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Location

Special Collections Research Center
Henry Madden Library, South Wing, 4th Flr
CSU Fresno

Price

Free

Hours

Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Contact info

(559) 278-2595
libguides.csufresno.edu

Category

Exhibition

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A Tale of Two Fairs: 1915 San Francisco and 1915-16 San Diego

Special Collections Research Center, CSU Fresno
Apr 15, 2015 to Dec 23, 2015

A special exhibit on the San Francisco and the San Diego World Fairs of 1915.

The Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs is located at the Special Collections Research Center on the 4th floor of the South wing in the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno.

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