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The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal , but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake .
Panama Pacific Exposition dollar Panama Canal laborer wearing a cap Dolphins: 90% Au, 10% Cu Authorized: 25,000 (max) Pattern: [3] 9 (S) (gold) 2 (S) (silver) Uncirculated: 25,034 S [4] 1915 $2.50: Panama Pacific Exposition quarter eagle Columbia riding a hippocampus: Eagle 90% Au, 10% Cu Authorized: 10,000 (max) Uncirculated: 10,017 S [5] 1915 ...
The Panama–Pacific International Exposition, constructed in San Francisco by the Golden Gate at a cost of $50 million, was open from February 20, 1915, to December 4, 1915. [5] About 19,000,000 people attended, and the exposition was a great success, [ 6 ] generating enough profit to build the San Francisco Civic Auditorium with about $1 ...
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...
At the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition he won a bronze medal for his watercolor Out of the Desert, Oregon. [1] In 1940 he was awarded a prize at the Golden Gate International Exposition. [11] He traveled outside of California, including paintings expeditions to the Pacific Northwest and Arizona.
The Panama–California Exposition was a world exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal , and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United States port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal.
Godfrey Emanuel Lundberg (May 4, 1879 – January 8, 1933) was an accomplished engraver during the early part of the 20th century. He is most noted for his hand engraving of the Lord's Prayer on the tiny head of a gold pin that was displayed at the 1915 Panama–Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and won a gold medal in engraving.
Among his many awards was the bronze medal at Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909 for his painting The Silence. [1] In 1915 at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) , Nahl’s 13th Labor of Hercules lithographic poster was given a first prize and selected as the official image, which was featured on maps, book ...