On this day – April 13

By Ron Plain | April 13, 2015

On the evening of April 13, 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated “Illumination Night” in honor of Walter D’Arcy Ryan – the founder and first director of General Electric’s Illuminating Engineering Laboratory whose visionary lighting would become one of the most enduring memories of the PPIE. ... Read More >

Court of the Universe looking toward the Bay, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. California Historical Society.

On this day – April 4

By Ron Plain | April 04, 2015

On this day in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held events to celebrate Easter Sunday, including an eggrolling contest and Easter-egg hunt on the North Garden. ... Read More >

 
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