[PPIE Lectures] Premiere of New "Creating the PPIE" Lecture

[La]

Creating the Panama-Pacific International ExpositionDear Friends,

You are cordially invited a brand new Panama-Pacific International
Exposition lecture this Saturday in San Francisco.

This will be the world premiere of my new lecture, titled "Creating the
Panama Pacific International Exposition: Part I," and will take place at the
San Francisco Postcard Club meeting on March 26.  

 

The lecture will at the San Francisco Postcard Club meeting, Saturday March
26, 2011 from 12 Noon to 3PM in room C-370 of Fort Mason Center, Laguna St.
at Marina Blvd. in San Francisco.  After the club meeting, I should go on a
bit after 1:15. But it's fun to come early because dealers and collectors
bring a lot of PPIE memorabilia to this show.

 

Here's the synopsis:

 

Fans of San Francisco history know that the city hosted a spectacular
world's fair in 1915, but less well known is the engaging tale of how San
Francisco envisioned, won and built the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition against long odds. Join architectural historian Laura Ackley for
the exciting story spanning the period from 1904, when department store
magnate Ruben Brooks Hale first proposed a San Francisco world's fair, to
the gala opening day on February 20, 1915.

 

To create the exposition, San Francisco had to surmount a variety of
obstacles, any of which could have doomed the fair. First, the city needed
to recover from the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. Next, San
Francisco narrowly defeated New Orleans in an intense Congressional battle
for the right to host the celebration. Immediately following that victory,
local powers engaged in a contentious site selection process. Finally, an
expert team of designers and builders constructed the exposition at Harbor
View, a considerable amount of which was under the bay as late as 1911,
while facing the financial concerns attendant on World War One. I will
present dramatic images of each phase of the exposition's creation,
including stereoviews, official photographs, souvenirs, magazine articles,
telegrams, lantern slides and, of course, postcards.

 

There are so many fantastic images and stories that I have broken this
presentation into two parts: the first part covers the period from the fair
idea's inception, through the tumultuous first decade of the 1900s until the
final site selection in 1912, and the second part covers the entire
construction period, designing the fair, unusual early renderings,
promotional materials and the grand opening parade.  Part II will be
presented to the Postcard Club on April 23.

 

If you are interested but cannot make one of the lectures, don't worry, they
are independent and you don't need to have seen one to enjoy the other.

 

I will also be presenting Part I of "Creating the PPIE" to the Mill Valley
Historical Society the evening of April 6. Please check out my website for
time and location:

 

http://www.sf1915.com/events.htm

 

Hope to see some of you this week!

 

Regards,

 

Laura Ackley

 

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