On this day – April 7

By Ron Plain | April 07, 2015

On this day in 1915 Ohio Day was celebrated at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >

On this day – April 6

By Ron Plain | April 06, 2015

On this day in 1915 the New York City Building was dedicated at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >

Anti-Japanese discrimination and the fair

By PPIE100 | April 06, 2015

By Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian, California Historical Society.  ... Read More >

On this day – April 5

By Ron Plain | April 05, 2015

On this day in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated the dedication of the Bolivia Pavilion and Siskiyou County Day. ... Read More >

On this day – April 3

By Ron Plain | April 03, 2015

On this day in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated Contra Costa County and Tehama County Day. ... Read More >

On this day – April 1

By Ron Plain | April 01, 2015

On this day in 1915 the New Jersey Building was dedicated at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >

On this day – March 31

By Ron Plain | March 31, 2015

On this day in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated “Ripe Olive Day.” ... Read More >

The “lady champion rifle shot of California”

By PPIE100 | March 30, 2015

By Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian, California Historical Society

On June 11th, 1915, The Hebrew announced that “the greatest shooting festival ever held in America” would be celebrated at Shell Mound Park in Emeryville in August and September in connection with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >

On this day – March 30

By Ron Plain | March 30, 2015

March 30, 1915 was “Poppy Day” at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This exhibit – “Mrs. Rosey’s Poppy Room” took the Gold Medal Prize. Image and description courtesy of the University of California Davis Special Collections. View their complete PPIE Collections online at Calisphere. ... Read More >

National Parks at the PPIE

By Ron Plain | March 26, 2015

On the occasion of the conference Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century held this week at the University of California Berkeley, let’s take a look at two spectacular exhibits of National Parks at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >