Scenes from the Panama Pacific International Exposition

Upper Left: Ground-breaking ceremony for the Panama Pacific International Exposition, October 14, 1911. President William Taft turned the first shovelful of earth. Identification Number: 96-07-08 Album 1 (5)

Upper Right: Festival Hall, one of the primary buildings at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. Identification Number: 96-07-08, Album 1 (60)

Bottom Left: Palace of Horticulture, one of eleven main palace exposition halls at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Identification Number: 96-07-08, Album 1 (61)

Bottom Right: William and Grace McCarthy in an Osborne Electriquette, an electric motor chair, at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, circa 1915. Designed specifically for use at the Panama-Pacific expositions in both San Francisco and San Diego, these battery-powered wicker chairs seated two to three people, moved at a speed of around three miles per hour, and operated for up to eight hours on one charge. Identification Number: 96-07-08 Album 1 (27)