Panama-Pacific International Exposition album 1

Volume 1 of a two volume record of New Zealand exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held at San Francisco in 1915. Most of the photographs were taken by Leslie Hinge.

Photographs include exterior and interior views of the New Zealand pavilion, views from the pavilion by day and by night, and exterior views of pavilions from Australia, Cuba, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, France, Norway and Canada.

Interior views in the New Zealand pavilions include a fernery; the reading room; exhibits of wool samples and woollen fabrics; a display of leather boots and saddlery; views of three different collections of kauri gum samples (belonging to J H McCarroll, Colonel G W S Patterson, and Arthur H Cranwell); a cabinet of stuffed kiwis; stuffed heads of a boar, a fallow deer and a red deer; and outdoor closeup views of Corriedale sheep, exhibited by C H Ensor.

One photograph shows the United States Ex-President, William Howard Taft and his entourage visiting the New Zealand pavilion, and another shows a group of seven press delegates.

Other Titles - New Zealand exhibits at Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with black leather cover, entitled `New Zealand exhibits at Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Album No. 1' (in gold lettering); 26 x 32 cm

Provenance: Donated by the Tourist and Publicity Department in 1967