Photographer Unknown: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation
Photographer Unknown: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation
Photographer Unknown
San Francisco California: Site of the Proposed Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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October 3, 02:40 PM GMT
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1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Howard Clinton Tibbitts
1863-1937
San Francisco California: Site of the Proposed Panama-Pacific International Exposition
(San Francisco: H. C. Tibbitts, circa 1911), a dedication album of 25 gelatin silver prints, each with letterpress caption in the margin, letterpress title and introduction, circa 1911. Quarto, gilt-lettered morocco
images: 6 by 8 in. (15.2 by 20.3 cm.) or the reverse
overall: 10 by 12 in. (25.4 by 30.5 cm.)
Swann Auction Galleries, New York, 17 April 2014, Sale 2345, Lot 29
The recipient of this dedication copy was Hon. Henry C. Loudenslager, a Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.
This prospectus was designed to offer a survey of the San Francisco region before structures for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition were built. Its introduction is compelling, reading in part, "Every one knows California's winter climate is unrivaled---they should realize that the summers are even more delightful..."
The Exposition took place 20 February to 4 December 1915, although years of planning, razing, and construction had to take place beforehand. Locations pictured in this album include Downtown San Francisco; the intersection of Post Street at Kearney; Lotta's Fountain; Hotel St. Francis; Hotel Fairmont; Golden Gate Park; Chinatown; San Francisco Bay; Mount Tamalpais; Yosemite Valley from Bridal Veil Meadows; the tree Wawona; Mount Shasta; Lake Tahoe; Mission San Miguel; the Grand Canyon; and more.