Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1892-1974

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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

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2015

Descriptive Summary

Title: Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1892-1974

Dates: 1892-1974

Collection Number: GC 1351

Creator/Collector:

Extent: Boxes: 3 legal; 1 letter; 3 flat

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

Abstract: An artificial collection of ephemera, booklets, and other publications of primarily California venues. Non-California events include the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha in 1898; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, 1904; and the Seattle World's Fair, 1962.

Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Expositions and Fairs Collection, 1892-1974. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and Content of Collection

An artificial collection of ephemera, booklets, and other publications of primarily California venues. Non-California events include the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha in 1898; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, 1904; and the Seattle World's Fair, 1962. Arranged chronologically. See also P-84 Pan-Pacific Exposition 1915 Collection; P-85 World's Columbian Exposition 1893; P-156 Exposition Park-Monroe Doctrine Centennial 1923; and GC-1163 Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, 1901. See also GC-1321 for World's Columbian Exposition, 1893.

Indexing Terms

Fairs

Exhibitions

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)

Panama-California International Exposition (1916 : San Diego, Calif.)

California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)

Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)

Lewis and Clark Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)