Fairs and expositions collection, 1893-1967.

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Fairs and expositions collection, 1893-1967.

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Consists of drawings, photographs, postcards, and publications that document a variety of fairs nationwide. The bulk of the material is from two California World's fairs: the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 and the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939. Some material on other world's fairs and smaller expositions, such as the Panama-California Exposition, is also included included.

1 box, 1 flat file drawer.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8219297

California Digital Library

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Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916 : San Diego, Calif.)

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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 ...

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...

Online Archive of California

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