Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Exhibitions; Grains
View from the intersection of the Idaho Grain Exhibit and the Shoshone Falls Model in the Palace of Agriculture building. The exhibit was designed and built by Robert W. Limbert.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Exhibitions; Urns; Potatoes
Idaho Grain Exhibit, featuring sixteen urns of Idaho grains. The exhibit sat next to the baked potato booth to the right of the Shoshone Falls model. The exhibit was designed and built by Robert W. Limbert.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Exhibitions; Waterfalls; Potatoes;
Unknown person standing next to the model of Shoshone Falls. The sign above the Shoshone Falls model reads: "212 ft. high, 47 ft. higher than Niagara Falls, One of the scenic wonders of the northwest / In the heart of a million acres of irrigated...
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Arches; Exhibitions;
Robert W. Limbert created the Idaho exhibit archway in the Palace of Agriculture, with the model of Arrowrock Dam in the bottom right corner. The arch contains painted illustrations of farming scenes.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Exhibitions; Scaffolding
The scaffolding behind the Idaho Exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture. This is the same framework behind the Limbert's papier-m�ch� models of Arrowrock Dam and Shoshone Falls, which measured 93 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 26 feet high.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Architecture; Bays (Bodies of water); Domes
A west-facing photograph of the Education and Social Economy Palace in the foreground, Palace of Fine Arts building in the center, and the edge of the marina in the background.
A group of men and women from the town of Arco took the expedition group out to Lost Valley before they started their journey into Craters of the Moon.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Night photographs; Architecture; Towers
Evening view of the Tower of Jewels. This building was the tallest at the fair and was covered in thousands of colorful cut-glass that hung on the exterior of the building.
View of the Sawtooth Mountains with small pile of boulders in the foreground. Robert W. Limbert took hundreds of photographs during his explorations of the Sawtooth Mountains.
View of the Sawtooth Mountains framed by thickly forested hills. Robert W. Limbert took hundreds of photographs during his explorations of the Sawtooth Mountains.