1915 Pan-Pac / PPIE Certificate of Attendance

Zoins

Here's a FUN pickup. I'm a big fan of the PPIE Panama Pacific International Exposition so I couldn't resist the holder and sticker

kiyote

Thanks for sharing! I would have loved to have gone myself in 1915. We just don’t do large fairs like that anymore. San Francisco went all out to create a mini-paradise. And it lacked the serial killer the 1892 World’s Expo had.

alohagary

Nice

Timbuk3

Sweet !!!

TomB

That is a fabulously cool piece! I have never seen one in-hand, but they look astonishing.

mvs7

Very cool pickup!

291fifth

An great example of how original packaging can add interest to a numismatic item. I've never seen one of those before.

BG

I would love to have that!

Treashunt

Love it!

thebeav

@kiyote said:
And it lacked the serial killer the 1892 World’s Expo had.

That is a neat piece !
I wasn't familiar with a 'zodiac' running around at the Chicago fair.......

ms70

Love it!

SCDHunter

That is an awesome piece. Nice pickup!

ricko

Very impressive.... The first I have seen....I assume the token is gold plated....I will have to research the Chicago Serial Killer reference... had not heard of that ...Cheers, RickO

ricko

Wikipedia...."Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or more commonly known as H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer of the 19th century.[3]
While he confessed to 27 murders,[4] only nine could be plausibly confirmed ..." Very interesting.... Cheers, RickO

Zoins

Old Thread Update

I used to think it would be great to have one of these with the certificate filled in....

until I ran across this one

koynekwest

Those are very neat items!

mannie gray

@thebeav said:

@kiyote said:
And it lacked the serial killer the 1892 World’s Expo had.

That is a neat piece !
I wasn't familiar with a 'zodiac' running around at the Chicago fair.......

See "The Devil in the White City", a book about this.

jmlanzaf

I would encourage anyone who is interested in the fairs and fair pieces to look at all the associated memorabilia. There are some really interested souvenir picture books, postcards and paper such as trade cards and tickets as well as the usual exonumia. Even some really fun souvenir spoons. I should post some photos some day.

Zoins

@jmlanzaf said:
I would encourage anyone who is interested in the fairs and fair pieces to look at all the associated memorabilia. There are some really interested souvenir picture books, postcards and paper such as trade cards and tickets as well as the usual exonumia. Even some really fun souvenir spoons. I should post some photos some day.

Paul Middents wrote the following awesome guide for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) which covers a variety of items. I really enjoyed going through it. It would be great to have these for all the expositions.

• Joseph Mayer and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition: “Dollars, Spoons, Tower Clocks and Telegraph Keys”

jmlanzaf

@Zoins said:

@jmlanzaf said:
I would encourage anyone who is interested in the fairs and fair pieces to look at all the associated memorabilia. There are some really interested souvenir picture books, postcards and paper such as trade cards and tickets as well as the usual exonumia. Even some really fun souvenir spoons. I should post some photos some day.

Paul Middents wrote the following awesome guide for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) which covers a variety of items. I really enjoyed going through it. It would be great to have these for all the expositions.

• Joseph Mayer and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition: “Dollars, Spoons, Tower Clocks and Telegraph Keys”

There are some books out there, though hard to find. Unfortunately, ephemera has gone the way of stamps...nothing but aged collectors.

Zoins

@jmlanzaf said:

@Zoins said:

@jmlanzaf said:
I would encourage anyone who is interested in the fairs and fair pieces to look at all the associated memorabilia. There are some really interested souvenir picture books, postcards and paper such as trade cards and tickets as well as the usual exonumia. Even some really fun souvenir spoons. I should post some photos some day.

Paul Middents wrote the following awesome guide for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) which covers a variety of items. I really enjoyed going through it. It would be great to have these for all the expositions.

• Joseph Mayer and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition: “Dollars, Spoons, Tower Clocks and Telegraph Keys”

There are some books out there, though hard to find. Unfortunately, ephemera has gone the way of stamps...nothing but aged collectors.

Well, hopefully there's always a group that enjoys history.

I think the type of booklet done by Paul is really important to group these items together to tell a story. I think moving to electronic publications is important as hardbound books have limited publishing runs and become hard to find.