A San Francisco Exposition, California, 1914 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with A San Francisco Exposition, California, 1914, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: [Exposition grounds, three months before opening day]
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A San Francisco Exposition, California, 1914
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San Francisco in 1914 was still rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake and fire, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was taking shape on reclaimed flatlands along the Marina to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and the city's recovery. The fair, set to open in February 1915, was meant to draw on the port's Pacific trade and to show visitors from across the country a city that had come back stronger. Construction on the grounds was still a half-finished mix of scaffolding, mud, and plaster, with large exhibit palaces rising around a central court. Residents of the period would have known the fair as a point of civic pride in a city of roughly 400,000 people, and as proof that San Francisco had recovered from its disaster.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | swadley, w. wesley |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 920 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Exposition grounds, three months before opening day] |
| Reference | CA A San Francisco Exposition 1914 |
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