Description
This photograph album
consists of approximately 432 photographic prints of various views of the Panama Pacific
International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco, California in 1915. The album includes
several construction photographs and PPIE ephemera, all bound in soft brown buckskin
leather. Though largely amateur and repetitive in subject matter, the are some unusual and
not normally seen street views of the various boulevards and buildings at PPIE, as well as
some construction views.
Background
Max Wassman, Jr. was born in California on January 9th, 1884, to Maximilian Wassman and
Mary H. Turner. He graduated with the class of 1907 at Stanford University, and earned his
graduate degree in dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. Wassman,
Jr served in the United States Armed Forces during World War I. He was a dentist, and a
member of the California State Dental Association, the American Dental Association, and the
Masons. He died on November 3rd, 1968, in San Francisco at the age of 84.
Extent
1 photograph album with 432 photographic prints; album 9.25x13
inches.
(1 album)
Restrictions
No copyright clearance needed as photographs in the photograph album are in the Public
Domain.
Availability
The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours.