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Panama Pacific International Exposition and Panama-California Exposition photograph album, 1915
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Panama Pacific International Exposition and Panama-California Exposition photograph album
- Dates
- 1915 (inclusive)19151915
- Quantity
- 36 photographic prints in 1 album (1 box) ; 11 x 14 in.
- Collection Number
- PH0201
- Summary
- Photographs of the Washington buildings at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and at the Panama-California Exposition in 1915
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
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Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
On February 20, 1915, thousands crowded into the newly opened Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, CA. The exposition commemorated the completion of the Panama Canal as well as the 400th anniversary of Vasco Núñez de Balboa's journey across the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean. Coming less than a decade after a devastating earthquake and fire in San Francisco, the exposition inspired residents and improved the city's struggling economy. The exposition grounds stretched across 635 acres, with buildings to celebrate the achievements of 35 states and 32 foreign nations. Washington state presented exhibits in its own building and participated in other themed exhibits throughout the exposition.
From 1915, San Diego hosted the Panama-California Exposition, which in 1916 was transformed into the Panama-California International Exposition. The Washington Building represented Washington state in 1915, but was renamed and repurposed in 1916 as the Palace of Mines.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
One album with 30 photographs of the Washington building at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. The last six pages of the album contain six photographs which are probably of the Panama California Exposition in San Diego in 1915. One photograph of the Panama Pacific International Exposition is identified as the work of the Cardinell-Vincent Co. which was the official photographer for the exposition; the other photographs of that exposition are probably also by Cardinell-Vincent, and it is probable that the Panama-California Exposition photographs are by the official photographer for the San Diego exposition.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
The album consists of 32 sheets of 11 x 14 photographic paper bound together without an album cover.
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Panama Pacific International Exposition, San FranciscoReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Page | item | ||
1 | 1a | March 22, 1912 | |
1 | 1b | March 22, 1912 | |
2 | 2 | 1915 | |
3 | 3a | 1915 | |
3 | 3b | 1915 | |
4 | 4 | March 12, 1915 | |
5 | 5 |
Reception for Governor Lister in California Building
Cardinell-Vincent Co, San Francisco (photographer)
Caption indicates that Cardinell-Vincent Co. was the official photographer for the exposition.
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1915 |
6 | 6 | Upper sitting room in the Palace of Horticulture |
1915 |
7-8 | 7-8 | 1915 | |
9 | 9 |
Ezra Meeker with replica wagon of his Oregon Trail Expedition
Washington pioneer Meeker led two expeditions along the Oregon Trail in 1906-1908 and 1910-1912. He appeared at several expositions in the United States and abroad, and spent much of his time in his later years promoting the heritage of the Oregon Trail.
At the exposition, Meeker lectured about his exhibit and showed film clips of the Oregon Trail. This display is now in the permanent collection of the Washington State Historical Museum in Tacoma, WA.
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1915 |
10 | 10 | Two men viewing Washington's wheat exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture |
1915 |
11 | 11 | Washington State exhibit room in the Palace of Agriculture |
1915 |
12 | 12 |
Display of Washington potatoes in the Palace of Agriculture
Sign on display reads: Whitacre's "True to Variety" Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Washington Baked Potatoes.
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1915 |
13 | 13a | 1915 | |
13 | 13b |
Washington State dairy exhibit of two giant containers of milk and large box of butter
Sign on exhibit reads: These cans together hold 2788 gallons of Milk. The product of one acre of Alfalfa fed to good Cows.
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1915 |
14 | 14 | Washington crops exhibit in Palace of Agriculture |
1915 |
15 | 15 | Exhibit of forest products in Palace of Agriculture |
1915 |
16 | 16 | 1915 | |
17 | 17 | View of Washington State exhibit room in Palace of Horticulture |
1915 |
18 | 18 | 1915 | |
19 | 19 | 1915 | |
20 | 20 | Display of Grand Prize winning apples in the Palace of Horticulture
Banner in photo reads: Fred Conklin of Brewster, WA Awarded For Best Five Boxes of Apples Grown in the World. Sweepstakes Grand Prize.
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1915 |
21 | 21 | View from inside Fisheries exhibit at the Palace of Manufactures and Varied Industries |
1915 |
22 | 22 | View from outside Fisheries exhibit at the Palace of Manufactures and Varied Industries |
1915 |
23 | 23 | Exhibit about processing fish in Palace of Manufactures and Varied Industries |
1915 |
24 | 24 | 1915 | |
25 | 25a | 1915 | |
25 | 25b | 1915 | |
26 | 26 | 1915 |
Panama-California Exposition, San DiegoReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Page | item | ||
27 | 27 | 1915 | |
28 | 28 | Diorama of Washington landscape in a Washington State Building sitting room |
1915 |
29 | 29 | Washington wildlife exhibit in Washington State Building |
1915 |
30 | 30 | Wall displays in Washington wildlife exhibit, Washington State Building |
1915 |
31 | 31 | Exhibit of Washington fruit, Washington State Building |
1915 |
32 | 32 | 1915 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)