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Aeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition – Historic Reproduction

Aeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco : Published by Pacific Novelty Co., c1914. — historic print
Aeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco : Published by Pacific Novelty Co., c1914.. Historic print from the Aviation collection.

(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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This rare historic print captures Aeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific International Exposition in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Taken from above, this color halftone shows the main group of exhibit palaces at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as one planned composition. The fair opened in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal and the city's recovery from the 1906 earthquake and fire, and its buildings were grouped around courts and lagoons in a classical style. The print was issued around 1914 by the Pacific Novelty Co., as the last page of an album of natural-color views copyrighted by Gabriel Moulin, so it shows how the grounds were meant to look before the crowds arrived. Its aerial angle also reflects the early years of flight, when bird's-eye views were becoming newly possible.

Created / publishedSan Francisco : Published by Pacific Novelty Co., c1914.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreBird's-eye view prints 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920.
NotesIn album: Views of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in natural colors, last page. Copyright by Gabriel Moulin.
SubjectsPanama-Pacific International Exposition--(1915 :--San Francisco, Calif.)--Buildings. San Francisco (Calif.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,303 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226841

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