Welcome to a whirlwind tour of the panamapacific International Exposition. Thank you so much to the California Historical society for hosting tonights event and especially adam, jason, and the director, and to lillian for putting together this lovely event. Also thanks to c. H. S. For copublishing my book. You can see why i felt the book had found its home when i spoke to malcolm. If youd like to hear about other events, you can sign up on my mailing list which i will have after the show. Also, we are going to publish them on the site. If you want to hear about other topics, please sign up. Tonight i will be presenting a brief introduction to the great worlds fair held in 1915 also known as the ppie. I hope you will enjoy the stories i selected tonight. First, i will give you a little background on the fair, why and how it came to be built, and then we will take a short tour of the grounds before peering into a few of the exhibits and finishing off with a jaunt down the midway. Afterwa
Director, and to lillian for putting together this lovely event. Also thanks to c. H. S. For copublishing my book. You can see why i felt the book had found its home when i spoke to malcolm. If youd like to hear about other events, you can sign up on my mailing list which i will have after the show. Also, we are going to publish them on the site. If you want to hear about other topics, please sign up. Tonight i will be presenting a brief introduction to the great world fair held in 1915 also known as the ppie. I hope you will enjoy the stories i selected tonight. First, i will give you background on the fair, why and how it came to be built, and we will take a short tour of the grounds before peering into a few of the exhibits and finishing off with a jaunt down the midway. Afterwards, i will be happy to take questions. Here we have rueben brooks hale of the department stores. He first suggested San Francisco host 1915 worlds fair in january of 1904. He wrote the occasion could be adve
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