Original concrete figure from San Diego Museum of Art, 1915-1916.
Today I walked to the City Administration Building in downtown San Diego to view a unique historical exhibit. During City Clerk’s Archives Month, from September 30th to October 31st, the public can step inside the lobby of City Hall and discover Hidden Treasures!
The San Diego City Clerk has partnered with the San Diego History Center to display a variety of documents and artifacts from our city’s past. In addition to this exhibit, Archives Month features many free educational events including lectures, movies and workshops.
(I attended one of the lectures today, and took a tour behind the scenes in the City Administration Building’s basement, where the City Archives are safely preserved. I’ll be blogging about that awesome experience shortly!)
Sign shows 2019 Archives Month Lecture and Tour Schedule. (Click photo to enlarge for easy reading.)City Clerk Archives Month in 2019 features an exhibit of Hidden Treasures in the lobby of the City Administration Building.Many historical documents in the exhibit provide fascinating glimpses into San Diego’s past. (I was pleased to see a Dog Tax Receipt featuring San Diego’s famous town dog, Bum.)Documents on display include an announcement for the Presidio Hill Park dedication in 1929. Pictured is the JunÃpero Serra Museum, original home of the San Diego Historical Society.A collection of old City Clerk seal embossers.Posters describe life in 18th century San Diego. Nearby are Presidio Excavation Artifacts from 1965.These fragments from an olive jar might date as far back as 1769.The exhibit includes fragments of bottles, jars, bowls and plates from early San Diego.Roof tile from the Presidio.Presidio artifacts include cannon and musket balls.Other artifacts on display include the New Town Excavation Collection from the 1980s.New Town artifacts include pistol fragments, 1850-1870.Other artifacts from 19th century New Town include a broken bottle, ceramic wire insulators and a clay effigy.
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