{"id":189,"date":"2010-09-07T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2023-03-14T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:49:11","slug":"the-public-library-in-balboa-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"The Public Library in Balboa Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\"><em>The building was populated with an amazing assortment of wildlife: squirrels, bees, doves, flies, lost cats and dogs, lizards, fleas, termites, spiders, and mice. None of these visitors could really be blamed on the proximity of the Zoo next door. The staff learned not to feed the squirrels, to administer soda and sympathy for bee stings, [and] to wield a well-aimed fly swatter . . .<\/em><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman;\"><em>&#8212;<\/em>Clara Breed, City Librarian<em>. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman;\">Read here about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/balboalibrary.pdf\">The Library in Balboa Park<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_192\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192\" data-attachment-id=\"192\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=192\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?fit=2827%2C2251\" data-orig-size=\"2827,2251\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bp3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Public Library in Balboa Park&amp;#8217;s Food and Beverage Building, 1953.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?fit=1024%2C815\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-192\" title=\"bp3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?resize=300%2C238\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?resize=300%2C238 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?resize=1024%2C815 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bp3.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Public Library in Balboa Park&#8217;s Food and Beverage Building, 1953.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D189&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The building was populated with an amazing assortment of wildlife: squirrels, bees, doves, flies, lost cats and dogs, lizards, fleas, termites, spiders, and mice. 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