Panama–Pacific International Exposition (Q250578)

1915 world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States

Panama-Pacific International Exposition
PPIE

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Panama–Pacific International Exposition	1915 world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States	Panama-Pacific International Exposition PPIE

Statements

instance of

world's fair

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image

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imported from Wikimedia project

Dutch Wikipedia

significant person

Charles Cadwell Moore

object of statement has role

president

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quotation

Moore was perhaps best known for the tremendous work he accomplished as president of San Francisco's World's fair, the Panama-Pacific International exposition of 1915. (English)

stated in

C. C. Moore was son of pioneer tanner of 1850 in Santa Cruz County

archives at

University of Maryland Libraries

object named as

World's Fair Ephemeral and Graphic Materials collection

scope and content

Series 26 contains documents relating to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California. It celebrated 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. (English)

2 references

reference URL

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1632

retrieved

7 October 2022

reference URL

https://digital.lib.umd.edu/worldsfairs/results/facet/wfFair_facet/Panama-Pacific%20International%20Exposition%20(1915%20:%20San%20Francisco,%20Calif.)?sortBy=displayTitle&unfilteredTotal=378

retrieved

7 October 2022

country

United States of America

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