Souvenir Silk Picture, "Birth of Our Nation's Flag," from Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
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The Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated the 1914 completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly nineteen million people visited San Francisco, recently recovered from a devastating 1906 earthquake, during the fair in 1915. Many returned home with mementos of the exhibition, such as this patriotic souvenir.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated the 1914 completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly nineteen million people visited San Francisco, recently recovered from a devastating 1906 earthquake, during the fair in 1915. Many returned home with mementos of the exhibition, such as this patriotic souvenir.
Artifact
Silk picture
Date Made
1915
Keywords
United States, California, San Francisco
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
75.142.221
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Nate S. Shapero & Ruth B. Shapero Collection.
Material
Silk (Textile)
Technique
Jacquard weaving
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 9 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
front, up left side: SAN FRANCISCO 1915 front, on bottom: "BIRTH OF OUR NATION'S FLAG" front, up right side: SOUVENIR OF PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION
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