Night view of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

Mobsby, Henry, 1859-1933 (1915). Night view of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. The University of Queensland, Fryer Library.

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Creator Mobsby, Henry, 1859-1933
Title Night view of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
Publisher The University of Queensland, Fryer Library
Publication date 1915
Contributor Henry Mobsby
Type image/tiff
Format photograph
Source Fryer Research UQFL181 Box 2 folder 1 photo 51, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland
Language eng
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Subject 430101 History - Australian
Abstract/Summary The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco during 1915. The centrepiece was a 435 foot Tower adorned with 102,000 novagems. These 1-2 inch colored glass "jewels" were suspended loosely to swing in the breeze and shimmer as they caught and refracted sunlight by day or searchlights at night.
Keyword Mobsby, Henry, 1859-1933
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Exhibitions -- Pictorial works
Photographers -- Australia
Additional Notes Henry William Mobsby was born on 17 August 1859 at Hove, Sussex, England, and came to Queensland in 1883. He had diplomas and certificates from the London Chamber of Commerce, the City and Guilds Institute, the Cripplegate Institute and the South Kensington School of Arts. Mobsby was an instructor in Decoration and Photography at the Brisbane Technical College before being appointed artist and photographer with the Department of Agriculture and Stock in 1897. In 1899, he was also appointed to the Chief Secretary's Department and the Intelligence and Tourist Bureau. Mobsby's photography gained international distinction and he officially represented Queensland at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908, the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 (where he took a motion picture certificate course), the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924-25, and the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin in 1925-26. If you have further information about this photograph, please contact Fryer Library, fryer@library.uq.edu.au or telephone 07 33656236

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