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Title: The Official Guide Book of the Panama-California Exposition San Diego 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
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Subjects: Guide Book Panama-California Exposition San Diego 1915
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Contributing Library: The Committee of One Hundred
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concessionson the grounds. A cracker company shows the manufacture of crackers, asea-food company the manner of gathering its raw material, a winery themanner of gathering grapes and pressing from them the best vintages These and many others are contained in the Food Products section ofthe building but in the main section, adjoining the Prado, are the principalmachinery displays and booths filled with other exhibits of decided interest.Between the two entrances from the Prado lies the information bureau whichis equipped for supplying information concerning interesting side trips out ofSan Diego and points of interest on the various railroad routes to east and north.STATES AND COUNTIES With the main exhibits of the Exposition devoted largely to the effort to show to the visitor from other parts of the country and other parts of the world he opportunities awaiting the traveler and settler in the American West the leading states of the west have erected imposing building™^^ !he (28) 9
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ACROSS THE LAWN BY THE MODEL CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW BUILDING OF INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. OF AMERICA IN THE JAPANESE GARDENS—JAPAN AND FORMOSA BUILDING (29) lessons taught in its general features. It is their task to show what each in-dividual state has to offer. Most of these buildings are located on the lowerplateau and are almost the first sights to strike the eye of the visitor, whetherhe come across El Puente Cabrillo or up along EI I aseo to the south gate.Two of the states have placed their exhibits elsewhere,—Nevada whose exhibitis located in the heart of the outdoor display among the Alameda, and Califor-nia whose imposing $250,000 building stands close to the west approach, itsareat tower and dome dominating the architectural scheme of the whole grounds. The California Building, however, is not devoted to a display of the statesresources as is the case with the other states, but this work has been left to thefine buildings erected by individual groups of counties. The Sac

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