Exhibits and Expositions collection 1867-1939

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Exhibits and Expositions collection 1867-1939

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The collection consists of materials relating to international exhibitions and expositions. The bulk of the materials relate to three expositions held in San Francisco, California: the California Midwinter Fair (1894), the Pan-Pacific International Exposition (1915), and the Golden Gate Inernational Exposition (1939-1940). The collection also includes materials relating to other international expositions held in North America and Europe between 1867 and 1939, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893).

2.73 Cubic feet; 2 archives boxes, 1 half-size archives box, 1 legal archives box, 2 flat archives boxes, 1 card box, 2 oversize folders, 2 oversized framed items

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...