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.
By year
Every photograph in date order, undated ones last.
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 · sourcePresident Taft breaking ground for the Exposition, October 14, 1911Library of Congress · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 23:41Cover 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 23:41Making 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 26:34The 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 25:49Grading 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 MachineryInspecting 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 25:09Gardening 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 31:09Living 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 · sourceThe 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 29:52Modeling 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 · sourceBuilding 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 · sourcePlastic 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 · sourceWaiting 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 · sourceMaking 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 34:06The 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 · sourceLiberty 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 · sourceThe 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 BuildingThe 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 MachineryThe 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 12:01Steel 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 ArtsFraming 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 JewelsThe 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 · sourceThe 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 GardensOpening-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 2:01A 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 33:26The 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) · sourceBird's-eye view of the grounds and buildings, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 32:16A general view of the Exposition and a group portrait, two panoramas (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceAeroplane 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 MachineryThe main entrance to the Palace of Machinery, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · sourceA doorway of the Palace of Varied Industries (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of Varied IndustriesThomas 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 ArtsThe Avenue of Progress and the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · sourceAn aisle in the Palace of Machinery (1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of MachineryA doorway of the Palace of Machinery (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of MachineryThe 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 ProductsThe Palace of Education, 1914Library of Congress, 1914 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 12:01Palace of Education and Social EconomyThe 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 EconomyThomas 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 MetallurgyThe 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 IndustriesThe 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 HorticultureInside 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 AgricultureInside 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 TransportationInside 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 MachineryThe 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 1:20:50Inside the California Building: the counties' exhibit (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · sourceFaville'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 7:26The 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 MachineryThe 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 ArtsThe 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 TransportationThe 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 ArtsThe 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 1:07:29Part 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 TransportationThe 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 JewelsThomas 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 JewelsThe 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 JewelsThe Tower of Jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 56:14Tower of JewelsThe Tower of Jewels from the Avenue of Palms (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceTower of JewelsThe Tower of Jewels at night (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 43:47Tower of JewelsWilliam de Leftwich Dodge with half of his mural for the Tower of Jewels (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceTower of JewelsThe 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 JewelsThe 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 PalmsGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Fountain of El Dorado (1915)Bain News Service, 1915 (Library of Congress) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of El DoradoGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's The Door to El Dorado (1915)De Witt Ward, photographer, 1915 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of El DoradoCalder'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 EnergyThe Arch of the Rising Sun at night (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceA 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 SeasonsEdgar 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 FlowersCalder's Fountain of Energy (1915)Peter A. Juley & Son, 1915 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of EnergyThe South Sea, from Calder's Fountain of Energy (1915)Year Book of the Architectural League of New York (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFountain of EnergyA colonnade of the Court of the Universe (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of the UniverseThe 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 SeasonsThe 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 SeasonsJames 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 TrailAn 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 EnergyIsidore 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 · sourceThe Italian tower entrance to the Court of Flowers (1915)Municipal Blue Book of San Francisco (1915), via Internet Archive · No restrictions · Restored · sourceCourt of FlowersThe 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 SeasonsThe Court of Palms at night (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of PalmsThe Court of Palms (1915)Willard Worden, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceCourt of PalmsThe 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 TrailWinter 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 SeasonsRelief panels from the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceWilliam de Leftwich Dodge's Atlantic and Pacific, Tower of Jewels arch (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceSpring 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 SeasonsA. Phimister Proctor's American Bison (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28A fountain at the fair, from Art in California (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceChilde 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 PalmsEdward 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 SunThe 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 SunThe 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 UniverseThe 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 11:02Cyrus 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 ArtsThe 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 SunThe 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 · sourceThe 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 ProgressFrieze 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 ProgressAdolph 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 UniverseThe 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 EnergyThe 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 EnergyThe 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 SunVisitors 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 SunThe 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 PalmsThe 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 SeasonsThe 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 · sourceThe 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 · sourceThe 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 · sourceThe 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 WestThe 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 WestThe 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 TrailThe 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 PioneerColonnade 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 UniverseThe 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 MonumentCharles 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 JewelsThe 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 SunJames 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 TrailSolon Borglum's The American Pioneer (1915)Ben Macomber, The Jewel City (1915), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1915, United States) · Restored · sourceThe PioneerVisitors 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 33:26The 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 SeasonsThe 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 PalmsFrank 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 LagoonThe 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 ArtsThe 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 ArtsThe 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 · sourceAmédée Joullin's The Weaver (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourceArthur Putnam's Puma (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28Haig Patigian's Apollo Hunting (1916)Art in California (1916), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · source · in the film at 1:45:28A 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 ArtsThe 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 ArtsBeneath 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 ArtsAchille 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 · sourceThe 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 ArtsRodin'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 ArtsThe 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 HallFestival 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 HallThe Palace of Horticulture (1915)Francis Bruguière photograph in George Sterling, The Evanescent City (1915) · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of HorticultureThe Palace of Horticulture on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourcePalace of HorticultureThe 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 HorticultureFestival Hall on a colorized postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:15:33Festival HallThe interior of Festival Hall, with the organ (circa 1915)Charles C. Moore albums of Exposition views (Bancroft Library) · Public domain · Restored · sourceFestival HallThe 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 GardensThe 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 HorticultureFestival 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 HallThe 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 1:13:48The 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 GardensThe 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 GardensThe 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 HorticultureThe 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 HarborThe 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 25:09Lincoln 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 57:22The 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 ProgressPanorama 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 PavilionA 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 PavilionInside 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 PavilionInside 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 PavilionThe 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 BuildingThe Massachusetts Building, with a band, on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 (Smithsonian Institution Archives) · Public domain · Restored · sourceMassachusetts BuildingThe Dutch exhibition rooms (1915)Gabriel Moulin, 1915 (Rijksmuseum) · CC0 · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Netherlands PavilionThe 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 BuildingThe Kansas Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceKansas BuildingThe New York State Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceNew York State BuildingThe Pennsylvania Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourcePennsylvania BuildingThe West Virginia Building on a postcard (1915)Postcard, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceWest Virginia BuildingThe Indiana Building on a tinted postcard (1915)Curt Teich & Co., 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceIndiana BuildingShops 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 JapanThe Massachusetts Building (1915)U.S. Department of Agriculture photograph, 1915 (National Archives) · Public domain · Restored · sourceMassachusetts BuildingThe Cuban Pavilion, from The Cuba Review (1915)The Cuba Review, 1915 (Internet Archive Book Images) · No restrictions · Restored · sourcePavilion of CubaWillem Kromhout's Netherlands Pavilion (1915)Bouwkundig Weekblad, May 29, 1915 · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 49:50Netherlands PavilionThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 PavilionThe 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 PavilionThe 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 DenmarkThe 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 PavilionThe 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 BuildingThe 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 PavilionThe 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 NorwayThe 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 BuildingThe 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 1:41:30The 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 · sourceEntrance 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 DenmarkThe 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 DenmarkEntrance 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 GuatemalaThe 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 GuatemalaInside 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 HondurasThe 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 HondurasThe 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 NorwayNorway'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 NorwayPanama'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 PanamaInside 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 GreeceThe 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 GreeceWealth 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 PavilionThe 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 PavilionNew 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 PavilionCuba'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 CubaPortugal'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 PortugalThe 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 PavilionThe 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 PavilionThe 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 SiamThe 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 PavilionInside 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 SiamInside 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 PavilionThe 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 PavilionArgentina'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 PavilionA 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 PavilionThe 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 PavilionIn 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 BoliviaBolivia'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 BoliviaThe 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 PavilionSweden'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 PavilionInside 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingInside 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingOregon displays (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceOregon BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingDemonstrating 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingEntrance 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingIowa 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingWest 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingThe 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 BuildingModel 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 BeautifulThe 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 AeroscopeThe 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 ZoneThe 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 SubmarinesThe 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 · CreationZuni 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 IncubatorsThe 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 RailwayToyland 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 UpThe 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 RacerA 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 VillageThe 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 FarmThe 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 AeroscopeSections 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 ZoneCaptain, 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 VillageThe '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 CampStella 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 · StellaThe 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 GettysburgThe 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 ZoneThe 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 ZoneOpening 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 ZonePerformers 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 VillageThe Aeroscope (1915)The Story of the Exposition, vol. II (Frank Morton Todd, 1921), via Internet Archive · Public domain (published 1921, United States) · Restored · sourceThe AeroscopeA 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 ZoneWhere 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 ZoneA 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 TrainThe 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 RailwayOld 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 · sourceThe Liberty Bell on display during Thomas Edison's visit (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThomas 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 1:27:46Thomas Edison with a group of children (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:28:26Thomas 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 1:49:45Thomas Edison in a crowd (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford in a crowd (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · source · in the film at 1:27:07Thomas Edison on stage receiving an award (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThomas Edison and Henry Ford walking with a group outside a palace (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThomas 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 · sourceThomas 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 1:28:26Thomas 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 1:28:26Thomas Edison shaking hands with a woman, Mina Edison just ahead (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceThomas Edison receiving an award (1915)Unknown photographer, 1915 (Thomas Edison National Historical Park) · Public domain · Restored · sourceA parade field and grandstands, with an open bus carrying members of San Francisco's Dutch colony (1913)Spaarnestad Photo · Public domain · Restored · sourceA 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 31:22The 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 18:42The 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 1:18:53Crowds 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 1:03:01Troops 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 · sourceVirginia 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 45:31Crowds 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 GardensCounting 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 · sourceThe 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 · sourceAnnapolis 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 · sourceTaft 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 1:25:53Goethals 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 1:26:21Edison 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 1:27:46The 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 1:46:23Farewell 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 1:18:53Edison 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 · sourceVirginia 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 · sourceThe 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 JewelsA 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 2:21The 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 41:58The 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 HorticultureThe 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 ArtsThe 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 JewelsNight 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 1:26:21The 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 JewelsFrom 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 SeasonsNight 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 1:42:25Festival 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 HallThe 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 46:52Italian 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 41:58The 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 JewelsThe 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 1:51:36Night 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 46:52The 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 49:03From 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 46:52Pyrotechnics 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 · sourceCover of The Jewel City, a souvenir booklet (1915)Pacific Novelty Co., 1915 · Public domain · Restored · sourceThe Grand Prize diploma (1915)Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition (1921), via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive · No restrictions · sourcePerham 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 29:58Coins 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 · sourceThe 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 1:48:54The 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 1:50:32The 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 1:51:02Closing 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 1:52:32The 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 1:52:32A 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 1:15:45La 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 20:29Directors 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 · sourceMore 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 · sourceSub-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 · sourceHarvest, 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 · sourceThe 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 · sourceThe 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 1:51:36A 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 40:47The 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 34:38The 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 · sourceThe 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 40:47An 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 1:05:51The 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 · sourceDown 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 1:04:02Italian 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 1:04:02A 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 1:24:01The 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 · sourceMullgardt'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 · sourceA 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 · sourceCloister 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 22:00Carnival 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 · sourcePanorama from top, Education Bldg., looking east (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 26:34Panorama 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 GardensMain Exhibit Palaces, April 18, 1914Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 32:16View of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanorama 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 GardensBay 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 5:41Exposition grounds, three months before opening day (1914)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanama Pacific International Exposition (1915)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourcePanama Pacific International Exposition 1915, San Francisco, California (published 1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · sourceW. Sulzer seated (1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · sourceHouse in session. May 1911Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection · No known restrictions on publication · source · in the film at 22:00Knowland, 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 22:00John Philip Sousa in uniform at the Exposition, 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · Restored · source · in the film at 1:12:14Sousa 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 1:12:14Panama 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 45:01Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915 (published 1911)Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceCourt 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 1:22:59Court of Abundance. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal., 1915Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions on publication · sourceNight 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 2:49Japan'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 · sourceJohn 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
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