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Great Western Portal at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Photograph showcases the Palace of Food Products entry with the Half-Dome of Vigor rising 113 feet. Mosaic vault by Jules Guerin fills the dome with riotous colors. Left, blooming shrubs herald opening in February 1915 at San Francisco. Massive colonnade of the Court of Four Seasons.
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Palace of Food Products
Jules Guerin
America
San Francisco
Forum
Rome
Ralph Stackpole
Vigor
Earl Cummings
W. B. Faville
Panama Pacific International Expoition Company
Court of the Four Seasons
Palace of Agriculture