Lot 339
(PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION)
Group of 24 photographs, with 18 dramatically lit night scenes of pavilions, the Midway, and monuments, as well as one of Walter D'Arcy Ryan, who was Chief of Illumination.
Silver prints, the images measuring 9 1/2x12 3/4 inches (24.1x31.1 cm.), and the reverse. 1915
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
San Francisco's Panama-Pacific Exposition marked the first widespread use of floodlighting, which was designed by Ryan, a lighting engineer who was responsible for dramatically illuminating the fair and later on, Niagara Falls and the Chicago Exposition. Ryan combined art and science in his brilliant displays. He introduced the Scintlillator searchlight in 1915, and beautifully lit each exhibition building in a different color.
