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288 DAYSSan Francisco · 1915 ⌕
Photographs

The fair in pictures

414 photographs, autochromes, postcards and plates, from 1905 to the years after the fair: all public domain or freely licensed, each linked to its source.

Building the Fair (23)

Dredging the cove, raising the palaces, and the ground-breaking.

Laying out the grounds, 1914: moving an acacia to the island in the Fine Arts lagoon, planting the lagoon, and unloading and planting Monterey cypressesPacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · source
President Taft breaking ground for the Exposition, October 14, 1911Library of Congress · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 23:41
Cover of the official souvenir of President Taft's ground-breaking (1911)J. C. Terry; Blair-Murdock Co. (Beinecke Library, Yale) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 23:41
Making land where the Exposition arose: the hydraulic fill (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 26:34
The site in March 1912 (published 1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 25:49
Grading for the Palace of Machinery, December 1912 (published 1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
Inspecting the hydraulic fill (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 25:09
Gardening with a derrick: moving a full-grown tree (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 31:09
Living palms in carload lots (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The staff-modeling crew at work (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 29:52
Modeling a deep coffer for the sculpture rotunda (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Building the giants in the sculpture shop (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Plastic enlargement by the pointing machine (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Waiting for the train: finished figures in the yard (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Making a Mongolian warrior for the Arch of the Rising Sun (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 34:06
The petition starts for Philadelphia (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Liberty Bell petition day in a California school (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The Service Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 29:58Service Building
The great nave of the Palace of Machinery (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
The staff factory in the Palace of Fine Arts (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 12:01
Steel arches of the Palace of Fine Arts (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 38:43Palace of Fine Arts
Framing the Tower of Jewels (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 32:16Tower of Jewels
The grounds on February 20, 1914, one year before opening dayLibrary of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 27:46

Opening Day (3)

February 20, 1915, and the dedications that followed.

The crowd on Dedication Day, with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall in a top hat at front, left of center (March 24, 1915)Cardinell-Vincent Co. (Indiana State Library) · No restrictions · Restored · source
The opening-day crowd around the Fountain of Energy in the South Gardens, looking south toward the Scott Street entrance (1915)Postcard, about 1915 (Alma Sandøy collection, Arkiv i Nordland) · CC BY 2.0 · Restored · sourceSouth Gardens
Opening-day crowds in the South Gardens, by the 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 56:14South Gardens · Fountain of Energy

From Above (7)

Panoramas and bird’s-eye views of the whole exposition.

Panorama of the World's Fair, San Francisco, 1915, a lithographGeorge W. Melville, about 1915 (Beinecke Library, Yale) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 2:01
A bird's-eye rendering of the planned Exposition, 1913Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co., in the San Francisco Architectural Club yearbook (1913) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 33:26
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:10:54Court of the Universe
'Aeroplane View of the Exposition' (Macomber's title), 1914, photo copyrighted by Gabriel Moulin (published 1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
Bird's-eye view of the grounds and buildings, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 32:16
A general view of the Exposition and a group portrait, two panoramas (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Aeroplane view of the main group of exhibit palaces, a printed aerial view (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 1:04:02

The Walled City (26)

The eight exhibit palaces and the Palace of Machinery.

Panorama from the top of the Palace of Machinery, 1914Unknown photographer, 1914 (Library of Congress) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
The main entrance to the Palace of Machinery, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · source
A doorway of the Palace of Varied Industries (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Varied Industries
Thomas and Mina Edison in the Palace of Liberal Arts, listening by telephone to a phonograph playing in West Orange, New Jersey (October 21, 1915)Unknown photographer (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:08:10Palace of Liberal Arts
The Avenue of Progress and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · source
An aisle in the Palace of Machinery (1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
A doorway of the Palace of Machinery (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
The Washington State fisheries exhibit in the Palace of Food Products (1916)Washington State Department of Fisheries and Game, annual report (1916) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:04:02Palace of Food Products
The Palace of Education, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 12:01Palace of Education and Social Economy
The Palace of Education, with the half-dome of Philosophy (1914)Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine, about 1915 (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 1:11:14Palace of Education and Social Economy
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford at the Rock Springs, Wyoming, coal mine exhibit in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:27:07Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
The portal of the Palace of Varied Industries (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · Restored · sourcePalace of Varied Industries
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 7:26Palace of Horticulture
Inside 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) · Restored · sourcePalace of Agriculture
Inside 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:05:15Palace of Transportation
Inside 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) · Restored · sourcePalace of Machinery
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:20:50
Inside the California Building: the counties' exhibit (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source
Faville's sixteenth-century Spanish portal, repeated on the four palaces of the north front (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source · in the film at 7:26
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:07:57Palace of Machinery
The Palace of Liberal Arts, 1915The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · sourcePalace of Liberal Arts
The transfer table in the Palace of Transportation (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:06:51Palace of Transportation
The transcontinental telephone theater in the Palace of Liberal Arts (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:08:10Palace of Liberal Arts
The mammoth typewriter (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:07:29
Part of the automobile show (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePalace of Transportation
The automobile assembling plant in the Palace of Transportation (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:06:51Palace of Transportation

The Tower of Jewels (9)

The 435-foot centerpiece and its glass novagems.

The Tower of Jewels lit at night, on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 2:29Tower of Jewels
Thomas Hastings's Tower of Jewels (1914)Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 35:37Tower of Jewels
The Palace of Horticulture, left, and the Tower of Jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (National Park Service) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 35:37Tower of Jewels
The Tower of Jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 56:14Tower of Jewels
The Tower of Jewels from the Avenue of Palms (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceTower of Jewels
The Tower of Jewels at night (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 43:47Tower of Jewels
William de Leftwich Dodge with half of his mural for the Tower of Jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceTower of Jewels
The Tower of Jewels in color (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 9:21Tower of Jewels
The 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) · Restored · sourceTower of Jewels · South Gardens

Courts and Sculpture (60)

The courts, fountains and statuary of the main group.

The pool and colonnade of the Court of Palms, Education at left, Liberal Arts at right (1915)George Grantham Bain Collection, 1915 (Library of Congress) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of Palms
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Fountain of El Dorado (1915)Bain News Service, 1915 (Library of Congress) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of El Dorado
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's The Door to El Dorado (1915)De Witt Ward, photographer, 1915 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of El Dorado
Calder's Fountain of Energy (1915)Unidentified photographer, in Stella G. S. Perry, The Sculpture and Murals of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of Energy
The Arch of the Rising Sun at night (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source
A niche in the Court of the Four Seasons, with George Sterling's verses above the arches (1915)Cardinell-Vincent Co. postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
Edgar Walter's Beauty and the Beast fountain, Court of Flowers (1921)Unidentified photographer; plate in Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (1921) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of Flowers
Calder's Fountain of Energy (1915)Peter A. Juley & Son, 1915 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of Energy
The South Sea, from Calder's Fountain of Energy (1915)Year Book of the Architectural League of New York (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of Energy
A colonnade of the Court of the Universe (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the Universe
The Court of the Four Seasons, looking north into the Court of Ceres (1921)Unidentified photographer; plate in Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (1921) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
The Fountain of Ceres, looking south through the Court of Ceres to the Four Seasons half-dome (1915)Pacific Service Magazine, January 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
James Earle Fraser's The End of the Trail (1914)Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 37:18The End of the Trail
An autochrome of Calder's Fountain of Energy (circa 1915)Autochrome, about 1915 (National Museum of American History) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 11:17Fountain of Energy
Isidore Konti's relief figures for the Column of Progress (1915)Unidentified photographer, in Jesse Niles Burness, Sculpture and Mural Paintings of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) · Public domain · Restored · source
The Italian tower entrance to the Court of Flowers (1915)Municipal Blue Book of San Francisco (1915), via Internet Archive · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCourt of Flowers
The half-dome of the Court of the Four Seasons on a postcard (1915)Postcard, about 1915 (Alma Sandøy collection, Arkiv i Nordland) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
The Court of Palms at night (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of Palms
The Court of Palms (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of Palms
The End of the Trail by night, a print with applied color (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · source · in the film at 1:51:36The End of the Trail
Winter 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 · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
Relief panels from the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
William de Leftwich Dodge's Atlantic and Pacific, Tower of Jewels arch (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Spring 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 · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
A. Phimister Proctor's American Bison (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28
A fountain at the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Childe Hassam's Fruits and Flowers, mural for the Court of Palms (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceCourt of Palms
Edward Simmons's mural for the Arch of the Rising Sun (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceArch of the Rising Sun
The Arch of the Setting Sun (color plate) (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 11:02Arch of the Setting Sun
The pool with jets in the Forecourt of Stars, Court of the Universe (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 2:12:16Court of the Universe
The doorway to the Court of Palms (color plate) (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 11:02
Cyrus E. Dallin's The Scout, with the Palace of Fine Arts behind (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 59:57Palace of Fine Arts
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 11:17Arch of the Rising Sun
The 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) · Restored · source
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:10:54Column of Progress
Frieze 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) · Restored · sourceColumn of Progress
Adolph A. Weinman's Rising Sun and Descending 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) · Restored · sourceCourt of the Universe
The South Gardens and the Fountain of Energy 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:12:16South Gardens · Fountain of Energy
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:12:16Fountain of Energy
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 34:06Arch of the Setting Sun
Visitors by a fountain in the Court of the Universe, the Arch of the Rising Sun behind (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 33:26Arch of the Rising Sun
The 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) · Restored · sourceCourt of Palms
The Fountain of Ceres, Court of the Four Seasons (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:10:54Court of the Four Seasons
The 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) · Restored · source
The 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) · Restored · source
The 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) · Restored · source
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 34:38Nations of the East and Nations of the West
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 34:38Nations of the East and Nations of the West
The 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) · Restored · sourceThe End of the Trail
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:57:22The Pioneer
Colonnade 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) · Restored · sourceCourt of the Universe
The Pioneer Mother, by Charles Grafly (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) · Restored · sourcePioneer Mother Monument
Charles Niehaus's Cortez, before the Tower of Jewels (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 35:37Tower of Jewels
The Arch of the Setting Sun (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:54:47Arch of the Setting Sun
James Earle Fraser's The End of the Trail (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · sourceThe End of the Trail
Solon Borglum's The American Pioneer (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · sourceThe Pioneer
Visitors by a fountain in the Court of the Universe, the Arch of the Rising Sun behind (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 33:26
The 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) · Restored · sourceCourt of the Four Seasons
The 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) · Restored · sourceCourt of Palms
Frank Brangwyn's Primitive Fire, one of his murals for the Court of Abundance (1915)Eugen Neuhaus, The Art of the Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915) · Restored · source

The Palace of Fine Arts (14)

Maybeck’s rotunda, colonnades and lagoon.

Columns and lagoon, Palace of Fine Arts (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 38:43Fine Arts Lagoon
The Palace of Fine Arts, from the cover of Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine, March 1915Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 1:43:20Palace of Fine Arts
The walk behind the colonnade of the Palace of Fine Arts, on a hand-colored slide (1915)Arthur Peck Collection, Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 2:13:57Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts from the east, a Blue Book view copied by the Historic American Buildings Survey (1915)Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress), from The Blue Book (1915) · Public domain · Restored · source
Amédée Joullin's The Weaver (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Arthur Putnam's Puma (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28
Haig Patigian's Apollo Hunting (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28
A small bronze figure by the colonnade of the Palace of Fine Arts, in color (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 11:02Palace of Fine Arts
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 37:41Palace of Fine Arts
Beneath 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:47:10Palace of Fine Arts
Achille D'Orsi's Proximus Tuus, shown in the Italian galleries of the 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) · Restored · source
The rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts, with Bruno Louis Zimm's frieze (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 38:43Palace of Fine Arts
Rodin'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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:43:20Palace of Fine Arts
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:58:30Palace of Fine Arts

Horticulture and Festival Hall (15)

The glass dome and the concert hall at either end of the South Gardens.

Festival Hall, an oil painting by William Barr (circa 1915)William Barr, about 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:12:21Festival Hall
Festival Hall on a postcard sent from the United States to Træna, Norway (1915)Postcard, about 1915 (Alma Sandøy collection, Arkiv i Nordland) · CC BY 2.0 · Restored · sourceFestival Hall
The Palace of Horticulture (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Horticulture
The Palace of Horticulture on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Horticulture
The Palace of Horticulture on a postcard sent to Træna, Norway (1915)Postcard, about 1915 (Alma Sandøy collection, Arkiv i Nordland) · CC BY 2.0 · Restored · sourcePalace of Horticulture
Festival Hall on a colorized postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:15:33Festival Hall
The interior of Festival Hall, with the organ (circa 1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFestival Hall
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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:13:48South Gardens
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) · Restored · sourcePalace of Horticulture
Festival Hall, the domed concert hall that held the Exposition organ (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:14:37Festival Hall
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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:13:48
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 11:17South Gardens
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:13:48Palace of Horticulture · South Gardens
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) · Restored · sourcePalace of Horticulture
The 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) · Restored · sourceSouth Gardens · Fountain of Energy

The Marina and the Sky (5)

The bay front, the Yacht Harbor and the aviators.

The Yacht Harbor on Columbus Day, 1915The Blue Book, official souvenir view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive / San Francisco Public Library · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:12:16Yacht Harbor
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 25:09
Lincoln Beachey's first indoor aeroplane flight, in the Palace of Machinery (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 57:22
The tablet to the flying men on the Column of Progress (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:10:30Column of Progress
Panorama of the Yacht Harbor, April 1, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 27:46Yacht Harbor

Nations and States (102)

The pavilions of the foreign nations and the state buildings.

A wildlife display in the Canadian Pavilion: a heron at the edge of a pond, with rocks and a forest behind (1915)Souvenir Canadian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
A wildlife display in the Canadian Pavilion: an eagle in flight over a rocky pond in a pine wood (1915)Souvenir Canadian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
Inside the Canadian Pavilion: a crest and Union Jacks over a diorama of a western wheat field, with mineral cases on either side (1915)Souvenir Canadian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
Inside the Canadian Pavilion: the "Farm Scene, Eastern Canada" diorama above cases of ore specimens (1915)Souvenir Canadian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
The Chinese Pavilion (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Historypin) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThe Forbidden City (Chinese Pavilion)
The Illinois Building as the Rock Island Argus pictured it on June 30, 1914, eight months before its dedicationRock Island Argus, June 30, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · sourceIllinois Building
The Massachusetts Building, with a band, on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 (Smithsonian Institution Archives) · Public domain · Restored · sourceMassachusetts Building
The Dutch exhibition rooms (1915)Gabriel Moulin, 1915 (Rijksmuseum) · CC0 · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Netherlands Pavilion
The California Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCalifornia Building (California Host Building)
The Indiana Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceIndiana Building
The Kansas Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceKansas Building
The New York State Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceNew York State Building
The Pennsylvania Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourcePennsylvania Building
The West Virginia Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceWest Virginia Building
The Indiana Building on a tinted postcard (1915)Curt Teich & Co., 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceIndiana Building
Shops and tea houses "in the Japanese Section," as the Richmond Times-Dispatch captioned it (1915)Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 13, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourcePavilion and Gardens of Japan
The Massachusetts Building (1915)U.S. Department of Agriculture photograph, 1915 (National Archives) · Public domain · Restored · sourceMassachusetts Building
The Cuban Pavilion, from The Cuba Review (1915)The Cuba Review, 1915 (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · sourcePavilion of Cuba
Willem Kromhout's Netherlands Pavilion (1915)Bouwkundig Weekblad, May 29, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Netherlands Pavilion
The 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) · Restored · sourcePennsylvania Building
The 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) · Restored · sourceOregon Building
The Argentine 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Argentine Pavilion
The Turkish 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) · Restored · sourceTurkish Pavilion
The Denmark 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) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Denmark
The 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) · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
The Hawaiian 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) · Restored · sourceHawaiian Building
The 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) · Restored · sourceAustralian Pavilion
The pavilion of Norway (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Pavilion of Norway
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 28:44New York State Building
The Formosa Tea House in the Japanese section, 1915The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:41:30
The California building (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source
Entrance hall of the Danish Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Denmark
The Pavilion of Denmark (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Pavilion of Denmark
Entrance hall of the French Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:47:10French Pavilion (Palace of the Legion of Honor)
The Pavilion of France, the Legion of Honor copied for the fair (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 52:21French Pavilion (Palace of the Legion of Honor)
The Hall of the Tapestries in the French Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:47:10French Pavilion (Palace of the Legion of Honor)
A marimba concert in the Guatemala Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Guatemala
The Pavilion of Guatemala (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Guatemala
Inside the Honduras Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Honduras
The Pavilion of Honduras (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Honduras
The main hall of Norway's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Norway
Norway's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Norway
Panama's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Panama
Inside the Greek Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Greece
The Greek Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Greece
Wealth of the Sixth Continent: the Australian exhibits (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceAustralian Pavilion
The Australian Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceAustralian Pavilion
New Zealand's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNew Zealand Pavilion
Cuba's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Cuba
Portugal's Pavilion by night (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 41:58Pavilion of Portugal
The court of the Italian Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceItalian Pavilion
The Italian group (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceItalian Pavilion
The Siamese Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Siam
The Turkish Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceTurkish Pavilion
Inside the Siamese Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Siam
Inside the Netherlands Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNetherlands Pavilion
The Pavilion of the Netherlands (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNetherlands Pavilion
Argentina's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceArgentine Pavilion
A group in the Hall of Audience, Chinese Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:41:30The Forbidden City (Chinese Pavilion)
China's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 51:19The Forbidden City (Chinese Pavilion)
Riches of Canada: the Canadian exhibits (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
The Canadian Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceCanadian Pavilion
In the patio of the Bolivian Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Bolivia
Bolivia's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePavilion of Bolivia
The Hall of Fame in the Swedish Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceSwedish Pavilion
Sweden's Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceSwedish Pavilion
Inside the Hawaiian Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceHawaiian Building
The Hawaiian Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceHawaiian Building
Inside the New York State Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNew York State Building
The New York State Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNew York State Building
Oregon displays (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceOregon Building
The Oregon Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceOregon Building
The Princeton Room in the New Jersey Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNew Jersey Building (Trenton Barrack)
The New Jersey Building, a copy of the Trenton Barracks (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceNew Jersey Building (Trenton Barrack)
The Liberty Bell in the Pennsylvania Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePennsylvania Building
The Pennsylvania Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePennsylvania Building
Demonstrating a metropolis, inside the City of New York Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceCity of New York Building
The City of New York Building: a municipal exposition (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceCity of New York Building
The Nevada Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:10:55Nevada Building
The Wisconsin Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceWisconsin Building
The Virginia Building, a copy of Mount Vernon (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceVirginia Building (Mount Vernon)
The Missouri Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMissouri Building
The Illinois Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceIllinois Building
The Ohio Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:56:24Ohio Building
The Montana Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMontana Building
The Idaho Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceIdaho Building
Entrance hall of the Maryland Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMaryland Building ('Homewood')
Homewood: the Maryland Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMaryland Building ('Homewood')
The Utah Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceUtah Building
The Washington State Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceWashington State Building
The Philippine Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourcePhilippine Building
The Indiana Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceIndiana Building
The colonial tea room in the Massachusetts Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMassachusetts Building
The Massachusetts Building, after Bulfinch's State House (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMassachusetts Building
Iowa House (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:25:18Iowa Building
The Mississippi Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceMississippi Building
The Texas Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceTexas Building
The North Dakota Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:56:11North Dakota Building
West Virginia's building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceWest Virginia Building
The Kansas Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceKansas Building
The Arkansas and Oklahoma Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceArkansas and Oklahoma Building
Model of the Utah copper mine in the Utah Building (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceUtah Building

The Zone (38)

The amusement street from Fillmore to Van Ness.

The entrance to Japan Beautiful on the Zone, with its giant Buddha (1915)Cardinell-Vincent Co., 1915 (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:31:03Japan Beautiful
The working model of the Panama Canal on the Zone (1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThe Panama Canal (operating model)
The Aeroscope on the Zone (1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThe Aeroscope
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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:14The Zone
The Submarines, one of the largest concessions 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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone · The Submarines
The Panama Canal model on the Zone, with its moving amphitheater (1915)The Blue Book: a comprehensive official souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Panama Canal (operating model)
Creation, the Dawn of Life, 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:34:26The Zone · Creation
Zuni and Hopi families brought by the Santa Fe to the Grand Canyon concession (1915)The Blue Book: a comprehensive official souvenir view book of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:38:19The Grand Canyon of Arizona (Santa Fe Railway)
The Grand Canyon of Arizona concession 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:39:59The Zone · The Grand Canyon of Arizona (Santa Fe Railway)
The Yellowstone Park concession 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Zone · Yellowstone Park and Old Faithful Inn (Union Pacific)
Infant Incubators with living infants, Martin Couney's concession, and its staff (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:34:26The Zone · Infant Incubators
The entrance to Thompson's Scenic Railway, the first Zone concession to open (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:31:03The Zone · Thompson's Scenic Railway
Toyland Grown Up, Frederic Thompson's adaptation of Mother Goose and the fairy tales (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Zone · Toyland Grown Up
The Safety Racer, built by the company that built the Scenic Railway (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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone · Safety Racer
A grass-thatched Samoan house on the Zone, with the villagers who performed there (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:37:06The Zone · Samoan Village
The entrance to the Alligator Farm 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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone · Alligator Farm
The Aeroscope, the Zone's sky ride, on its bascule arm (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:14The Zone · The Aeroscope
Sections of a Zone parade (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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone
Captain, the educated horse, at his Zone theater (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:42:14The Zone · Captain, the Educated Horse (and Madame Ellis)
The Evolution of the Dreadnaught and the World's War 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 Zone · The Evolution of the Dreadnaught (later 'World Wars')
The Chinese Pagoda and Village 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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone · Chinese Pagoda and Village
The '49 Camp on the Zone, with the crowd at its gate (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:37:06The Zone · The '49 Camp
Stella on the Zone, ten cents to see the painting (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:35:32The Zone · Stella
The cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:31:03The Zone · Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg
The Diving Girls on the Zone, with the crowd at the door (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:34:10The Zone · Neptune's Daughters (the Diving Girls)
Alt Nürnberg (Old Nuremberg) on the Zone, its waitresses lined up outside (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) · Restored · sourceThe Zone · Alt Nürnberg (Old Nuremberg)
The crowd on the Zone looking west toward Fillmore Street and Festival Hall, the Dayton Flood building on the right (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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:34:26The Zone
The crowd on the Zone looking west toward Fillmore Street and Festival Hall, the Dayton Flood building on the right (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:34:26The Zone
Opening day on the Zone (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:38:35The Zone
Performers of the Tehuantepec Village (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57Tehuantepec Village
The Aeroscope (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceThe Aeroscope
A Hopi family at the Pueblo Indian village of the Grand Canyon concession (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Grand Canyon of Arizona (Santa Fe Railway)
The Zone from the Aeroscope (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Zone
Where bright lights lured: the Zone at night (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57The Zone
A Fadgl train (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceFadgl Auto Train
The Overfair Railway (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceOverfair Railway
Old Faithful Inn, the Union Pacific concession on the Zone (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:32:57Yellowstone Park and Old Faithful Inn (Union Pacific)
Stella, by Napoleone Nani (before 1899)Napoleone Nani (Venice 1841 – Verona 1899), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:36:51Stella

People and Days (32)

Visitors, parades, the Liberty Bell, Edison and Ford.

Thomas Edison beside the Liberty Bell (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
The Liberty Bell on display during Thomas Edison's visit (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison receiving a commemorative plaque from Exposition president Charles C. Moore in Festival Hall (October 21, 1915)Unknown photographer (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:27:46
Thomas Edison with a group of children (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:28:26
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford with others at a machinery exhibit (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:49:45
Thomas Edison in a crowd (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford in a crowd (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:27:07
Thomas Edison on stage receiving an award (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford walking with a group outside a palace (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison placing a plaque in the ground, watched by Mina Edison and Harvey Firestone (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison (right), Henry Ford (fourth from right) and others at the Edison storage battery display (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:28:26
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford looking at Edison's telegraph perforator of 1871 to 1872 (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:28:26
Thomas Edison shaking hands with a woman, Mina Edison just ahead (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
Thomas Edison receiving an award (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source
A parade field and grandstands, with an open bus carrying members of San Francisco's Dutch colony (1913)Spaarnestad Photo · Public domain · Restored · source
A livestock parade before the grandstand (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 31:22
The directors of the Exposition (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 18:42
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:18:53
Crowds 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:03:01
Troops 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) · Restored · source
Virginia Stephens, who Beasley says first sent in the name Jewel City (c. 1915)Delilah L. Beasley, The Negro Trail Blazers of California (1919), p.76, via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1919, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 45:31
Crowds in the South Gardens, 1915The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · sourceSouth Gardens
Counting and wrapping money by machinery (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The U.S.S. Ohio passing through the Gatun Locks, July 15, 1915, on her way to the ExpositionThe Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Annapolis midshipmen on Naval Academy Day, August 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Taft Day in the Court of the Universe, September 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:25:53
Goethals Day, September 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:26:21
Edison receiving the Exposition medal in Festival Hall, October 21, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:27:46
The San Francisco Day crowd, November 2, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:46:23
Farewell to the Liberty Bell, November 10, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:18:53
Edison showing Henry Ford the father of perforating recorders (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Virginia Stephens, from the plate in Beasley (c. 1915)Delilah L. Beasley, The Negro Trail Blazers of California (1919), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1919, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 45:31

The Illumination (20)

The fair at night under W. D’Arcy Ryan’s lighting.

Louis Christian Mullgardt's Tower of Ages, Court of Abundance, by night, on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source
The Tower of Jewels at night, reflected (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceTower of Jewels
A 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 · source · in the film at 2:21
The cloister piers of the Court of Abundance (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · Restored · source · in the film at 41:58
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 40:47Palace of Horticulture
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:12:06Palace of Fine Arts
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:51:36Tower of Jewels
Night 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:26:21
The Tower of Jewels and Italian 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 40:47Tower of Jewels
From 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 46:52Court of the Four Seasons
Night 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:42:25
Festival Hall and the South Gardens pool 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:14:37Festival Hall
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 46:52
Italian 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 41:58
The Tower of Jewels at night (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 2:12:16Tower of Jewels
The 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:51:36
Night illumination panorama (1915)The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, official view book (Robert A. Reid, 1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · source · in the film at 46:52
The 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) · source · in the film at 49:03
From 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) · Restored · source · in the film at 46:52
Pyrotechnics over the Yacht Harbor (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:52:32Yacht Harbor

Posters and Ephemera (7)

Posters, souvenir art and printed matter.

A Southern Pacific brochure for the Exposition: "The greatest, the most beautiful and the most important in history" (1915)Southern Pacific, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source
"San Francisco Invites the World," cover art for Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine, February 1915Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · source
Cover of The Jewel City, a souvenir booklet (1915)Pacific Novelty Co., 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source
The Grand Prize diploma (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source
Perham Nahl's Hercules poster, The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules, 1913-14The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 29:58
Coins of the Exposition (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The award medal of the Exposition (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source

Afterward (9)

The Exposition Auditorium and what came after.

The Exposition Auditorium in the Civic Center, 2013 (2013)Teemu008, 2013 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Restored · sourceExposition Auditorium (Civic Center)
The Exposition Auditorium in the Civic Center (1915)Bain News Service, 1915 (Library of Congress) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:17:06Exposition Auditorium (Civic Center)
The Exposition Auditorium, as published in 1914Pacific Gas and Electric Magazine (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · sourceExposition Auditorium (Civic Center)
Closing day in the Court of the Universe, December 4, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:48:54
The final ceremonies, December 4, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:50:32
The last gleam: closing night in the Court of the Universe (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:51:02
Closing night on the Zone (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:52:32
The last pyrotechnics, December 4, 1915The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:52:32
A backward glance: the fair at its close (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source

More from the archives (44)

Plates from the Library of Congress and from the fair's own books, scanned by the Internet Archive.

Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco Civic Center (2013)Teemu008 via Flickr and Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · in the film at 1:15:45
La Laguna Espejada, the Mirror Pool, Panama-California Exposition (1915)Official Views, San Diego: Panama-California Exposition (1915), via the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (published 1915) · source · in the film at 20:29
Directors of the Exposition (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
More of the Exposition's directors (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Sub-directors of the Exposition (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Harvest, modeled for the Court of the Four Seasons (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The arcade entrance to the Court of Abundance (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The portal of the Court of Palms at night (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. I (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:51:36
A lighted corridor in the Court of Palms (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 40:47
The Arch of the Setting Sun (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 34:38
The inner archway of the Court of Palms (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
The Arch of the Setting Sun by night (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 40:47
An entrance to the Palace of Food Products (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:05:51
The Thordarson million-volt transformer (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Down in the mine, Palace of Mines and Metallurgy (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:04:02
Italian motor cars in the Palace of Transportation (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:04:02
A general view in the Palace of Education (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. IV (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:24:01
The Salone Reale in the Italian Pavilion (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Mullgardt's Tower of Ages (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
A passage through the Arch of the Setting Sun (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
Cloister piers in the Court of Abundance (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. V (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · 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 · source · in the film at 22:00
Carnival queen Miss Helene Richards (center) with John Barrett (left), Director General of the Pan (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source
Panorama from top, Education Bldg., looking east (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 26:34
Panorama showing south gardens, 3/20/14 (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 27:46South Gardens
Main Exhibit Palaces, April 18, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 32:16
View of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Panorama taken from the south gardens, June 21st, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 27:46South Gardens
Bay and Exposition from 2626 Vallejo St., San Francisco (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 5:41
Exposition grounds, three months before opening day (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915, San Francisco, California (published 1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source
W. Sulzer seated (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source
House in session. May 1911Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 22:00
Knowland, Hon. J.R. (1905/1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing Collection · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source · in the film at 22:00
John Philip Sousa in uniform at the Exposition, 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source · in the film at 1:12:14
Sousa talking to a woman, San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source · in the film at 1:12:14
Panama Pacific 1915 International Exposition, San Francisco, California (published 1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source · in the film at 45:01
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915 (published 1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Court of Palms. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 1:22:59
Court of Abundance. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source
Night view of Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds, San Francisco, California (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 2:49
Japan's pavilion and gardens, 1915Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · source
John Philip Sousa and Camille Saint-Saëns, 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-104650) · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · source · in the film at 1:12:21Festival Hall