Gay night time on the Zone Panama-Pacific Int. Exp., San Francisco, Calif. – Vintage Print
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This historic photograph of Gay night time on the Zone Panama-Pacific Int. Exp., San Francisco, Calif. brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Gay night time on the Zone Panama-Pacific Int. Exp., San Francisco, Calif.
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The Zone was the amusement midway of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the 1915 fair that San Francisco held to mark the opening of the Panama Canal. This stereograph shows its lights after dark, when the fairgrounds were known for electric illumination that earned the exposition the nickname "Jewel City." The word "gay" in the title was a common period term for lively or festive, and the card's paired images were meant to be seen together through a stereoscope, which gave the crowds and lit façades a sense of depth. The card was issued by the Keystone View Company, one of the largest publishers of stereographs in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1915. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 17803. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Midways; Lighting; Photog. I.; Exhibitions--1915 (P-P Int. Ex); Amusement parks; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Original scan | 1,359 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144038 |
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