# Panama–Pacific International Exposition > [!overview] > - parent:: [[World expositions]] > - location:: San Francisco, California, United States > - url:: https://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/1915-san-francisco > - keywords:: Category World Exhibition Dates (date-start:: 1915-02-20) – (date-end:: 1915-12-04) Theme Celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal Official Designation Panama-Pacific International Exposition Area (ha) 254 Visitors 18,876,438 Participants 41 Placeholder for future content. Too many things I’ve read about keep circling back to this event, so a note is just inevitable. 🤷‍♀️ A world’s fair held in [[San Francisco]] from February 20 to December 4, 1915. This was supposed to be held to commemorate the completion of the Panama canal, but it was broadly seen as an opportunity for the city to rebuild and represent itself on the global stage after the [[San Francisco, 1906 earthquake|1906 earthquake]] that had devastated the city. - Included a display of new technology “the baby incubator” » the Fair marked the first demo on the west cost ### Footage - [RARE 16mm FOOTAGE: 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in SAN FRANCISCO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY75exH6Rck) - [San Francisco World's Fair 1915](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47URbxlVIg) (Narrated)