Pompeian Olive Oil Company’s exhibit. Cardinell-Vincent Company, Photographer Courtesy UC Davis Special Collections.

On this day – March 31

On this day in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated “Ripe Olive Day.” Shown here is an exhibit by the Pompeian Olive Oil Company, photograph was taken by the Cardinell-Vincent Company, the official photographer of the World’s Fair (Courtesy University of California Davis Special Collections).