Exposition

Official catalogue and guide book to the Pan-American Exposition with maps of Exposition and illustrations. Buffalo N.Y. U.S.A. May 1st to Nov. 1st 1901.

190160753Buffalo NY: Charles Ahrhart Gies & Co. Printers & Engravers 1901. 12mo. 5 x 7 in. 176 pp. 1 large folding colour map frontisp. Plan of the Pan-American Exposition drawn by C.E. Pelz numerous photo illustrations and plates 1 large folding map â€œNew Map of the City of Buffalo.â€ Embossed forest-green softcovers raised & embossed gilt lettering & globe medal on front cover embossed fir & palm trees old tape repairs to closed tears at fold creases on frontisp. map some dustsoiling edgewear still VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this fairly uncommon travel guide book to the Pan-American Exposition featuring both the large folding maps. Included are descriptions of the range of acts and attractions featured at the Exposition which included Bostockâ€™s Trained Wild Animals Akounâ€™s Beautiful Orient Venice in America with Italian Gondoliers Roltairâ€™s House Upside Down or â€œPalace of Illusionsâ€ the â€œWar Dance of Cape Lopez Blacksâ€ the Philippine Village the Hawaiian Village which featured a representation of the Kilauea Volcano ever erupting and the Battle of Missionary Ridge Cyclorama. Augmenting the City of Buffalo map is a directory to all of the streets and cross streets and hotels restaurants and other services also receive mention. Sadly the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York is best remembered today as the site of President McKinleyâ€™s assassination Sept. 6 1901. This guide book was released with issues containing just one plan to the exposition as well as this version which featured the City of Buffalo map as well. Charles Ahrhart, Gies & Co., Printers & Engravers, paperback

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[PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION]. [ARNOLD, Charles] Dudley] & KILBURN, B[enjamin] W[est (Photographers)].Biblio.com

The Temple of Music by night where Pres. McKinley was assassinated. 14615; Birdseye view of the Pan-American Exposition. 12419; The Ethnology Building at night. . . 14457; The National Guard in review before the President. . . 14551; In all its glory. 14513; The surging crowd eager to see our President. 14560; The Progress of Electric Science. 14617; Taking in the sights. 14473; The first photograph ever made showing the interior construction of a modern breech loader. 14487. . . Nine original stereoview photographs of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.

190160932Buffalo NY & Littleton NH: C.D. Arnold B.W. Kilburn 1901. Nine original stereoview albumen Woodburytype photographs sized 6 x 3 in. mounted on beige-coloured studio boards sized 7 x 3.5 in. all w/ printed captions & photographer’s imprints a couple w/ former ownership markings on versos in ink manuscript 7 w/ scalloped upper fore-edges minor dustsoiling minor wear to fore-edges still a VG set of images from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Nine scarce and original albumen stereoview photographs detailing the exhibits sights and the sensational lighting effects achieved at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY in 1901. Many of the Exposition buildings including the prominent Electric Tower were covered in approximately 2 million 100 watt incandescent light bulbs producing an incredible display when turned on each night attracting millions of people who visited. This Exposition marked a defining moment in Buffalo history with the city becoming the focus of international architectural artistic technological and industrial attention at the Fair. Arnold 1844-1927 was previously the official photographer of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and it appears Kilburn contracted to produce and distribute stereoview images using Arnold photos. See: The Pan-American Exposition: Selected Sources in the Grosvenor Room RBR T485.C1 F5; Opening of the New York Electrical Society Season Electrical World & Engineer Vol. XXVIII No. 17 Oct. 26 1901 p. 674. [C.D. Arnold], B.W. Kilburn, hardcover

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[PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION -- TYPEWRITERS/WOMEN]. KENNEDY, J CliffordBiblio.com

The â€œUnderwoodâ€ in the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901. . . one chromolithograph souvenir trade card depicting the Electric Tower recto and photo illustration of Underwood typewriter exhibit on verso.

190160904Buffalo NY: Wagner Typewriter Co. 241 Broadway 1901. One chromolithograph cabinet-sized card 4.25 x 6.25 in. printed photo on verso minor dustsoiling slight edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce promotional trade card from the Wagner Typewriter Co. which not only featured an elaborate display of their latest mechanical and electrical â€œUnderwoodâ€ typewriters but also featured the prodigious competition by two Massachusetts women Mary Esther â€œMaeâ€ Carrington 1878-1944 and Alice Mary Schreiner 1878-1961 renowned competitive speed typists earning $ 100.00 per week typing up to a 144 words per minute with accuracy. â€œLady Bettyâ€ columnist of the Buffalo Evening Times wrote that the â€œexhibit of American typewriters at the Exposition was the most elaborate and comprehensive ever attempted at any exposition and that augmented by the presence of these two wizard-like operators.â€ No copies in Worldcat U of DE does hold a 4 pp. Underwood Typewriter Catalogue; See: Richard Polt The Classic Typewriter Page Underwood No. 5 2020; Buffalo Evening Times Womenâ€™s Realm May 18 1901; Robert Messenger ozTypewriter April 18 2019. [Wagner Typewriter Co.]., [241 Broadway], unknown

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[PANAMA California International Exposition, 1916]. OSBORN, Clyde HBiblio.com

Typed Letter Signed

501187on Exposition letterhead in green ink San Diego January 18 1916; to D. Whiting of the Rolin Film Company: ".send us the names whom you are going to send down here to take a picture on the Exposition grounds. For your personal use a temporary pass." Small 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback

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[Panama Pacific International Exposition].Biblio.com

Official Souvenir of Ground Breaking by President William H. Taft for the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915. October 14 1911.

1911100851Souvenir pamphlet 8vo colored printed pictorial wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Folded and creased down the middle with a little wear at the fold some minor rubbing to wrappers normal aging; otherwise very good. This is a scarce piece of ephemera commemorating the 1911 groundbreaking ceremony by President William H. Taft for the exhibition in the Golden Gate Park. While the purpose of the exhibition was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal it seemed to function more as a worlds fair held in San Francisco. It took over three years to construct and the exhibition ran from February through December 1915. There are a number of black and white photographs in the booklet including a double page panoramic view of the city of San Francisco. The activities of the ceremony are recorded in this pamphlet which feature speakers songs marches and what they had for dinner Blair-Murdock Co.,

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[PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

Views of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco California. February 20th to December 4th. . . .

191558381San Francisco: C.T. Co. Artgravure 1915. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 8.25 in. 48 pp unpaginated. Colour-tinted photogravures throughout including panoramic centerfold birds-eye view by the Cardinell-Vincent Co. Embossed brown softcovers embossed raised gilt lettering yapp edges mounted colour photo front cover w/ original mailing envelope tears rubbing chipping F/G- copy. First edition of this nicely printing souvenir photographic record of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of many of the pavilions fountains and courts. C.T. Co., Artgravure, paperback

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[PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO].Biblio.com

Official publication: Panama-California International Exposition San Diego 1916. . . .

191660787San Diego & Brooklyn NY: The Albertype Company 1916. Oblong folio. 13 x 10.5 in. 22 leaves unnumbered. With 22 Albertype photos tipped-in sized 8.25 x 6.25 in. all w/ captions in blank margin below. Textured tan softcovers yapp fore-edges minor dampstaining & soiling to fore-edges front cover lower fore-edge back cover still a Fair copy. First edition of this wonderful travel souvenir for the Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego CA March 1915 through Dec. 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and San Diego as the first port-of-call. Of particular interest is the opening photo featuring Clyde Osborn’s Electriquette which were electric-powered cards that 1916 visitors used to travel around the park with rides costing a $1 apiece and battery life of 8 hours. Adolph Wittemann and his brother Herman began working as printers in New York in 1867 and first started printing books and postcards under the Albertype name in 1887. Adolph acted not only as agent finding customers for their services but taking photographs across the country to be made into postcards. The Albertype Company, paperback

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[PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO].Biblio.com

Panama-California Exposition San Diego 1915 souvenir book.

191560629San Diego & Chicago: Published by I.L. Eno 958 5th St. Made by Curt Teich & Co. 1915. Oblong 8vo. 8 x 5.5 in. 64 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated and printed throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Exposition grounds in present-day Balboa Park yapp fore-edges minor dustsoiling & edgewear still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this wonderful travel souvenir for the Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and San Diego as the first port-of-call. This Exposition is famed for its Mission Revival Style Architecture which over a decade later would inspire the architect Richard Requa. Published by I.L. Eno, 958 5th St., [Made by Curt Teich & Co.], paperback

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[PANAMA-CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO]. NEUHAUS, EugenBiblio.com

The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture sculpture horticulture color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama-California International Exposition.

191660887San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co. March 1 1916. 8vo. xiii 1 79 5 pp. Tipped-in photo frontisp. 32 tipped-in photo plates. Original gray publisher’s boards w/ tan printed d.j. attached & spine and on flaps as issued minor chipping head of spine minor creasing couple very minor closed tears still VG/VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Second edition of this nicely illustrated Paul Elder title celebrating the continuation of the Panama-California International Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and San Diego as the first port-of-call. This Exposition was famed for its Mission Revival Style Architecture which over a decade later would inspire the architect Richard Requa. See: Paul Elder Two California Expositions 1915. Paul Elder & Co., hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION]. MONTGOMERY, Frances Trego].Biblio.com

Billy Whiskers at the Exposition. Illustrated by Frank J. Murch.

151960989Akron OH: Saalfield Publishing Co. c. 1915 1923. 4to. 192 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour frontisp. 5 colour internal plates numerous black & white illustrations. Quarter-tan cloth over pictorial boards cover art of Billy Whiskers at the Exposition with Nannie minor edgewear rubbing minor bumping to corners w/ d.j. cover art front & back covers by Murch minor shelfwear light rubbing couple very minor chips VG/VG bright copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Early edition of this 17th title in the wonderful series about the misadventures of the famed goat including mishaps in San Francisco’s Chinatown and a rundown on the wonders of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Ads on front flap listing to Billy Whiskers’ Frolics 1923. Saalfield Publishing Co., hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- EDUCATION & SOCIAL REFORM]. [CORR, Peter H, HAMLIN, Huybertie P, HAMMOND, Natalie H,Biblio.com

Massachusetts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco California 1915. Report of the Board of Panama-Pacific Managers for Massachusetts.

191562581Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers 1915. 8vo. v 1 234 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 1 large folding floor plan charts. Blue embossed & ribbed publisherâ€™s cloth gilt lettering stamped front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing edgewear still a NF copy w/ presentation slip bound-in from the Board of PPIE Managers for Massachusetts. First edition of this report which highlighted the tremendous achievements by the State of Massachusetts during the Progressive era as well as their very popular tea room which was one of the best-attended attractions during the run of the Worldâ€™s Fair. The Massachusetts Booth emphasized their reforms in education for vocational training and reducing poverty new educational methods improvements in Mental Health â€œInsanity Hospitalsâ€ Public Health reforms to improve the blind as well as dental agricultural and medical reforms. In addition there was a fine exhibit on Massachusetts road building for the early â€œGood Roadsâ€ campaign reforms prior to World War I. Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- REFRIGERATION]. [SMITH, Hugh L & BOECK, Charles H]Biblio.com

My visit to the Panama-Pacific Exposition -- and here is where I saw the Great White Frost Refrigerator.

191560860Jackson & Detroit MI: White Frost Refrigerator Co. The Franklin Press 1915. 12mo. 3.7 x 6.25 in. 24 pp. printed in yellow black & white throughout white thin borders numerous illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of stylish Progressive Era woman w/ Tower of Jewels in background and the exhibit of the Great White Frost Refrigerators on back cover NF. First edition of this very rare catalogue and giveaway sales brochure for the White Frost Refrigerator Co. exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. In 1915 most refrigerators if the home had one were large wooden cabinets fitted with a space for ice but the White Frost Refrigerator created a 47 inch tall 27 inch in diameter product with a curved enamel steel case wire rotating shelves able to hold up to 100 pounds of ice for cooling and also cool an exterior water cooler tank. Hugh Smith was the president of the company of this White Frost’s which were first patented in 1906 and were very popular at their PPIE debut. No copies in Worldcat. White Frost Refrigerator Co., The Franklin Press, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION]. STERLING, GeorgeBiblio.com

Ode on the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco February 1915. . . .

191560791San Francisco CA: A.M. Robertson 1915. 8vo. 16 pp. Title in red & black rubricated initial. Cloth-backed blue-gray boards black lettering on front cover minor soiling to lower fore-edge light foxing still VG- copy booksellerâ€™s label on rear pastedown for â€œThe Seven Arts Carmel CAâ€ from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition 1 of 525 copies. In 1914 Sterling had been writing back and forth urging Albert Bender who played a key role in arranging for fire insurance for the PPIE writing that he intended to write an â€œOdeâ€ for the opening of the Exposition. Although the Commission did not pay him he submitted it to the San Francisco Examiner for publication even though it was â€œrather Socialistic: but Hearst shouldnâ€™t be particularâ€ and subsequently paid him $ 125.00 Feb. 20 1915. A.M. Robertson, hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- GUIDEBOOK]. [RODGERS, John Francis (Association Copy & Manuscript Visit Notes)].Biblio.com

Official guide of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition -- 1915 San Francisco California U.S.A. Opening Day February 20 1915; Closing Day December 4 1915 Extra-illustrated with clipped-linen-backed mounted Wahlgreen map and laid-in linen-backed Southern Pacific RR Map linen-backed with manuscript annotations; together with 2nd copy Official guide of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition -- 1915 San Francisco California U.S.A. Opening Day February 20 1915; Closing Day December 4 1915. . . .

191560910San Francisco CA & Oakland CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition The Wahlgreen Co. Official Publishers 1915. Three pieces. 1st two - 8vo. 11-132 pp. w/ clipped Exposition map backed in linen mounted onto title page photo & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers covered in white linen manuscript annotation of J.F. Rodgers 853-36th St. Oakland CA on front cover minor edgewear creasing; with large 28 x 8 in. Map of the Exhibition grounds issued by the Southern Pacific backed in linen on verso w/ extensive ink manuscript notes of itinerary and visits on verso list of 17 dates neatly written in upper fore-edge of recto some dustsoiling at fold creases edgewear still G set; 2nd - 8vo. 160 pp. With 1 large folding 4-panel frontisp. map of Exposition on recto birds-eye of San Francisco Bay on verso w/ photo ads at margin illustrated ads at front & rear. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the City of Domes colour ad for Southern Pacific on back minor chipping head & foot of spine some creasing edgewear still VG- copy all from the library of John Francis Rodgers 1863-1932 and Prof. Marvin Nathan. First editions stated of these uncommon guidebooks to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition together with the well-used map and manuscript notes of the Southern Pacific Railroadâ€™s â€œLost Propertiesâ€ department head who attended the Fair 17 times through the year. These offer an intimate historical portrait of the frequency and popularity of visits by many fairgoerâ€™s during the run of the PPIE. The neat manuscript notes list all the band performances he managed to catch through the year of festivities including John Philip Sousa conducting his popular marching band; the Philippine Constabulary Band which had originally played in 1904 at the St. Louis Worldâ€™s Fair and whose performances at the PPIE proved very popular including 1 conducted by Sousa; and the Marimba Band â€œof Hondurasâ€ which was actually the Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band the official Guatemalan Representatives at the PPIE who performed standing room only and wildly popular packed concerts; as well as the U.S. Marine Corps Band Arizona 1st Infantry Band St. Vincentâ€™s Orphan Asylum Band Oakland School Band and more. He was also actively interested in the aerial shows performed at the PPIE featuring flights by pioneering aviators four of whom would not see 1917 as Silas Christofferson 1890-1916 perhaps best remembered for his dramatic leap off of the roof of the Multnomah Hotel in downtown Portland; Lincoln Beachey 1887-1915 who drowned while performing loop aerial maneuvers in a test Beachey-Eaton Monoplane crashing into San Francisco Bay in front of the PPIE crowd; Art Smith 1890-1926 who replaced Beachey and pioneered sensational aerial displays with fireworks and magnesium flares over the night skies; Charles Niles 1868-1916 who performed with Petrossi only to die a year later in OshKosh WI; and finally the Paraguayan daredevil Silvio Petrossi 1887-1916 noted for his illuminated night flights as well and even survived a crash in San Francisco Bay only to die in 1916. Rodgers also attended the PPIE during Contra Costa Day March 3 Tuolumne Day April 14 an Oakland School concert in Festival Hall April 16 Japan Day August 31 Liberty Bell Day July 7 and even Illinois Day - held July 24 1915 in honor of the Chicago Limited SS Eastland disaster after the ship rolled over at the pier killing 844 passengers & crew. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Wahlgreen Co., Official Publishers, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION]. [HIBERNIA BANK].Biblio.com

Official publication: Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915: hand-colored.

198059668San Francisco CA: Hibernia Bank originally Robert Reid 1980. Oblong 4to. 12.75 x 10.5 in. 23 leaves unnumbered. w/ 1 10.25 x 26.5 in. folding four-colour facsimile on thick cream-coloured paper-stock. Publisher’s light gray softcovers Arts & Crafts lettering & decoration front cover yapp edges punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ white silk braid NF copy. Facsimile edition of this beautifully souvenir photographic record of the Exposition originally published by Robert Reid in 1915. The colour plates encompass the Palace of Fine Arts at night; the Tower of Jewels by day & night; the Avenue of Progress and the Great South Gardens. Of particular interest is the large double-page Aeroplane View birds-eye photos in which all of the pavilions were originally coloured-in by Gabriel Moulin Studios in San Francisco. Hibernia Bank, (originally Robert Reid), paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

Official souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco 1915.

191560803San Francisco CA: Robert A. Reid Publisher of Official View Banks 1915. Oblong 8vo. 12.5 x 9.75 in. 40 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated title and photo-illustrated throughout. Tan-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Exposition grounds and tower of Jewels yapp fore-edges NF copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated souvenir for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Robert A. Reid, Publisher of Official View Banks, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

Official souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco 1915.

191560797San Francisco CA: Robert A. Reid Publisher of Official View Banks 1915. Oblong 8vo. 12.5 x 9.75 in. 40 pp unpaginated. Photo-illustrated title and photo-illustrated throughout. Tan-illustrated softcovers cover art of the Exposition grounds and tower of Jewels yapp fore-edges NF copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated souvenir for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Robert A. Reid, Publisher of Official View Banks, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco 1915. Opens February 20 closes December 4. Booklet No. 1. . . .

191460836San Francisco CA: The Architect and Engineer of California 617-619 Monadnock Building Dec. 1914. Tall 8vo. 7 x 10.25 in. 56 pp unpaginated. With over 100 text illustrations photos colour-illustrated insert pp. 25-32 decorative & illustrated borders. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Perham Wilhelm Nahl 1869-1935 of the famed â€œThirteenth Labor of Herculesâ€ forcing the giant cliffs apart with a hazy view of the PPIE in the background colour plate of the Exposition & the Tower of Jewels on back cover minor age toning slight shelfwear rubbing still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Second edition of this fairly uncommon promotional souvenir for the famed 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition including a colour-insert series of pages and extensive photo-illustrated sections on the largely rebuilt San Francisco along with other California attractions including the Missions & Chinatown. The Architect and Engineer of California, 617-619 Monadnock Building, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION -- WOMEN]. SIMPSON, Anna PrattBiblio.com

Problems women solved. Being the story of the Woman’s Board of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. What vision enthusiasm work and co-operation accomplished.

151960870San Francisco: The Womans Board Press of the Blair-Murdock Co. under the direction of John Henry Nash 1915 1916. Thick 8vo. xvii 1 191 1 pp w/ 108 pp of tipped-in portrait photos. Frontisp. photo numerous tipped-in photo plates. Quarter-beige cloth over brown boards printed paper spine-label minor rubbing & scuffing minor wear to corners still VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this informative and well illustrated report issued by the Woman’s Board detailing their efforts to coordinate efforts with the Red Cross assorted Woman’s Auxiliary organizations and created a California Chapter of the Travelers’ Aid Society. The Woman’s Board representatives all wore a uniform badge met every boat and train arriving into San Francisco and aided nearly 140000 visitors at a cost of nearly $ 30000. They were essential in not only organizing venues for entertainment but also aiding visitors in finding housing and amenities. The Womans Board, [Press of the Blair-Murdock Co., under the direction of John Henry Nash], hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION -- LIGHTING]. [RYAN, Walter D'Arcy (Chief of Illumination)].Biblio.com

Programme of illumination effects at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

191560845San Francisco CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; General Electric Co. 1915. 12mo. 3.8 x 8.2 in. 8 pp unpaginated. Self-printed softcovers black lettering on front cover minor shelfwear slight toning still VG copy from collection of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this rare lighting program detailing how Dâ€™Arcyâ€™s lighting by refracting light through mirrors and thousands of Austrian Novagems and a myriad of searchlights enhanced and enthralled visitors to the buildings and courts of the famed Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco 1915. The created effects included special nightly light shows featuring the â€œBirth of Lightâ€ â€œNebular Hypothesisâ€ â€œThe Aurora Borealisâ€ â€œFireless Fireworksâ€ â€œSteam Serpentsâ€ â€œSpirit of the Twentieth Centuryâ€ and â€œBirds of Paradiseâ€ featuring spectacular lighting across the Exposition and San Francisco Bay. Worldcat locates 8 copies Columbia CA State Lib. Sutro Autry Museum Bancroft Center for RL Ill Lake Forest Nat. Lib. of Australia; See: Gray Brechin The Architecture of the Fair: Lighting and Color Historical Essay Found SF Shaping San Franciscoâ€™s Digital Archive 2021; John Winthrop Hammond Lighting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Museum of the City of San Francisco 2021. [Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; General Electric Co.], paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION]. ACKLEY, Laura ABiblio.com

San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915.

201560992Berkeley & San Francisco CA: Heyday & California Historical Society 2015. 4to. ix 1 379 3 pp. Title in gold & black. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Decorated blue publisher’s cloth colour plates mounted front & back covers map illustrated endpapers slight shelfwear very slight crease to lower corner of rear plate still VG bright copy without dustjacket as issued from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition 1st printing of this well-illustrated one-volume history of the historic 1915 PPIE including extended descriptions of the efforts to land the fair possible postponement the stunning light effects subsequent demise and demolition of the site. Heyday & California Historical Society, hardcover

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

The Exposition. An elegant illustrated souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. . . .

191560801San Francisco: Robert. A. Reid 1915. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 56 pp unpaginated. Photo-illust. title 100s of photo illustrations. 1 large double-page colour panorama of the Palace of Fine Arts. Original embossed illustrated gray-coloured thick softcovers elaborate cover art on front cover in blue gilt brown & black stapled as issued yapp fore-edges slight lifting to a couple leaves w/ original photo-illustrated mailing envelope w/ tears edgewear chipping still NF/G copy w/ ownership of Adelheid Ruth Robinson 1886-1973 longtime Sacramento CA resident dressmaker and later stenographer for the Pacific Fruit Co. First edition of this beautiful souvenir travel pamphlet of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of almost all the pavilions fountains and courts and together with an original California Building ballroom ticket as well as the original mailing envelope. Robert. A. Reid, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION].Biblio.com

The Exposition. An elegant illustrated souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. . . .

191560796San Francisco: Robert. A. Reid 1915. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 56 pp unpaginated. Photo-illust. title 100s of photo illustrations. 1 large double-page colour panorama of the Palace of Fine Arts. Original embossed illustrated gray-coloured thick softcovers elaborate cover art on front cover in blue gilt brown & black stapled as issued yapp fore-edges slight lifting to a couple leaves w/ original photo-illustrated mailing envelope w/ tears edgewear chipping still NF/G copy w/ one day ticket for the balcony ball room in the California Building March 26th 1915 E.C. Eckhardt. First edition of this beautiful souvenir travel pamphlet of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of almost all the pavilions fountains and courts and together with an original California Building ballroom ticket as well as the original mailing envelope. Robert. A. Reid, paperback

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[PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION]Biblio.com

The Exposition. An Elegant Illustrated Souvenir View Book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. Official Publication

191553716San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. First Edition. Oblong quarto 21cm x 30cm. Later pictorial stiff card wrappers to style with original cover illustration laid on; 60pp A fresh clean copy. Attractive souvenir view book of the Exposition illustrated throughout with captioned photographic plates halftones. Robert A. Reid unknown

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