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| Mabel and Fatty viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco, Cal. / PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5
The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition was San Francisco's second fair (following the 1894 Mid-Winter Fair) and her first major exposition. The 1915 fair celebrated both the opening of the newly-completed Panama Canal -- a triumph of Franco-American engineering -- and the newly-rebuilt San Francisco, vital and vigorous after recovering from the 1906 earthquake and fire. The fair opened on February 20, 1915, and closed December 4, 1915, having attracted 18,876,438 visits by several million visitors. Mabel Normand and Fatty Arbuckle were major comedy stars of the silent screen. Mabel Normand (1894-1930) was a brilliant comedienne and prankster with an irrepressible vitality who became a Mack Sennet star. She played opposite such greats as Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle and was perhaps the most talented comic star of the silent screen. Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (1887-1933), a vaudeville veteran, became one of Sennet's Keystone Kops in 1913 and rose to stardom. In 1917 he was accused of sexual assault in the death of starlet Virginia Rappe, who collapsed during a wild drinking party he threw in a suite of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Although acquitted, Arbuckle's career was ruined. Duration: 3:16 (part 1), 3:34 (part 2), 3:24 (part 3), 2:59 (part 4), and 3:39 (part 5) |
| [Panama-Pacific International Exposition color footage]
1915 Film footage of the 1915 San Francisco world's fair. Silent, Color. Run Time: 8:26 |
| [Panama-Pacific International Exposition] 1915 Film footage of Dignitaries and ceremonies at the Fair. Silent, B&W. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Run Time: 8:12 |
| Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California: Images of the 1915 San Francisco Worlds's Fair. Silent, B&W Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Run Time: 5:05 |
| The Story of Jewel City 1915 Fantasy film produced for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Sponsor: Panama-Pacific International Exposition Producer: Exposition Players Corporation Sound, B&W. Run Time: 9:03 |
| Panama-Pacific International Exposition ca. 1940s. Retrospect film of the 1915 San Francisco Exposition. Producer: Vail (Frank W.) Sound, B&W Run Time: 10:13 |
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Court of Abundance, cloister, Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, CA |
Tower of Education, half dome of philosophy, Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, CA |
| [Ground breaking for Japanese concession at Panama-Pacific Exposition]. |
Western Pacific-Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, California / Geo. L. Beam. |
| View of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds, May 1, 1914. |
[View of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds]. |
| Birds eye view of Panama-Pacific International Exposition, grounds & buildings, including the site and all features. |
Panorama taken from Valleho [sic] Street. |
| Panorama showing south gardens, 3/20/14. |
Panorama taken from top of Machinery Hall. |
| Panorama taken from the south gardens, June 21st, 1914. |
Panorama taken from Palace of Machinery, June First, 1914. |
| Main Exhibit Palaces, April 18, 1914. |
Top of Machinery Hall, April 1, 1914. |
| Panorama from top, Education Bldg., looking east. |
Panorama of Yacht Harbor, 4/1/14. |
| [Panorama taken from Vallejo Street showing Main Exhibit Palaces]. |
Panorama showing Fine Arts steel works, Educational, Food Products & Horticulture Bldgs. |
| Western Pacific - entrance arch and detail for MoPac-D&RG-WP exhibit in the Palace of Transportation Bldg : at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California / Geo. L. Beam. |
Western Pacific - entrance arch and detail for MoPac-D&RG-WP exhibit in the Palace of Transportation Bldg : at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California / Geo. L. Beam. |
| Panorama showing British site from the Presidion [sic] looking toward the Palace of Fine Arts and Palace of Horticulture. |
Panama Pacific International Exposition. |
| Western Pacific - San Francisco, CA view north at time of Panama - Pacific International Exposition / Beam. |
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Feb. 20, 1914, one year before opening day. |
| Ad for roses made of butter exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition |
National Association of National Park Superintendents, Panama Pacific International Exposition, March 13th, 1915. |
| [Exposition grounds, three months before opening day]. |
Exhibition grounds at San Francisco, Feb. 20, 1914. |
| [Bay and Exposition from 2626 Vallejo St., San Francisco]. |
[Field day to H.I.M. Japanese Naval Training Ships |
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