Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — Page 7

I Like Magic City of the Orient Fast Panama-Pacific International I | Exposition Rises on Shores of San Francisco Harbor I Argentine and Holland Increase Appropriation to Participate—Japan Asks for More Exhibit Space U Superb Exposition Will Be Completed in Every Detail on Its Opening Day* February 20, 1915 Panoramic View of Portion of Panama-Pacific Exposition ~ - " " Bw. d' ... » HR A —-r—----jsL &■■■••. : A- ■ --A ■ 731 $■ " 1 — ~^ r ' j 1 jffiSL ai &«S TflTjyj aiTtfrf J f iiiiiiii"iirT MMFiHMMr copyright, 1314, by Panama Pacific International Exposition Company. "~ • *'* "* ’ ' ■!■»■—— * This photograph, taken the latter part of August, 1914, shows only a part of the great Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco the vast main exhibit section with the framework of the huge Tower of Jewels nsmg in the center of the exhibit group. The tower, which is 430 feet high, rises in seven terraces, the last terrace giving away to a group of figures supporting a globe typifying the world. It will be richly decorated with herolo sculptures signifying achievement. On the extreme left of the picture is seen the framework of the, great Palace of Fine Arts, which faces upon a large forested lagoon, in which its classic outlines will be reflected. This building which describes an arc Is 1,100 feet in its outside perimeter. ' ’ Next, and facing the harbor for more than three thousand feet, is the central group of eight vast exhibit palaces, forming a rectangle. The four palaces facing upon San Francisco harbor are. from left to right the Palaeo of Food Products, Agriculture, Transportation and Mines and Metallurgy. Paralleling these buildings from left to right are the Palaces of Education. Liberal Arts, Manufacturers and Varied Industries. The Tower of Jewels rises from the space between the Palace of Liberal Arts and Manufactures. The domes of each of these palaces are 160 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter. 1 In the foreground on the left is the superb Palace of Horticulture, surmounted by a glass dome 186 feet in height and 152 feet in diameter. The domes and minarets of this building suggest the famous mosque of tho Sultan Ahmed lin Constantinople. On the extreme right of the group may be seen the huge Palace of Machinery, 968 feet in length. 36S feet in width and 135 feet in height The smaller structure in the foreground near the Palace of Machinery, is the Service Building, the headquarters of the exposition’s Division of Concessions and of Works The framework to the left of the Service Building is that of beautiful Festival Hall, where hundreds of great conventions and congresses will meet in 1915. This building will be illuminated by light rising through its floors. This view was taken late in August. The exposition will open February 20th and close December 4th 1915

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SUPERB PALACE OF HORTICULTURE PRACTICALLY COMPLETED AT PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION—MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF SARACEN IC ARCHIHOT * Wf ' Tr Z 4 1 Z*--' -' rZ ' X M ' I 1 ••>:« Z :-.-.<••••■ I 1 ■ . f| I - ’• I L ■ ‘MMK& fiiW w ' WTlgwOMMwofc..- rM ■■■ n BSsL > MMMR-nFW'" m 3 11 ! ® «it g * I .-□ iIgR:-z',n'JW'’MWHi> M O 3£ -W-. £ :■:> :< M- : < Wff.the t bundißg3 !! o ( h t b he E,P<>S '“ O,, ‘ A " ‘° ld ' 13 h “ ge Btn ‘ Ct “ re ’ •"’ fce M “«’ l « ed •»• «po«ltlon. In Immediate foreground lateen the °ocadon°ot a g'rea?]’igwnwhwe'the 6 dass’e pSXwM bXXrf 1 th ‘ " Posi “°” ,e °” ’"'* th<! t' l >»">srap h er was looking west toward the main approach to the building. In the similar to the famous m< asquerf rXhlchXls d based uZ^he’cl'lebrVdV 1111111 ” 8 tUrDed - he Pae<?9 ° f hiSt ° ry ‘° ’ he d * y3 of the Saracena for the,r Inspiration, the domes and minarets of the palace being when It Is compared with some of the most famous domes now inexistence The diameter plmhfo™o/ Pome ® lBlll and 152 feet in diameter An idea of magnitude of this dome may be had Washington. D. C., 135% feet; while the famous dome of St Peter’s at Rnmn u tat Pantheon of Rome is 142 feet, that of the Duomo of Santa Maria del Flore at Florence, 139 feet; the United States capitol. aa against 62.000 feet covered by the mosque of St Sophlf The buildup was a This d ’™ enS,OnS ° f of Horticulture are equally Imposing, the building covering 223,000 square feet of ground t °_: -T Ino DU » This panorama was taken late in August. The exposition will open February 20 and close December 4. 1915

Symbolic Figure Representing the Pacific Ocean at Panamai Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. ©BWTtght, IM4. by Panama Pacific International Exposition Company.

NATIONS INCREASED FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED IN EUROPE-SEE AMERICA FIRST IN 19 The opening of the Panama canal appeals to all the world. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition wl opens in San Francisco on February 20. 1915, and closes December 4, 1915, will be the greatest manifestation national achievement since the Declaration of Independence Within three weeks after the European war broke out the Argentine Republic, in view of the new trade a ®°? th Amencan increased its fund for participation in the exposition f $1,300,000 to $1 100 000; Holland Increased its fund from SIOO,OOO to $400,000 and ordered construction rushed i the superb Netherlands Pavilion, next to the Palace of Fine Arts. Japan, through Consul-General Numano at Francisco, asked for Increased exhibit space in the exhibit section and promised that the superb Japanese Pav« w!ll be completed in every detail upon the opening of the exposition. During the Japanese-Russian war .larmn n a splendid exhibit at the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis France cabled that there had bee. changes in her plans to take part in the exposition Thirty-nine nations will be officially represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The nat have appropriated huge sums for participation, China, for example, having appropriated SBOO 000 for the superb nese Pavilion, which is being rapidly rushed to completion. I" ." waTmorT.bTS ATTRACTIVE BOOK ON THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNAty per cent completed. TIGNAL EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL MAILED FREE Thousands of Americans who - HV DSO”E book of sixtv pages, profusely illustrated in colors who have never toured the United A aad giving d tailed descriptions of the Panama-Pacific InternaStates will make the great circuit t ( aa . Exertion to held in San Francisco from February of the country with the beautiful 20 to December 4. 1915, and of the Panama canal and canal and colossal I anama-Pacific Inter- region, will be mailed by the Exposition free of charge to all inquirers, national Exposition as their objec- The booklet is intended for prospective visitors and will also contain nnTn^'k 1 in J 9ls - More than SSOO,- information concerning the great engineering feat which the Expo000,000 has been expended in Eu- sition is to celebrate. Write to the Manager, Bureau of Publications, Tope every year by American tour- Panama Pacific International Exposition, Exposition Building San ists, but next year the traveling Francisco, for booklet. world will ‘ See America First.”

Superb Fountain of Energy at Panama-Pacific International Exposition Opening February 20, 1915, at San Francisco jrffjijfz A -Z.-. ' Copyright, 1914, by Panama Pacific International Kxpoalttea C-wpanj

Striking Figure Representing the North Sea, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, ( February, 1915. & aw's/ CTP a, '-■■■ M. CopyrUht, IH4. by Panama PaeUla lM*n»flop«| Kxpooition Company.

Colossal Figure of i Soldier, Ms 1 ■BHk r Mgr i I o IL Copyright, 1914. by I anm Tatarnational Fxpo.« ttfor. ■ ’ ' ■ ' -. One of the arna eing ha ot the great Panama Pari it tonal Exposition that wii t Ran Francisco on Feb; uar 5