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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.
- 640 acres (260 hectares)
- Panama–California Exposition
- Unrecognized exposition
- 3,747,916
The Panama-California Exposition would be unlike other fairs—smaller, year-round, with an emphasis on gardens and an architectural style of its own. It would promote farming in the region, exhibits would demonstrate rather than display, and the story of man would be told by respected scholars. Spanish Colonial Revival Architecture was chosen ...
The Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego that year put the small town in the southwest corner of the United States on the map and convinced some people, but not all, that its name was spelled S-a-n D-i-e-g-o and not S-a-n-t-i-a-g-o. After its crowd-packed January 1, 1915 opening the Exposition went into a slump.
CHAPTER TWO: The Exposition Gets Under Way. After five years of unrelenting effort, San Diego celebrated the official opening of the Panama-California Exposition on January 1, 1915. At midnight, December 31, President Woodrow Wilson, in Washington, D.C., pressed a Western Union telegraph key. The signal turned on every light on the grounds and ...
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The Board of Directors of the Panama-California Exposition Company, on September 10, 1909, elected U. S. Grant, Jr. to be president of the company and John D. Spreckels first vice president. Grant, son of the former U.S. president, was part-owner of the U. S. Grant Hotel. Spreckels, son of sugar king Claus Spreckels, was owner of San Diego real ...
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The Panama-California Exposition Digital Archive was created through the support of the members of the Balboa Park Alliance (The Committee of One Hundred, the Balboa Park Trust at the San Diego Foundation, and the Friends of Balboa Park). The County of San Diego is a major financial sponsor, along with many individual donors.
