Identifier: C1002013051 (find matches)
Title: Travel January 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: McBride, Nast, & Company, New York
Subjects: Edward Hungerford San Diego Exposition Panama-California Exposition 1915 San Diego war Poland Kara-Kum Tomb of the Caravans Malta
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Contributing Library: The Committee of One Hundred
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JANUARY1915
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THE CENTRAL THOROUGHFARE OF THE EXPOSITION The Prado, named after the famous street of Madrid, runs through the heart of the exposition. Everywhere, in the gray concrete of the buildings, in the flourishing trees, in the paved streets, there is a satisfying sense of permanency and dignity, while the tiles and mosaics lend a happy touch of color To go down there in the middle of summer—a city so far south asto be at about the same latitude as Savannah, Ga.—and find blue skiesand air as crisp and as bracing as one might hope to find in theMaine woods; to go there again in the middle of winter and findexactly the same climate—the grass andthe trees, the brilliant red foliage of thetropical flowers, the warmth and beautyof the sunlight—there can be no exag-gerations on such a topic. No wonderthat San Diego is optimistic. • • • • • It was optimism, plus climate, plus agenerous supply of that splendid Ameri-can quality, that may be described col-loquially as pure nerve, th

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