Alcala to Zoro: Exposition 21 INGENIOUS! The World of Dr. Seuss Architecture Tour, 11am & 3pm | $$ Member Opening Reception, 6pm | (FM) 27 Closed for Thanksgiving January 2015 1 Closed for New Year’s Day Tax time December 2, 3 Balboa Park History Stroll, 10am & 1pm | $$ 2, 12 History for Half Pints, 10am | $ (K) isn’t the only From Alcala to Zoro: Exposition Architecture 4, 11, 18 Tour, 11am & 3pm | $$ time to Balboa Park History Stroll, 11am & 1pm | $$ 8, 15, 22, 29 5, 6 December Nights! Traditional handbell Balboa Park History Stroll, 11am & 1pm | $$ DONATE concerts, 5pm-9pm only | FREE (K) 9 San Diego Invites the World and San Diego Harmony Ringers, 12/5; Masterworks of the Exposition Era YOUR CAR! St. Mark’s Carillon Bells, 12/6 Members Opening Reception, 6pm | (FM) Call (844) SDHC CAR 15 Showley, UT columnist, History of OR Visit sandiegohistory.org $ $ Programs cost $5 – $15 $$ Programs cost $16 – $50 Balboa Park (1867–1909), 6pm | $–$$$ and click on the $$$ Programs cost above $50 (K) Kid-Friendly Event 17, 31 Saturday Balboa Park History Stroll, (FM) Free for Members * Invitation Only Event “Donate Your Car” link 11am & 1pm | $$ All programs take place at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park at the bottom of the page. unless otherwise noted. Programs subject to change or cancellation. All programs require registration or advance ticket purchase. SUPPORT THE Tickets available online at sandiegohistory.org/calendar, by phone SANDIEGOHISTORY.ORG/CALENDAR HISTORY CENTER at (619) 232.6203, ext. 129, or email [email protected]. IT’S FREE AND EASY!