Are we coming to this? uh, yeah

Oakland Tribune, October 21, 1915

For Sale - Plants who went to the 1915 fair

From the Oakland Tribune, October 20, 1915

Japanese Garden in the Horticulture Garden

From Official Catalogue

Block 1 is marked "Japan".  I've been wondering what was in it. Ran across the "Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Panama-Pacific International Exposition" while searching for Domoto (a local nursery) and PPIE.

Construction photos of the South Gardens

Tower of Jewels, June 21, 1914

Some construction photos of the PPIE don't have a date. So I've collected dated photos that show the Tower of Jewels. I created a timeline of photos including these undated panoramas according to the progress of the construction of the Tower of Jewels.

The Library of Congress has the following panoramas.

• February 20, 1914
• March 20, 1914 
• March 30, 1914 from Education, some palms
• unknown date
• April 18, 1914
• May 1, 1914 - hort palace well framed. not good picture.
• unknown date 2. hort palace has glass.
• June 21, 1914
• unknown date 3.
• Unknown date 4, 3 months before opening.
• 1915, unknown date

Counting palms

The number "350" is used for the number of palms along the Avenue of Palms in several places. I think that might be high. So I photographed the landscape plan that is currently displayed at the California Historical Society.

Some palms were obtained from CNC and some elsewhere.

And, yes, I know. A landscape plan is more like "guidelines" than actual rules, to paraphrase the pirate's code.

Early Static Electricity Experiments

From Electrical Experimenter

Did we try this at home?

The Home Electrical at the PPIE

From the General Electric Review

"The construction of this complete house within the Manufacturer's Palace is an engineering novelty which has added materially to the attractiveness of this special exhibit. The home is a California mission bungalow in design built of gray stucco roofed with red tile in the picturesque Spanish
fashion and with a long columned portico along two sides. There is also a small enclosed patio or garden in the rear. The interior arrangement provides for a large and comfortable living room, an attractive dining room with a breakfast alcove, a bedroom with a nursery and a bathroom adjoining, a sewing room, a kitchen with auxiliary refrigeration room, and laundry. In connection with the house there are also an electric garage, a workshop, and a small creamery. Every room is completely furnished and attractively decorated all in excellent taste and yet entirely within the means of an average family.