Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
There is Toyland Grown Up, a product of the astonishing genius of
Frederic Thompson, creator of Luna Park, covering nearly twelve acres
and packed with Thompson's whimsical conceptions of the figures of the
Mother Goose Tales, Kate Greenway's children, and soldiers and giants,
and the familiar toys of the Noah's Ark style-all on a gigantic scale.
Japan Beautiful, a concession backed by the Japanese Government, has
many interesting features, including the enormous gilded figure of
Buddha over the entrance and a reproduction of Fujiyama in the
background. Then there is an Antarctic show entitled "London to the
South Pole;" the Streets of Cairo; the Submarines, with real water and
marine animals; Creation, a vast dramatic scene from Genesis; the Battle
of Gettysburg; the Evolution of the Dreadnaught; and many other
spectacles and entertainments of many classes, but all measuring up to a
certain standard of excellence insisted upon by the Exposition. The
Aeroscope, a huge steel arm that lifts a double decked cabin more than
two hundred and fifty feet above the ground and then swings it around in
a great circle over the Zone, is one of the thrillers.
The Joy Zone has suffered from the excellence of the Exposition to which
it is the side-show. The Exposition itself is so wonderful a sight and
contains so vast a number of remarkable and interesting things that
multitudes have been content to stay with it, too much engrossed to find
time for any but a few of the best things on the Zone. No better
evidence could be found of the beauty, interest and value of this
Exposition.
Appendix
(A) Sculptures and Mural Paintings
The following lists give the titles, locations and names of artists of
the Exposition Sculptures and Mural Paintings. They do not include work
exhibited in the Palace of Fine Arts, or in the state or foreign
buildings, but only those which were designed for the adornment of the
Exposition palaces, courts, and gardens.
The lists also index all matter and illustrations describing or showing
this "Exposition art." Figures in light-face type refer to pages in the
text; those in black-face type, to illustrations.
I. Sculptures.
South Gardens.--Two Mermaid Fountains, by Arthur Putnam (21, 84, 99);
Fountain of Energy, by A. Stirling Calder (83, 47).
Palace of Horticulture--Figures at bases of spires, by Eugene Louis
Boutier; Pairs of Caryatids, by John Bateman (21).
Festival Hall.--The Torch Bearer (on domes), Bacchus, The Listening
Woman, Flora and Pan, Flora and Dreaming Girl, Figures on cartouche over
entrance, all by Sherry E. Fry (26, 26, 32).
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