Official Publication, Panama California International Exposition: San Diego, 1916

The Panama—California Exposition was held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first U.S. port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal. The fair was held in San Diego's large urban Balboa Park.

While the fair originally had no international exhibitors, by 1916 it had exhibits from Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, and Switzerland. Most came from the recently closed Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco some of whom were unable to return to Europe due to World War I. The City of San Diego is planning a major observation of the 2015 centennial of the Exposition.

This representative album contains "hand-colored" illustrations depicting 12 scenes of the exposition.