A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
A tour of the Pan-American Exposition of 1901, a tribute to the Western hemisphere, American progress & technology (and American imperialism and bigotry in the guise of internationalism). The entire film was photographed from an excursion boat traveling through all of the waterways surrounding and running through the fantasy world of the Exposition.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. Starting in the "Streets of Venice" section on east side of the Exposition grounds. POV as our boat passes under the west Mall bridge, then and continuing on its course past the Bazaar Building, toward "Darkest Africa" section.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat toward "Darkest Africa" section, and beside it "McGarvie's Streets of Mexico". Next we turn and head toward the Electric Tower - nice view of arc-shaped collonade,
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat turning many corners and passing under many bridges, you also see gondolas rowing through the canals.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat as we pass under another bridge, then past stadium on right and row of trees on left, heading toward the Canada building.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat heading toward the Canada building. Other gondolas pass by.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat turning to go under bridge and turn past the U.S. Government Building and the U.S. Ordinance Exhibit where heavy artillery guns are displayed outside.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV as our boat approaches and passes the Forestry and the grounds of the "Six Nations of the American Indians", a wooded area with log huts, wigwams.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat on to Mirror Lake, we skirt the bank of the lake, all paved, passing the pergola & heading toward structures of the main entrance, hanging on a wire between 2 towers there are 7 discs with streamers hanging from them and small flags stuck in the top.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat as we head into "The Grotto" a curved tunnel (info on the exhibition says it took about a minute to pass through so they must have cut out all but entrance and exit, since it was too dark to film the tunnel interior which is described as covered with tropical foliage). Our boat emerges out onto lake surrounded by more collonades and buildings.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat as we turn and head toward and pass under a Venitian style bridge and end up in the "Streets of Old Venice" section which of course attempts to replicate that city.
A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
View of the major exhibit buildings in various architectural styles as the boat makes its way through the canal, going through tunnels and under bridges & past amusement attractions. POV from boat passing through "Streets of Old Venice" section, there are a lot of people here, boats lined up along the bank and oddly enough, on one boat there's a guy dressed up in furs and feathers like some "savage" caricature, waving a tomahawk sort of weapon around in a threatening manner much to the amusement of some tourists. We pass under another bridge, then the film ends.