Moving the California Nursery palms to San Francisco for the 1915 World's Fair
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| The 1915 California Nursery Company catalog ran this picture "Trainload of large Phoenix canariensis. Were planted on Palm Avenue at 1915 Exposition" |
In 1914, about two hundred Canary Island date palms and California fan palms made the trip from Niles to San Francisco. They were headed for the Avenue of Palms at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
The palms were shipped by rail, Western Pacific, from the Eberly siding that was near the current day Rancho Arroyo Park in the Niles District.
They travelled north on what is now the BART line. At Oakland, they turned toward the bay to the Western Pacific Oakland mole.
You can visit the Western Pacific Oakland Mole ferry slips and see historic pictures at the Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
From the WP Oakland mole, the trail cars were barged across the bay to the Exposition freight ferry slips near Fort Mason. The cars were unloaded onto the Exposition Railway. They travelled over some of the 11.5 miles of rail lines to their destination, the Avenue of Palms.
The palms were shipped by rail, Western Pacific, from the Eberly siding that was near the current day Rancho Arroyo Park in the Niles District.
They travelled north on what is now the BART line. At Oakland, they turned toward the bay to the Western Pacific Oakland mole.
You can visit the Western Pacific Oakland Mole ferry slips and see historic pictures at the Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
From the WP Oakland mole, the trail cars were barged across the bay to the Exposition freight ferry slips near Fort Mason. The cars were unloaded onto the Exposition Railway. They travelled over some of the 11.5 miles of rail lines to their destination, the Avenue of Palms.
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| Palms at the Exposition site in front of either the Palace of Liberal Arts or Palace of Manufacturers. Photo courtesy of SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
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| Palm being unloaded by a derrick, or crane, in front of the unfinished Tower of Jewels. Photo courtesy of SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.. |
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| "Transporting Palms in boxes" probably in front of the Palace of Manufacturers. Photo courtesy of SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
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| "Avenue of Palms Pan-Pacific Exposition San Francisco, 1915" In front of the Palace of Education. from SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
"Avenue of Palms. Tower of Jewels left. Palace of Horticulture right."
From SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
"Avenue of Palms. Festival Hall in Distance."
From SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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| "Avenue of Palms. Tower of Jewels left. Palace of Horticulture right." From SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
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| "Avenue of Palms. Festival Hall in Distance." From SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
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| "Double rows of palms border either side of the Avenue, with ferns, and blossoming nasturtiums and geraniums planted directly in the interstices of the roughened trunks" The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition, p. 34 |
References
- "Planting the Avenue of Palms", History Pin tour is a subset of the photos on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition History Pin project "Mapping San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair"
- "The Palms go to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition", The Illustrated Plant Nut
- Eden, Journal of the California Garden & Landscape Historical Society "Nursery Order for the Avenue of Palms"
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