Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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