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Sunday, April 17, 2016

The 1915 WORLD'S FAIR

Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, a printed drink coaster 1915
"Panama-Pacific International Exposition,  San Francisco 1915"   from Wikipedia:

". . . to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal . . . widely seen in the city
as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake."
    
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1915 pan pacific expo turnstiles entrance
the entrance locations: all had technically advanced turnstiles       click twice
    
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1915 pan pacific expo ticket
  pay fifty cents per-day admission . . .
    
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. . . or sneak in by hot air device       see full size
    
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1915 WORLD'S FAIR giant gate
    

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1915 pan pacific expo photo of dome
    
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1915 pan pacific expo photo of giant columns
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1915 pan pacific expo arches
     
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1915 pan pacific expo Underwood giant typewriter photograph
a 14 ton functioning typewriter       see full size
    
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1915 pan pacific expo, Fageol Motors Fadgl train photograph
Fageol Motors made transporters,  nicknamed by the public as 'Fadgl trains' 
see full size
    
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1915 pan pacific expo photo of ornamental sculpture
1915 pan pacific expo ornament
 
    

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1915 Worlds Fair Dome
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1915 pan pacific expo photo of the Tower of Jewels
the 'Tower of Jewels' was covered with 102,000 colored cut-glass gems       click twice
    
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1915 pan pacific expo color by Jules Guerin
artist Jules Guerin designed all external colors ...
that's not him in the bushes is it?        click twice
    
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1915 pan pacific expo, large photo
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1915 pan pacific expo, large photo of the Joy Zone
a midway area known as 'The Joy Zone'       click twice
    
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1915 pan pacific expo, large photo of the Aeroscope, giant carnival ride
the 'Aeroscope' slowly raised two stories of 120 spectators
    
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1915 pan pacific expo National Women's Party Freedom Booth, large photo
The National Woman's Party were invited       click twice
    
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1915 pan pacific expo photo of the green wall
a part of the 'Green Wall Of Mesembryanthemum'      
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1915 pan pacific expo photo of giant doorway
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1915 WORLD'S FAIR, Jules Guerin illustration
see full size 
    
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1915 WORLD'S FAIR poster
   

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1915 WORLD'S FAIR poster 2
   

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