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City Hall, Civic Center, San Diego, California, 1944

Subjects
City Halls & CourthousesSquares & Plazas
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1944 (Linen)
Front of City Hall, Civic Center, San Diego, California, 1944, c. 1944 linen postcard
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Back of City Hall, Civic Center, San Diego, California, 1944, c. 1944 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The City Hall in San Diego's Civic Center stands beyond a broad plaza, a white stucco building with red tile roofs and a central tower. Red and yellow tulips fill the foreground, and a dark automobile is visible at the right side of the plaza. The printed text calls the building the first unit of a Civic Center for the combined city and county, a $1,000,000 administration building on San Diego's waterfront used jointly by both governments. A traveler with only two hours in town sent the card, hoping to see as much of San Diego as he could.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Sis: Only got 2 hrs. so am going to see all of San D. I can, it sure is a keen place. Hope LA. is as nice Love "Bud"

PublisherHopkins News Agency
CITY HALL, CIVIC CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA—122 The first unit of the Civic Center for the combined city and county of San Diego, is this modern Administration building located on San Diego's water front. This $1,000,000 edifice is used jointly by the city and county governments.
PostmarkedSan Diego, CA, October 1, 1944, 12:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Arlene Sampson

1216 W. Locust St. Davenport, IA

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Diego, CA
PublisherHopkins News Agency
Series122
ConditionGood
Place addressedArlene Sampson, 1216 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA
Place depictedCity Hall, Civic Center, San Diego, CA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a thin white border; several scuff/scratch marks in the sky area; a dark automobile is visible at the right of the plaza. Postmark: SAN DIEGO OCT 1 12 30 PM 1944 CALIF. Divided-back Kropp "Natural Color" card; light edge wear and slight toning, no stamp box marks.

Cite this card

City Hall, Civic Center, San Diego, California, 1944, postcard, c. 1944. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/city-hall-civic-center-san-diego-california-1944. Accessed November 2, 2026.