Jose Manzaneres and His South American Orchestra Pose at the V-8 Fountain, Central Courtyard of Ford Building, California Pacific International Exposition, 1935
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Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. Ford's massive steel and concrete Exposition building included an open-air courtyard and patio where visitors could relax and listen to rumba and dance rhythms performed by Jose Manzaneres's South American musical group.
Ford Motor Company poured resources into the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, constructing the fair's largest and most popular exhibition. Ford's massive steel and concrete Exposition building included an open-air courtyard and patio where visitors could relax and listen to rumba and dance rhythms performed by Jose Manzaneres's South American musical group.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1935
Keywords
United States, California, San Diego, Balboa Park
Jose Manzanares' South American Orchestra
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.182
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
typed label, verso: Jose Manzanares and his South American orchestra play Latin American music daily in the patio of the Ford Exposition Building at Balboa Park, San Diego.
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