242 photographs, autochromes, postcards and plates from 1915 and after, all public domain or freely licensed, each linked to its source.
Building the Fair (2)
Dredging the cove, raising the palaces, and the ground-breaking.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Feb. 20, 1914, one year before opening day (1914 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1914 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceLaying out the exposition grounds, 1914 (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · No restrictions · source
Opening Day (6)
February 20, 1915, and the dedications that followed.
Dedication Day at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915-03-24 (24 March 1915 date Q)P.P.I.E. Co; Cardinell Vincent Co · Public domain · sourceDedication Day at the Panama Pacific International ExpositionP.P.I.E. Co; Cardinell Vincent Co · No restrictions · sourcePresident Taft breaking ground at San Francisco on October 14, 1911, for the Panama Pacific International Exposition (1911-10-14)Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, 1911-10-14 · Public domain · sourcePanama-Pacific International Exposition – Opening day (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceOfficial souvenir of groundbreaking by President Taft at Panama Pacific International Exposition (1911-10-14)J.C. Terry (signed), 1911-10-14 · Public domain · sourceOpening day crowds beneath the Tower of Jewels (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
From Above (7)
Panoramas and bird’s-eye views of the whole exposition.
Panorama of the Panama Pacific Exposition San Francisco California 1915 (circa 1915 date QS:P)George W. Melville · Public domain · sourceAeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1914)Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · sourcePanama-Pacific exposition, general view and group portrait (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceBirds eye view of Panama-Pacific International Exposition, grounds and buildings, including the site and all features (1914 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1914 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceFlickr - …trialsanderrors - Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, aeroplane view, 1915…trialsanderrors · Public domain · sourceBirds-eye view, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1913 (1913)Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co., 1913 · Public domain · sourceThe Court of the Universe from the Tower of Jewels (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
The Walled City (18)
The eight exhibit palaces and the Palace of Machinery.
Panorama taken from top of Machinery Hall (1914 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1914 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourcePalace of MachineryPanama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, 1914, main entrance to Palace of Machinery (1914)Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · sourcePalace of MachineryDoorway - Palace of Varied Industries (1915)poem by George Sterling, illustrations after photographs by Francis Bruguiere, c, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of Varied IndustriesThomas Edison and Mina Edison at the AT&T Palace of Liberal Arts, Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds in San Francisco, listening by telephone to a Diamond Disc Phonograph being play (Taken on 21 October )Unknown photographer · Public domain · sourcePalace of Liberal ArtsPanama-Pacific International Expostion in San Francisco, California, 1914, Avenue of Progress, showing Palace of Mines and Metallurgy (1914)Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · sourcePalace of Mines and MetallurgyAisle in the Palace of Machinery (1915)Moore, Charles C. (Charles Caldwell), 1868-1932, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of MachineryDoorway - Palace of Machinery (1915)poem by George Sterling, illustrations after photographs by Francis Bruguiere, c, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of MachineryFMIB 34467 Washington State Exhibit in the Palace of Food Products, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California (1916 date QS:P571,+1)State of Washington Department of Fisheries and Game, 1916 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourcePalace of Food ProductsPanama-Pacific International Exposition, 1914, San Francisco, California, Palace of Education (1914)Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · sourcePalace of Education and Social EconomyThomas Edison, and Henry Ford touring the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourcePalace of Mines and MetallurgyThe Palace of Machinery (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceInside the Palace of Machinery (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe main group from the Palace of Horticulture (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceInside the Palace of Agriculture (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceInside the Palace of Transportation (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceInside the Palace of Machinery (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Education across the lagoon (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe portal of the Palace of Varied Industries (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
The Tower of Jewels (12)
The 435-foot centerpiece and its glass novagems.
Tower jewels lighted (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsThe Tower of Jewels by Thomas Hastings (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsPalace horticulture tower jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsTowerofJewels (Taken in 1915)Unknown photographer · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsTower jewels avenue palms (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsTower jewels night (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsWilliam de Leftwich Dodge, muralist, with half of his six section 200 foot mural for the Tower of Jewels at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco (1915)farthing2, 1915 · Public domain · sourceTower of JewelsThe Tower of Jewels and the South Gardens (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe arches of the Tower of Jewels (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels from the South Gardens (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels and the colonnade from the lagoon (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceThe Tower of Jewels in color (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Courts and Sculpture (60)
The courts, fountains and statuary of the main group.
The Court of Palms; facade of the Palace of Education (left) and the facade of the Palace of Liberal Arts (right), Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco (1915)George Grantham Bain Collection, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of PalmsMrs. H.P. Whitney's "El Dorado Fountain" (1915)Bain News Service, publisher, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFountain of El DoradoWhitney Door to El Dorado hi res SAAM-S0002530 (1915)Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), sculptor, De Witt Ward (1851-1937), pho, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFountain of El DoradoPerry Energy sculpturemuralso00panarich 0006 (1915)Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 - 1945), sculptor unidentified photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFountain of EnergyWillard Worden, Arch of the Rising Sun at Night, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · sourceArch of the Rising Sun1915 postcard Niche in the Court of the Four Seasons with George Sterling verses (1915)"Cardinell Vincent Co. Mfg. San Francisco," according to credit on reverse., 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of the Four SeasonsB&B Todd Story of Expo vol.1 opp. p.234 (1921)Edgar Walter (1877-1938), sculptor unidentified photographer, 1921 · Public domain · sourceCourt of FlowersCalder Fountain of Energy SAAM-J0050248 (1915)Peter A. Juley & Son, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFountain of EnergyCalder South Sea Fountain of Energy PPIE 1915 (1915)Alexander Stirling Calder (1870-1945), sculptor, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFountain of EnergyColonnade - Court of the Universe (1915)poem by George Sterling, illustrations after photographs by Francis Bruguiere, c, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of the UniverseCourt of 4 Seasons Todd Story of Expo vol.1 opp. p.242 (1921)unidentified photographer, 1921 · Public domain · sourceCourt of the Four SeasonsCourt of the Four Seasons PPIE 1915 (1915)unidentified photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of the Four SeasonsEnd of the Trail, by James Earle Fraser (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · No restrictions · sourceThe End of the TrailFountain of Energy (circa 1915 date QS:P)Alexander Stirling Calder · Public domain · sourceFountain of EnergyKonti Column of Progress panels Burness p.13 (1915)Isidore Konti (1862 – 1938), sculptor unidentified photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceColumn of ProgressMunicipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 (1915) (1915)Internet Archive Book Images, 1915 · No restrictions · sourceCourt of FlowersPanama-Pacific International Exposition – Half Dome in court of Four Seasons (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of the Four SeasonsThe Court of Palms; facade of the Palace of Education (left) and the facade of the Palace of Liberal Arts (right), Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco deriv1 (1915)George Grantham Bain Collection, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of PalmsWillard Worden, Court of Palms at Night, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of PalmsWillard Worden, Court of Palms, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCourt of PalmsWillard Worden, End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser by night 1915 (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · sourceThe End of the TrailThe Arch of the Rising Sun (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Fountain of Ceres, Court of the Four Seasons (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Court of Palms (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceCharles Niehaus's Cortez, before the Tower of Jewels (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Arch of the Setting Sun (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceJames Earle Fraser's The End of the Trail (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceSolon Borglum's The American Pioneer (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Arch of the Setting Sun, Court of the Universe (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Fountain of Energy (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe End of the Trail (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Court of the Universe from the Palace of Horticulture (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Fountain of Energy (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Arch of the Setting Sun (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Arch of the Rising Sun (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Court of Palms (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Column of Progress and the Court of the Universe (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Court of Abundance (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Ages, Court of Abundance (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Fountain of the Earth (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Nations of the East (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Nations of the West (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe End of the Trail (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Pioneer (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceColonnade of the Court of the Universe (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Arch of the Rising Sun (color plate) (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Fountain of Ceres (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Column of Progress and its figures (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFrieze from the base of the Column of Progress (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Star Maiden and the Genius of Creation (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceWinter and Autumn, Furio Piccirilli's figures for the Court of the Four Seasons (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceRelief panels from the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceFrank Brangwyn's mural for the Court of Abundance (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceSpring and Summer, Furio Piccirilli's figures for the Court of the Four Seasons (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceA. Phimister Proctor's American Bison (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceA fountain at the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceChilde Hassam's Fruits and Flowers, mural for the Court of Palms (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceMural for the Court of Palms (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceThe Arch of the Rising Sun (color plate) (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceThe Court of Palms in color (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
The Palace of Fine Arts (13)
Maybeck’s rotunda, colonnades and lagoon.
Columns and Lagoon - Palace of Fine Arts (1915)poem by George Sterling, illustrations after photographs by Francis Bruguiere, c, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFine Arts LagoonPalace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, March 1915 (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · No restrictions · sourcePalace of Fine ArtsStreet Scenes- Fine Arts Bldg. – Lagoon Facade – San Francisco Expo 1915 (1915-01-01 00:00:00)OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons, 1915-01-01 00:00:00 · No restrictions · sourcePalace of Fine ArtsThe Palace of Fine Arts (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Fine Arts across the lagoon (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceRodin's The Thinker, in the Palace of Fine Arts colonnade (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Fine Arts (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceBeneath the dome of the Rotunda, Palace of Fine Arts (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceGondolas on the Fine Arts lagoon (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceAchille D'Orsi's Proximus Tuus, in the Italian section (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceAmédée Joullin's The Weaver (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceArthur Putnam's Puma (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceHaig Patigian's Apollo Hunting (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Horticulture and Festival Hall (17)
The glass dome and the concert hall at either end of the South Gardens.
William Barr Panama Pacific International Exposition Festival Hall (circa 1915 date QS:P)William Barr · Public domain · sourceFestival HallPPIE1915 Festival Hall Interior (circa 1915 date QS:P)Charles C. Moore (Charles Caldwell), 1868–1932 · Public domain · sourceFestival HallPanama-Pacific International Exposition – Festival hall (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFestival HallPalace of Horticulture (1915)poem by George Sterling, illustrations after photographs by Francis Bruguiere, c, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of HorticulturePPIE Palace of Horticulture (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of HorticulturePanama-Pacific International Exposition – Palace of Horticulture (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePalace of HorticultureFestival hall 1915 (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceFestival HallPPIE1915 Festival-Hall-Interior cropped 01 (circa 1915 date QS:P)Charles C. Moore (Charles Caldwell), 1868–1932 · Public domain · sourceFestival HallThe Cuba review (1914) (1915)Internet Archive Book Images, 1915 · No restrictions · sourcePalace of HorticultureThe South Gardens and Calder's Fountain of Energy (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe South Gardens from the Palace of Horticulture (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Horticulture (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe South Gardens (color plate) (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe South Gardens (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Horticulture (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFestival Hall (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Avenue of Palms (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
The Marina and the Sky (2)
The bay front, the harbor, the races and the aviators.
The Palace of Education, showing the half-dome of Philosophy (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · No restrictions · sourceRace Track, Aviation Field, Drill Grounds, Polo Field and StadiumThe Esplanade from Administration Avenue (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
Nations and States (28)
The pavilions of the foreign nations and the state buildings.
Souvenir Canadian Pavilion Panama Pacific International Exposition SanFrancisco 1915 (1915) (1915)Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 · No restrictions · sourceCanadian PavilionSouvenir Canadian Pavilion Panama Pacific International Exposition SanFrancisco 1915 (1915) (1915)Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 · No restrictions · sourceCanadian PavilionSouvenir Canadian Pavilion Panama Pacific International Exposition SanFrancisco 1915 (1915) (1915)Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 · No restrictions · sourceCanadian PavilionSouvenir Canadian Pavilion Panama Pacific International Exposition SanFrancisco 1915 (1915) (1915)Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 · No restrictions · sourceCanadian PavilionPanama-Pacific International Exposition - Indiana State Building 02 (1915)Published for Cardinell-Vincent Co. by Curt Teich & Co., 1915 · Public domain · sourceIndiana Building1915年巴拿马-太平洋万国博览会中国馆 (Taken on 9 March 191)Historypin · Public domain · sourceThe Forbidden City (Chinese Pavilion)Illinois building from Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1914) (June 30, 1914)Rock Island Argus · Public domain · sourceIllinois BuildingMassachusetts Building Postcard from the Panama-Pacific Exposition (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceMassachusetts BuildingNederlandse zalen op de Panama-Pacific International exposition te San Francisco, 1915, RP-F-W-2197-A (1915)Rijksmuseum, 1915 · CC0 · sourceNetherlands PavilionPPIE California Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceCalifornia Building (California Host Building)PPIE Indiana State Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceIndiana BuildingPPIE Kansas State Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePennsylvania BuildingPPIE New York State Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceNew York State BuildingPPIE Pennsylvania State Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourcePennsylvania BuildingPPIE West Virginia Building recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceWest Virginia BuildingPanama-Pacific International Exposition - Indiana State Building 01 (1915)Curt Teich & Co., 1915 · Public domain · sourceIndiana BuildingPanama-Pacific International Exposition - Japanese Tea Houses - Japanese Section - 1915 (1915-06-13)Richmond times-dispatch, 1915-06-13 · Public domain · sourcePavilion and Gardens of JapanPhotograph of the Massachusetts State Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Office of Information. 1925-, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceMassachusetts BuildingW. Kromhout Dutch pavilion int. exhib. SF 1915 (29 May 1915 (publica)Anonymous (photographer) · Public domain · sourceNetherlands PavilionThe Esplanade and the New York State building (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Imperial Japanese pavilion and gardens (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe California building (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Liberty Bell in the Pennsylvania building (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Oregon building (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Australian pavilion (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Argentine building (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Canadian pavilion (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceA pavilion in color, from Todd's history (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
The Zone (11)
The amusement street from Fillmore to Van Ness.
Japan Beautiful, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 (1915)Cardinell-Vincent Company, 1915 · Public domain · sourceJapan BeautifulPanama Canal (1915)Moore, Charles C. (Charles Caldwell), 1868-1932, 1915 · Public domain · sourceThe Panama Canal (operating model)The Aerascope (1915)Moore, Charles C. (Charles Caldwell), 1868-1932, 1915 · Public domain · sourceThe AeroscopeThe Zone, looking toward Fillmore Street (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Zone (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Zone attractions (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Aeroscope on the Zone (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Grand Canyon of Arizona on the Zone (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceToyland Grown Up (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceCrowds on the Zone (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceZone attractions (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
People and Days (21)
Visitors, parades, the Liberty Bell, Edison and Ford.
Thomas Edison standing next to the Liberty Bell on California trip, at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison standing next to the Liberty Bell on California trip, at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceLiberty Bell on display at the Panama-Pacific Exposition during Thomas Edison's California trip. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison receiving commemorative plaque from President C.C. Moore of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in festival hall. (Taken on 21 October )Unknown photographer · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison with a group of children at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison in crowd at Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford in a crowd at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison on stage receiving an award at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison placing plaque on ground while a crowd including Mina Edison and Harvey Firestone look on at Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison, right, Henry Ford, fourth from right, and others at display of Edison Storage Battery cells at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford looking at Edison Telegraph Perforator (1871-1872) on display at Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison shaking hands with an unidentified woman at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Mina Edison walking just ahead of Edison. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceThomas Edison receiving an award at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. (1915 date QS:P571,+1)Unknown photographer, 1915 date QS:P571,+1 · Public domain · sourceEr is veel belangstelling voor de parade bij de Panama Pacific Exposition, SFA022813339 (1913)Unknown photographer, 1913 · Public domain · sourceCrowds on the Avenue of Palms (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceTroops on the Exposition grounds (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Liberty Bell arrives (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceA live-stock parade before the grandstand (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceThe directors of the Exposition (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
The Illumination (19)
The fair at night under W. D’Arcy Ryan’s lighting.
PPIE Mullgardt's Tower by night recto (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · sourceThe Tower of Jewels illuminated (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceNight illumination panorama (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe main group of exhibit palaces at night (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFrom the Court of the Four Seasons toward the scintillator (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels at night (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels illuminated (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceNight illumination of the palaces (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFrom the Court of the Four Seasons toward the scintillator (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceNight on the Marina: the north front of the palaces (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFestival Hall and the lagoon at night (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe illuminated fair from the bay (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceItalian towers illuminated (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Palace of Horticulture illuminated (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts at night (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels and Italian towers illuminated (color plate) (1915)The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceThe Tower of Jewels at night, reflected (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceA court at night under the scintillator (color plate) (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceThe Tower of Ages at night, Court of Abundance (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Posters and Ephemera (5)
Posters, souvenir art and printed matter.
Panama pacific international exhibition san francisco southern pacific railway poster 1915 (1915)Southern Pacific Railway, United States, 1915 · Public domain · sourceHistoric American Buildings Survey From The Blue Book, Official Souvenir View Book Panama Pacific International Exposition - 1915 VIEW FROM THE EAST - Palace of Fine Arts, Baker StUnknown photographer · Public domain · sourceSan Francisco invites the world (Panama-Pacific International Exposition) (1914)Internet Archive Book Images, 1914 · No restrictions · sourceThe Jewel City SF CA 1915 (1915)Pacific Novelty Co., 1915 · Public domain · sourceThe Grand Prize diploma (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Plates from the Library of Congress and from the fair's own books, scanned by the Internet Archive.
Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915, San Francisco, California (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanama Pacific 1915 International Exposition, San Francisco, California (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915 (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceView of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source"California Invites the World" Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A., (1910)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceCourt of Abundance. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915 (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceNight view of Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds, San Francisco, California (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceAeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceSousa at San Fransico Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanama-Pacific exposition, general view and group portrait (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceBirds eye view of Panama-Pacific International Exposition, grounds & buildings, including the site a (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceSousa talking to a woman, San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceExposition grounds, three months before opening day (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceBay and Exposition from 2626 Vallejo St., San Francisco (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanorama showing south gardens, 3/20/14 (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceMain Exhibit Palaces, April 18, 1914 (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanorama taken from the south gardens, June 21st, 1914 (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanorama from top, Education Bldg., looking east (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source