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Finding Aid to the Official Photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, approximately 1913-1915
BANC PIC 1939.006
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Official photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Creator:
H.S. Crocker & Co.
Creator:
Cardinell-Vincent Co.
Creator:
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1939.006
Physical Description:
28 volumes (photographic prints), 21 boxes (glass and film negatives), 4 folders (photographic prints)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1913-1915
Abstract: Photographs chiefly comprising Panama-Pacific International Exposition preparation and construction views taken in 1913-1914,
exposition site views at various stages, exposition officials and dignitaries, photographs of artists’ design drawings for
buildings, and crowds attending the 1915 opening and other events.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many Bancroft Library collections are stored off-site and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
GLASS NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Originals available by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference
via the Reference Inquiry form.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
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[Identification of item], Official photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, BANC PIC 1939.006, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley
Edward A. Rogers collection of Cardinell-Vincent Company and Panama-Pacific International Exposition photographs (BANC PIC
2015.013)
Charles C. Moore albums of Panama-Pacific International Exposition views (BANC PIC 1959.087)
Cardinell-Vincent Co. photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and other San Francisco subjects (BANC PIC
2015.005)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition records (BANC MSS C-A 190)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition records (BANC MSS C-A 190). These records were a gift to the
library in 1938-1939, from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company via the Trustees of the War Memorial, San Francisco.
Photographs, mostly by H.S. Crocker and Company, chiefly comprising Panama-Pacific International Exposition preparation and
construction views taken in 1913-1914, exposition site views at various stages, exposition officials and dignitaries, photographs
of artists’ design drawings for buildings, and crowds attending the 1915 opening and other events. Some photographs of sculptural
works and other artworks are present, a few including the artist posed by the art work. Late in 1914, a new photographic contract
for the exposition was awarded and it went to the Cardinell-Vincent Co., who were official photographers for the last weeks
of preparation and throughout the duration of the exposition. Some photographs in these albums are by Cardinell-Vincent photographers.
Very few interior or exhibit views are present.
Most photographs were numbered and captioned by the creators, and captions were transcribed for this finding aid. When no
captions (or insufficient captions) were present, titles were devised by library assistants and recorded within square brackets.
Transcriptions are not precise in that obvious abbreviated words have been spelled out, without use of brackets, to aid in
search and retrieval.
This guide does not list every item in every volume and part because many of the parts are highly duplicative. Items in parts
that were entirely duplicative have not been individually listed. Rather, a note in the volume information (below) indicates
that contents are mostly or entirely duplicates, and gives the location of copies that are listed. Only views not found and
listed elsewhere have been recorded under that volume or part. For more detail on changes to physical housing, arrangement,
and numbering, see series-level notes for “Albums and Photographic Prints,” below.
Additional exhibit building locations, architectural names, and works of art were identified using the following books:
- Ackley, Laura. San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday, 2015.
- Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. San Francisco: Wahlgreen Company for the Division of Exhibits, 1915.
- The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition; a pictorial survey of the art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition, described by Stella G. S. Perry. San Francisco: P. Elder and Company, 1915.
Albums processed by Bancroft Library staff in the 1980s. Item-level description of album contents carried out 2017-2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Exhibitions
World's fairs
San Francisco (Calif.)
Photographs
H.S. Crocker & Co.
Cardinell-Vincent Co.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company