. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. ch a decoration have been carried out in soeffective a manner. It was, in execution, the work of W. E. Benton andquite a staff of artists, under the general direction of the Division of Exhib-its, with the advice of a committee of automobile men consisting of W. , Chester N. Weaver, and J. I. McMullin, and it madeGood Roads ^^^ ^^^* Setting for automobile display ever seen in
. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. ch a decoration have been carried out in soeffective a manner. It was, in execution, the work of W. E. Benton andquite a staff of artists, under the general direction of the Division of Exhib-its, with the advice of a committee of automobile men consisting of W. , Chester N. Weaver, and J. I. McMullin, and it madeGood Roads ^^^ ^^^* Setting for automobile display ever seen in the country upto that time. The work began in October, 1914, and throughthe labor of large squads of staff modelers and artists was completed byOpening Day. It may be said that the original inspiration of the scheme was to stimu-late the growing interest in good roads, and especially to help the develop-ment of the Lincoln Highway, at that time laid out from ocean to ocean butnot yet entirely complete. The completion of the first transcontinentaltour over it from New York to San Francisco, we have recited in one of thechapters dealing with the events of the Exposition year. It occurred onAugust 25, PART OF THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW
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