Page 149 - Paton: American Panorama

r
6 .3 AN EPOCH OF EXPO SITIO N S AMD 0LVMP1C GAMES 7 893-7 907
1901 PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION - U.S. TECHNOLOGY ON MSPLAV.

H eld at B u ^ a lo , N .V k^-om 1 .MAV to 1 .NOV .0 1 ,thii> E x p o sitio n was d esig n ed to show
AmeAican te c h n o lo g ic a l pA.ogs.ess, w h ile dem onstAating towaAdS th e L a tin
AmeAican S ta te s . Spanish-A m eA ican OJaA (qv 6.2} aAouSed th e iA about 'Im p e ria lism ' &
caused th e E x p o sitio n to be put back 2 yeaA S. S it e S e le c tio n due to th e c lo s e pA oxim ity
ok N iagara F a lls w ith i t s lim it le s s e le c t A ic it y su p p ly . I t was opened by R o o se v e lt.

2c PSE with 1899 Exposition Advertising Slogan PAN AMERICAN/ 1901/ EXPOSITION.
BaMy m/c Double Oval BUFFALO,N.y./ JUL 19/ 1S99.
1st U.S. use 0{m/c ’ADVERTISING SLOGAN CANCELLATION’; 19.JUL. 1899 is earliest date.

Roosevelt opened the Exposition Electricity {rom NiagaAa
Co-UL PcUA P. 10 VeJut.
Exposition stamp subjects selected because they depicted technological progress 8 them had regional connections:
1c Fast Lake Navigation - Paddle-Steamer ’City 0^ Alpena IV Launched 1893. On Lake Huron between Toledo,Oh. 8 Si. Ignace,Mich.
2c FaAl Express - 'Empire Siaie’ Express between New Vork 8 Bu^alo. Started 189! 8 1893 the maximum speed was 112.5 mph.
5c Bridge at Niagara Falls - 1268{i Long ’Steel Arch Truss’ designed by L.L. Buck 8 built 1895-98 {or Streetcars 8 pedestrians.
8c Canal Locks at Saute de Sie MaAie - Baili (1855) io conneci Lakes Superior 8 HuAon ^OA Ahipmeni vaAi tonnage o{ iron ore.

City o{ Alpena Empire State Buck's Bridge Soo Canal Locks

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +