The Jewel City Part 18

Court of Seasons.--The Harvest (on half dome), by Albert Jaegers; Rain and Sunshine (on columns), by Albert Jaegers; Feast of the Sacrifice (on pylons), by Albert Jaegers (76, 79); Fountain groups, The Seasons, by Furio Piccirilli (75-6, 90-1, 94); Attic figures of Abundance, and spandrels, by August Jaegers; Fountain of Ceres (forecourt), by Evelyn Beatrice Longman (77, 91, 79).

Court of Flowers.--The Pioneer, by Solon Borglum (81, 97); Fountain of Beauty and the Beast, by Edgar Walter (81, 95, 100); Flower Girls (in niches), by A. Stirling Calder (87, 100); The Fairy (above Italian towers), by Carl Gruppe; Lions, by Albert Laessle.

Court of Palms.--The End of the Trail, by James Earle Fraser (82, 96); Caryatids (on attic), by A. Stirling Calder and John Bateman; Spandrels (over portals), by Albert Weinert.

Palace of Machinery.--Genius of Creation, by Daniel Chester French (98, 147); Steam Power, Electricity, Imagination, Invention; Friezes, Genii of Machinery; Reliefs on bases of columns, Application of Power to Machines; all by Haig Patigian (97, 111); Eagles, by C. H. Humphries (97).

Palace of Fine Arts.--The Weeping Woman (on colonnade flower boxes), by Ulric H. Ellerhusen (102, 113); The Struggle for the Beautiful (three panels repeated on attic of Rotunda), by Bruno Louis Zimm (102, 114); Figures between panels, by Ulric H. Ellerhusen; Venus, Altar of Inspiration, by Ralph Stackpole (103, 197); Frieze of Genius (on Altar), by Bruno Louis Zimm; the Priestess of Culture (in Rotunda), by Herbert Adams (103); Aspiration (over main portal), by Leo Lentelli; Decorations on Flower Receptacles, by Ulric H. Ellerhusen (103).

II. Mural Paintings.

Tower of Jewels.--West panel--Joining of Atlantic and Pacific, center; Discovery, left; Purchase, right. East panel--Gateway of All Nations, center; Labor Crowned, left; Achievement, right; all by William de Leftwich Dodge (46, 53).

Arch of the Nations of the East.--South panel--The Western March of Civilization; North panel--Ideals Attending Immigration; both by Edward Simmons (55-6).

Arch of the Nations of the West.--North panel--Pioneers Leaving for the West; South panel--Pioneers Arriving on Pacific Coast; both by Frank Vincent Du Mond (56, frontispiece).

Court of the Ages.--Earth, two panels (northwest corner of corridor); Air, two panels (southwest corner of corridor); Water, two panels (southeast corner of corridor); Fire, two panels (northeast corner of corridor); all by Frank Brangwyn (67, 68, 71, 74).

Court of Seasons.--Art Crowned by Time (in half dome); Man Receiving Instruction in Nature's Laws (in half dome); Spring and Seedtime (two panels in corridor before niche of Spring); Summer and Fruition (two panels In corridor before niche of Summer); Autumn and Harvest (two panels in corridor before niche of Autumn); Winter and Festivity (two panels in corridor before niche of Winter); all by H. Milton Bancroft (75, 76).

Court of Palms.--Fruits and Flowers (lunette over entrance of Palace of Education), by Childe Ha.s.sam; The Pursuit of Pleasure (lunette over entrance of Palace of Liberal Arts), by Charles Holloway; The Triumph of Culture, sometimes called The Victorious Spirit (lunette over entrance of Court of Seasons), by Arthur Mathews (all on p. 82).

Rotunda, Palace of Fine Arts.--The Conception and Birth of Art, four panels alternated with four panels of the Golds of California. In order they are: The Birth of European Art, the Orange Panel, Inspiration in All Art, the Wheat Panel, the Birth of Oriental Art, Metallic Gold, Ideals in Art, the Poppy Panel; all by Robert Reid (103, 104).

(B) Statistics of Construction Work

Palace Size, feet Exhibit area Cost Mines and Metallurgy 451 x 579 5.75 acres $359,445 Transportation 579 x 614 7.25 acres $481,677 Agriculture 579 x 639 7.5 acres $425,610 Food Products 424 x 579 5.4 acres $342,551 Varied Industries 414 x 541 5. acres $312,691 Manufactures 475 x 552 5.35 acres $341,069 Liberal Arts 475 x 585 5.75 acres $344,180 Education 394 x 526 4.7 acres $425,610 Machinery 972 x 372 9. acres $659,665 Fine Arts 1100 x 186 5. acres $580,000 Horticulture 672 x 329 5. acres $341,000 Festival Hall seats 4000 $270,000 Tower of Jewels 435 feet high $428,000 Dome of Palace of Horticulture 185 feet high, 152 feet in diameter.

Paved area within the Exposition grounds, 4,000,000 square feet, or 91.5 acres. At an average width of 40 feet, this is equal to nearly 20 miles of asphalt.

(C) The Exposition Roster

President.--Charles C. Moore.

Vice-Presidents.--William H. Crocker, Reuben B. Hale, I. W. h.e.l.lman, Jr., M. H. de Young, Leon Sloss, James Rolph, Jr.

Secretary.--Rudolph J. Taussig.

Treasurer.--A. W. Foster.

Board of Directors.--John Barneson, M. J. Brandenstein, John A.

Britton, Frank L. Brown, George T. Cameron, Philip T. Clay, William H.

Crocker, R. A. Crothers, M. H. de Young, A. I. Esberg, Charles S. Fee, H. F. Fortmann, A. W. Foster, H. B. Hale, I. W. h.e.l.lman, Jr., Homer S.

King, Curtis H. Lindley, P. H. McCarthy, James McNab, Charles C. Moore, Thornwell Mullally, Dent H. Robert, James Rolph, Jr., A. W. Scott, Jr., Henry T. Scott, Leon Sloss, Charles S. Stanton, Rudolph J. Taussig, Joseph S. Tobin.

Executive Staff.--Director-in-Chief, Frederick J. V. Skiff; Director of Works, Harris D. H. Connick; Director of Exhibits, Asher Carter Baker; Director of Exploitation, George Hough Perry; Director of Concessions and Admissions, Frank Burt.

Architectural Commission.--George W. Kelham, San Francisco, Chief of Architecture; Willis Polk, William B. Faville, Clarence H. Ward, and Louis Christian Mullgardt, San Francisco; Robert Farquhar, Los Angeles; McKim, Mead & White, Carrere & Hastings, and Henry Bacon, New York.

a.s.sociate Architects: Arthur Brown, Jr., G. Albert Lansburgh, Bernard R.

Maybeck, San Francisco.

Division of Works.--Director, Harris D. H. Connick; a.s.sistant Director of Works and Chief of Department of Construction, A. H. Markwart; Chief of Architecture, George W. Kelham; Chief, Department of Sculpture, K. T.

F. Bitter; Acting Chief, A. Stirling Calder; Chief, Department of Color and Decoration, Jules Guerin; Chief, Department Civil Engineering, E. E.

Carpenter; Chief, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Guy L. Bayley; Chief, Department of Illumination, W. D'A. Ryan; Chief, Department of Landscape Gardening, John McLaren.

Division of Exhibits.--Director, Asher Carter Baker; Chief, Department of Fine Arts, John E. D. Trask; a.s.sistant Chief, Department of Fine Arts, Robert B. Harshe; Chief, Department of Education and Social Economy, Alvin E. Pope; Chief, Department of Liberal Arts, Theodore Hardee; Chief, Department Manufactures and Varied Industries, Charles H.

Green; Chief, Department of Machinery, George W. Danforth; Chief, Department of Transportation, Blythe E. Henderson; Chief, Department of Agriculture, Thomas G. Stallsmith; Chief, Department of Live Stock, D.

O. Lively; a.s.sistant Chief, Department of Live Stock, I. D. Graham; Chief, Department of Horticulture, G. A. Dennison; Chief, Department of Mines and Metallurgy, C. E. van Barneveld.

Other Department Heads.--Traffic Manager, Andrew M. Mortensen. General Attorney, Frank S. Brittain. Commandant of Exposition Guards, Captain Edward Carpenter, U. S. A. Director of Congresses, James A. Barr.

Director of Music, George W. Stewart. Director of Special Events, Theodore Hardee. Chief of Special Events, Rolls E. Cooley. Chairman of Music Committee, J. J. Levison.

California State Commission.--Governor Hiram W. Johnson, ex officio; Matt I. Sullivan, President, San Francisco; Chester H. Rowell, Fresno; Marshall Stimson, Los Angeles; Arthur Arlett, San Francisco.

Commissioner General, W. D. Egilbert. Secretary, F. J. O'Brien.

Controller, Leo S. Robinson.

Woman's Board of the Exposition.--Honorary President, Mrs. Phoebe A.

Hearst; President, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Lovell White, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Mrs. W. H. Taylor, Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs.

Frank L. Brown, Mrs. Irving M. Scott; Secretary, Mrs. Gaillard Stoney; Treasurer, Mrs. P. E. Bowles; a.s.sistant Treasurer, Mrs. E. R. Dimond; Auditor, Mrs. Charles W. Slack. Directors, Mrs. Edson F. Adams, Mrs.

Frank B. Anderson, Mrs. P. E. Bowles, Dr. Marian Bertola, Mrs. Frank L.

Brown, Mrs. Aylett R. Cotton, Mrs. Francis Carolan, Mrs. Edwin R.

Dimond, Mrs. Joseph A. Donohoe, Mrs. Joseph D. Grant, Mrs. Reuben B.

Hale, Mrs. P. C. Hale, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Mrs. I. W. h.e.l.lman, Jr., Mrs. C. Edward Holmes, Mrs. John Johns, Mrs. Henry Krebs, Mrs. Jesse N.

Lillenthal, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Miss Laura McKinstry, Mrs. John F.

Merrill, Mrs. Robert Oxnard, Mrs. Horace D. Pillsbury, Mrs. George A.

Pope, Mrs. F. &. Sanborn, Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Mrs. Laurence Irving Scott, Mrs. William T. Sesnon, Mrs. Ernest G. Simpson, Mrs. Charles W.

Slack, Mrs. M. C. Sloss, Mrs. Gaillard Stoney, Mrs. William Hinckley Taylor, Mrs. William S. Tevis, Mrs. Lovell White, Mrs. Edward Wright.

Foreign Commissioners

Argentina.--Horacio Anasagasti, Resident Commissioner General; Alberto M. D'Alkaine, Secretary.

Australia.--Alfred Deakin, Commissioner General, resigned; Niel Nielsen, New South Wales; F. W. Hagelthorn, Victoria; F. T. A. Fricke, Victoria, Deputy Commissioner; J. A. Robertson, Queensland; George Oughton, Secretary.

Bolivia.--Manuel Vicente Ballivian, Commissioner General.

Canada.--William Hutchison. Canadian Exhibition Commissioner.

China.--Chen Chi, Resident Commissioner General; Allan S. Chow, Secretary.