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| Poster from a Vermont train station 1915 |
The poster shown above was collected by my grandfather, Arnold G. Tew, from a train station in Vermont back in 1915. It was a warning to young women not to fall victim to "organized and commercialized vice that flourishes where great expositions are held."
In 1915, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco from February 20, to December 4, 1915. It was a world's fair whose purpose was supposed to be the celebration of the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Balboa, but, practically speaking, it turned into more of a showcase for the City to demonstrate its recovery from the devastating 1906 earthquake.
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Scanned image of the Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs poster from an original poster in the collection of the author.
Image of a postcard from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition is available from the U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. The author/engraver is believed to be F. Koch, Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, California (publisher). The image is in the public domain as a work where the first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923 and the copyright has now expired. See,
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Copyright 2013, John D. Tew
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I can't get enough of that first image. Thanks for posting it!
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