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Showing posts with label World fairs & exhibitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World fairs & exhibitions. Show all posts

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."
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo turnstiles entrance
the entrance locations: all had technically advanced turnstiles    see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo ticket
  pay fifty cents per-day admission . . .
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo
. . . or sneak in by hot air device       see full size
    
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1915 WORLD'S FAIR giant gate
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo photo of dome
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo photo of giant columns see full size
   
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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
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo, Fageol Motors Fadgl train photograph
Fageol Motors made transporters,  nicknamed by the public as 'Fadgl trains' 
see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
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
see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo color by Jules Guerin
artist Jules Guerin designed all external colors ...
that's not him in the bushes is it?       see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
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'       see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo, large photo of the Aeroscope, giant carnival ride
the 'Aeroscope' slowly raised two stories of 120 spectators
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
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1915 pan pacific expo National Women's Party Freedom Booth, large photo
The National Woman's Party were invited       see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo photo of the green wall
a part of the 'Green Wall Of Mesembryanthemum'              see full size
    
1915 WORLD'S FAIR
    
1915 pan pacific expo photo of giant doorway
see full size
    
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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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Sunday, December 6, 2015

The 1876 Worlds Fair . . .

image of Centennial Exhibition of 1876 ticket
at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia the ticket price was
50 cents,  or $22.22 in 2015 money       see full size
   
1876 World's Fair
      
the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition birds-eye view, aerial illustration
the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition       see full size
   
1876 World's Fair
      
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 entrance gates
there were 106 public entrance gates,  and 17 wagon gates for supplies
see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
image Centennial Exhibition of 1876 Main Building
the main building (careful, you almost stepped in that) was the
largest building in the world at the time ... there were actually five
main buildings plus many pavilions       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
               
1876 Philadelphia Expo main entrance, a photograph
1876 Philadelphia Expo main entrance
     
1876 World's Fair
               
the 1876 Philadelphia Expo Dome, an illustration
interior view of the dome in Memorial Hall       see full size
    
1876 World's Fair
               
1876 Philadelphia Expo Art
many artworks were displayed
    
1876 World's Fair
               
1876 Philadelphia Expo Florida Display, a photograph
     
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 orchestra
an orchestra gets down to it . . .       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
an interior tree at the 1876 World's Fair
an interior tree
      
1876 World's Fair
        
1876 Philadelphia World's Fair Hand and power pump exhibit, an illustration
"Hand and power pump exhibit"
      
1876 World's Fair
        
1876 World's Fair Great Corliss Engine
"President Grant and the Emperor of Brazil starting the Great Corliss engine" 
which powered everything in the main building
                
1876 World's Fair
                  
1876 Philadelphia Expo Corliss engine, a color illustration
the Great Corliss engine
  
1876 World's Fair
        
1876 World's Fair, H.C. Fox & Sons druggists' and perfumers' glass wares, an illustration
"H.C. Fox & Sons druggists' and perfumers' glass wares"
      
1876 World's Fair
        
1876 World's Fair model cathedral photograph
a miniature gothic configuration,  and behind him a model of a cathedral
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 chemist display
a chemist's display       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 hydraulic basin
"The Hydraulic Basin,  in Machinery Hall"       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
               
the hydraulic basin       see full size
     
1876 World's Fair
        
1876 World's Fair furniture maker, an illustration
a furniture-maker's display
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 windmill in the agriculture hall, an illustration
an actual old windmill,  inside the Agricultural Hall
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 view
see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 horticultural hall
"Horticultural Hall"       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 Canada log house
"Canada Log House"       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
               
Mississippi Building at the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia
"Mississippi Building"       see full size
     
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 zoo bear pits
"Bear Pits,  Zoological Garden"       see full size
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 pomological hall
the Pomological (fruit) Building ... those parasols were helpful,
as a reportedly serious heat-wave slowed attendance for a time
see full size
      
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Centennial Exhibition of 1876 monkey house, an illustration
we're touring the exhibits,  but we came for the "Monkey House"
      
1876 World's Fair
        
Centennial Exhibition of 1876 department of public comfort
before we leave this Centennial Exhibition of 1876,  let's
use the "Department of Public Comfort"       see full size
    
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