
At a glance
Location
Bookshop West Portal
80 West Portal Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94127
We are located one block from the West Portal Muni station on the K, L, and M lines. There is metered parking outside the store that is free after 6:00pm.
Price
Free
Hours
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Contact info
415.564.8080
info@bookshopwestportal.com
bookshopwestportal.com
Category
Lecture
Options
- Indoors
- No RSVP Needed
- Near MUNI
- Parking
Author Lee Bruno discusses Panorama: Tales From San Francisco’s 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition
Author Lee Bruno presents an illustrated lecture on his book Panorama: Tales From San Francisco’s 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exposition. 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), and this fully illustrated coffee table book focuses on the groundbreaking exhibition and its fascinating participants. The book opens with a large-scale map of the exhibit, with arrows pointing to events and individual people who were there: historic figures including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Maria Montessori, aviator Lincoln Beachey, composer John Phillips Souza, and Charlie Chaplin. Subsequent pages have blow-ups of map sections with stories about the exhibitors and their impact on early 20th-century America. The book also contains a history of the development of the fair through the eyes of the author’s great-grandfather, Reuben Hale, who was responsible for its vision and realization, against long odds.