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Title: Exhibits and Expositions collection
Collection number: S.0438
Repository:
California Academy of Sciences Archives
55 Music Concourse Drive
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
Languages: Materials are in English.
Physical Description:
2.73 Cubic feet
2 archives boxes, 1 half-size archives box, 1 legal archives box, 2 flat archives boxes, 1 card box, 2 oversize folders, 2
oversized framed items
Date (inclusive): 1867-1939
Abstract: The collection consists of materials relating to international exhibitions and expositions. The bulk of the materials relate
to three expositions held in San Francisco, California: the California Midwinter Fair (1894), the Pan-Pacific International
Exposition (1915), and the Golden Gate Inernational Exposition (1939-1940). The collection also includes materials relating
to other international expositions held in North America and Europe between 1867 and 1939, including the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago (1893).
The collection consists of materials relating to international exhibitions and expositions. The bulk of the materials relate
to three expositions held in San Francisco, California: the California Midwinter Fair (1894), the Pan-Pacific International
Exposition (1915), and the Golden Gate Inernational Exposition (1939-1940). The collection also includes materials relating
to other international expositions held in North America and Europe between 1867 and 1939, including the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago (1893).
The collection consists primarily of publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, postcards, illustrations,
maps, and ephemera such as tickets, souvenirs, coins, medals, and pins. The collection also includes some memoranda and correspondence
relating to the Golden Gate International Exposition and its Pacific House building, and to the 1994 exhibition marking the
centennial of the California Midwinter Fair.
Access is unrestricted.
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
[collection name], Special Collections, California Academy of Sciences Library, San Francisco, CA
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Photographs
Postcards
Posters
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Exhibitions