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Great Panama Pacific Exposition planned for San Francisco 1915
A sweeping preview of the Panama Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915. Noted architects and firms from New York, Buffalo, and Chicago design the site. The project includes a new city hall, a $1,000,000 auditorium, an opera house, landmark towers, and extensive harbor defenses.
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San Francisco
Hamilton M. Wright
United States
Congress
Department of State
America
Bay
Messrs. McKim, Mead & White
New York
Madison Square Garden
Boston Public Library
Thomas Hastings
Carrere & Hastings
Buffalo
Henry Bacon
Willis Polk
D. H. Burnham
Chicago
Civic Center
Panama
Pacific Ocean
Commonwealths
Union
California
Wll
Golden Gate
Elarbor View
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Park
Harbor View
Presidio
Market Street
van Ness Avenue
United States Navy
Bartholdi
Liverty
St. Francis Memorial Tower
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Gate Park