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Conclave of Nations Unsurpassed in History at San Francisco in 1915
MARVELOUS PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
WILL OPEN UPON A COMPLETED ASSEMBLE OF
THE TREASURES OF THE WORLD’S ARTS,
SCIENCES AND INDUSTRIES
VIRILE FIGURE, “THE PIRATE,"
FOR GREAT EXPOSITION
WALLS.
A conclave of nations Unsurpassed In the history of the world will assem
ble at San Francisco when 'the marvelous' Panama-Pacific International expo
sition opens on: February 20, 1,915. , . ■ '
Today, the Panama-Paeflc International exposition overshadows and
eclipses any commemorative and Instructive exhibition in history. Progress
In all phases of this most brilliant and comprehensive of world's celebrations
visualizes the exposition as It will appear when the exhibits of the world are
Installed within Jt8 spaeJouB halls, when hundreds, of thousands of rare treeB,
plants and shrubs brought front'far corners of the globe have transformed the
grounds into a semitroplcal paradise and when from the Golden Gate the
traveler will behold the vast Exposition city rising to great heights against the
walls of the encircling amphitheater of the hills of San Francisco.
In the assured participation of the foreign nations and of the -commercial
and industrial interests of the world the Panama-Pacific International exposi
tion stands alone among the great expositions of the past.
As a tribute to America’s heroic task In the completion of the Panama
canal 34 of the world’s great nations have formally accepted the Invitation of
the president to take part in the celebration and are now engaged In pre
paring magnificent displays, which will Illustrate their progress In every line
of social and industrial activity. The Argentine leadB with a government
appropriation of $1,300,000 (gold), and In Its magnificent pavilion will be
presented the wonders of that far-away land. Canada will expend $600,000;
Japan, $600,000;; China, $800,000; Turkey, $300,000, and In the Turkish
pavilion will be shown the rarest and costliest treasures of the Ottoman
empire. New Zealand and Australia will make tremendous displays. Fifteen
hundred manufacturers in Germany will make a collective exhibit, to be shown
:ln a great German building; 600 manufacturers from England will present a
combined exhibit.
More than 500,000 accredited delegates from all parts of the globe will
attend a series of great International conventions and congresses to be held at
San Francisco during the exposition. Among the congresses will be the
great International Engineering congress, of which Col. George W. Goethals,
builder of the Panama canal, Is chairman.
• Thousands of visitors from all parts of the globe are planning to see the
great exposition at San Francisco in 1915, and wonderful preparations are
’being made to transport and to care for them.
HUGE TRIUMPHAL ARCH AT THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPO
SITION A WONDERFUL SIGHT.
Copyright, 1914, by Panama Pacific Inter
national lijtpoaition Company.
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When the sculptors at the Paqama-
Paciflc International Exposition began
their work they had as an Inspiration
a task which has appealed to the
imagination of the world for centuries,
the cutting of the barrier between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans In the
Panama canal, and so they have re
produced in the sculpture figures of
the early explorers, pirates, the adven
turers of the seas, the pioneers, path
finders. The picture above shows "The
Pirate" by Allan Newman, the' bril
liant American sculptor.
BEAUTIFUL FIGURES TO ADORN
VAST EXPOSITION PALACES.
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Copyright, 1814. by Panamu Pacific Internatloii.il Exposition Company.
The Arch of the Rising Sun at the Panama-Pacific International exposi
tion, which will be crowned by a wonderful group of statuary, “The Nations
of the East.” The howdah upon the elephant will be 1S8 feet above the floors
of the court; the group itself will be 42 feet in height. This huge arcn,
breathing the spirit of the Orient, will be upon the east side of the great
'Central court, the Court of the Sun and Stars. Upon the west side of the
court will bo. an arch typifying Occidental civilization.
WONDERFUL PALACE OF HORTICULTURE
Many of the greatest sculptors of
the world have produced the wonder
ful figures and groups to be shown
on the grounds and on the great pal
aces of the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition at San Francisco in
1915. The picture above shows one of
the exquisite figures by August Jaegers
for the great Court of the Four Sea
sons.
DECORATIVE PIECE FOR EXPOSI
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I Copyright. 1914. by Panama Pacific Inter national Exposition Company.
The superb Palace of Horticulture at the Panainu-Pacific International
exposition in San Francisco in 1915 will be surmounted by a vast dome of
glass, supported with immense steel trusses. The dome will be 186 feet in
^height and 152 feet In diameter. At night batteries of colored searchlights
will play on the Inside of the dome from within the building, so that it will
■present the appearance of a gigantic soap bubble continuously changing to
tevery color of the rainbow.
Copyright. 1914. by Panama Pacific Inter
national Expedition Company.
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THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AVIATION RACE AROUND THE WORLD.
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Copyright. 1914, by Tananm Pacific International Exposition Company.
In May, 1915, the Panama-Pacific International exposition at San Francisco will bo the gathering place of the
most expert aeronauts from all the civilized nations of the globe, when the start la made of the great aerlui raoe-around-
the-world for a prize of $300,000, the largost sum ever offered for any single Bportlng event In history. Every de
scription of motor-driven air croft will participate In tills stupendous loop-tho-loop around the globe. Tlio race will
represent the climax of all the world's aeronautical activities and will stand for all time as an Immortal epic of
human daring, human Ingenuity, and the marvelous epitome of the progress of mankind. It will bo the supreme
adventure of our day. As an achievement, It will mark a historic cycle that will compare with the crossing of the
Atlantic by Columbus and the circumnavigation of tlio world by tho fleet of Magellan In 1622. Avlutors liavo long
discussed tlio project of round-the-world aeroplane tours.
COLOSSAL GROUP OF STATUARY FOR VAST EXPOSITION COURT—“NATIONS OF THE EAST”
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Copyright, 1914, by Panama Pacific Inter
national Exposition Company.
Copyright, 1914, by Panama Pacific International Exposition Company.
This photograph shows tho enlarged figures for the colossal group, "Nations of tlio East," to crown tho Arch of
tho Rising Sun at tho Panama-Pacific International exposition at San Francisco In 1915. With tlio exception of the
elephant and the camel on the left all tlio figures are completed. The elephant, however, will be Hiirinounted by a
howdah and the camel Tiy a rider. Tho group In its entirety Is the conception or A. Stirling Galder, with whom
Frederick G. R. Roth and Leo Lontelli co-oporated. The huge elephant in the center of tlio group was modeled by
Mr. Roth, who also modeled the camels. Tho mounted horsemen were modeled by Loo Lentelll. From left to right
the figures are; Arab warrior, negro servitor bearing baskets of fruit, camel and rider, falconer, elephant, repre
senting India; lluddhlst lama, bearing emblem of authority; camel and rider, negro servitor, Mongolian warrior.
WORLD’S FIRST INDOOR AEROPLANE FLIGHT.
Copyright, 1914. by Panama Pacific International Exposition Company.
The first time an aeroplane ever flew inside a building waB when Lincoln Peachey, the famous aviator, flew
In the huge Palace of Machinery on the grounds of the Panama-Pacific International exposition to open in San Fran
cisco on February 20, 1915. The Palace of Machinery is almost 1,000 feet long and 136 feet high, lleachey passed
from one end to the other of the building, Hying for more than 300 feet and at a height of 60 feet. The most remark
able feature of the flight was that he had to steer a straight course down the center aisle, which is 76 feet in width.
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