. 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. THE SAN MATEO COUNTY BOOTH. FROM SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI THE CALIFORNIA COUNTY DISPLAYS 363 sets with diorama backgrounds into which these things faded imperceptibly,showing bears, and mountain lions, and spotted fawns, and the haunts of wildgeese and feathered game of too many kinds to mention. And the wholething was a-bloom with potted plants and cut flowers, among which foun-tains tinkl
. 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. THE SAN MATEO COUNTY BOOTH. FROM SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI THE CALIFORNIA COUNTY DISPLAYS 363 sets with diorama backgrounds into which these things faded imperceptibly,showing bears, and mountain lions, and spotted fawns, and the haunts of wildgeese and feathered game of too many kinds to mention. And the wholething was a-bloom with potted plants and cut flowers, among which foun-tains tinkled. The best of the State was brought or represented here. Thewalls of the vast exhibit hall were hung with paintings of California scenesby California artists, and such canvasses as Santa Clara Valley in BlossomTime were a revelation to the eastern visitor. Around the great display space ran a broad balcony, from which openedrest rooms, or more display rooms, kept open by the various countiesor county groups for their people and their friends, like little Statebuildings. So much of excellence was here presented that it is practically impossibleto convey any very definite impression of it as a whole. We can onlyrecord, bit by bit, w
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