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        1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition
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        From June 1st to October 15, 1905, Portland hosted the Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair (quite a mouthful, eh?). It should be made immediately clear that this was, in fact, a World's Fair. In 137 days 2,554,848 people visited the 406-acre Expo, centered around Guild's Lake (now NW Portland) for 50cents per person (25cents on Sundays).  The entire Expo was staged on 46 parcels of land rented from 1904 through December 31st, 1905, and the buildings were largely temporary affairs using a lot of plaster, so only a few structures (one, actually) survive today.

A map of the 1905 Expo is something I've wanted to create since finding Platial ("finding Platial", clever!), since this is large, well photographed EVENT of which no trace exists today. Essentially every location will be approximate.  Its also the defining hubristic moment of what was Portland's golden years during the early 1900s.  

That said, I'll probably be tweaking this map a lot as I figure out how to organize information, becauses there's a ton of it to sift through. 

Enjoy.
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<title>The Streets of Cairo (1905).</title>
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        Part of "the Trail," the concourse of more amusement park-esque entertainments at the 1905 Expo, which one walked down before crossing the Bridge of Nations out to the Federal Exhibit in the middle of Guilds Lake (the Trail was built on pylons over Guilds Lake).

Other than the mammoth "Carnival of Venice," the Streets of Cairo amusement was the biggest on the Trail in terms of floorspace.  By passing through it I think you could get the nearby Chutes.

This & a lot of the exhibits & entertainments at the 1905 Expo sum up to a sort of proto-Epcot Center.  At least here you could get a Turkish coffee (presumably).<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/296170">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-10-12 20:26:38.606798+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Haunted Castle (1905).</title>
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        Part of "the Trail," the concourse of more amusement park-esque entertainments at the 1905 Expo, which one walked down before crossing the Bridge of Nations out to the Federal Exhibit in the middle of Guilds Lake.

Scary, I guess. No one else seemed to think so (the Trail was a failure financially).<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/296172">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        The 3-story American Inn was built by the Exposition for the Exposition, and was the only hotel located inside the Expo's grounds.  It sat at the western edge of the grounds. The rates were fixed by the Expo for the duration of the Fair (price-gouging was a concern).

The Inn is seen here on the "shores" of Guild's Lake, around the southern half of which the Expo was centered. I say "shores" because Guild's Lake was really more akin to, say, Oak's Bottom, than an actual lake. Prior to the selection of Guild's Lake as the location for the Expo, there were concerns that the lake would completely dry up over the summer, but it was revealed that the lake kept a healthly 2 feet even in the dryest, hottest months.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90146">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-07 23:49:17.142999+00:00</dc:date>
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<dc:date>2006-10-12 20:41:07.805637+00:00</dc:date>
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        Main Entrance to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition.
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        The main entrance to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair was here, at NW 26th & Upshur, which at the time was the northern edge of town.  Trolleys, running on tracks built specifically to bring the 2,554,848 vistors to the Expo from downtown and Union Depot. 

This photo is looking southeast towards the gates.  I assume those are guards on top of the little buildings there.  The picture is striking due to the mass of people and trolleys parked bumper to bumper to move them.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90116">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-07 19:26:06.007572+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Oriental Exhibits Palace (1905)</title>
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        At a cost of $55,425, the 308'x160' Oriental Exhibits Palace was one of the first Exposition buildings to be completed.

Although 20 nations from east Asia and the middle east shared the building, over half the floorspace was dedicated to Japanese exhibit.   Costing over $1million dollars, the Japanese Emperor was not content with a perceived poor showing at the Louisiana Purchase Expo in St. Louis the previous year, and spared to expense to tout the rise of Japan at the 1905 edition (Japan had, after all, just decisively destroyed the Russian fleet at Tsushima that March).<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90122">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-07 19:48:36.557503+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>The Massachusetts Building (1905)</title>
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        The state of Massachusetts' submission to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition, the building's front was an exact reproduction of the Beacon Hill Statehouse in Boston, the first floor a replica of the Senate chamber of the old Statehouse in Boston, and the second floor patterned in the newer State Senate chamber. 

When the Exposition was over it was purchased and relocated to roughly SE Belmont and 66th where it was used as a sanitarium until 1910 when then President of the Portland Rail Light & Power (think PGE+TriMet) purchased it and had it converted into stately Josselyn Hall.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90123">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-07 23:29:16.779389+00:00</dc:date>
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        Festival Hall & Auditorium (1905)
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        The Festival Hall was 305' long by 125' wide with a seating capacity of 2,500.  The stage alone was 75 feet wide with space for 500 people.  The hall has a seating capacity of 2,500. The stage is seventy-five feet in width and will accommodate 500 people. All the large musical festivals and conventions were held here.

I suspect the picture here is only a conceptual sketch, and that the final building may have appeared different...<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90145">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        The Chutes at the Lewis & Clark Expo (1905)
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        The 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition wasn't all serious exhibits of nations, states, and trades! You could ride the Chutes! Just like a real logger!! Fun!!! 

Have no info to actually back this up but the Chutes may have been moved, or at least parts of it moved, to the Oaks Amusement Park after the Expo (the Oaks opened two days before the Expo, and many materials and rides were purchased by the Oaks after the Expo closed).<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/90147">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-08 00:00:17.046669+00:00</dc:date>
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        Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition Fire Department
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        The Expo had its own fire department for the duration of the fair.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/91388">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-06-12 21:40:01.356886+00:00</dc:date>
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        Prof. Barnes' Educated Horse & Diving Elk
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        Part of "the Trail," the concourse of more amusement park-esque entertainments at the 1905 Expo, which one walked down before crossing the Bridge of Nations out to the Federal Exhibit in the middle of Guilds Lake.

Two elk with 8 years of experience dove headfirst 40-feet into a tank of water.  Prof. Barnes's horse, "Trixie," demonstrated an understanding of the English language & basic arithmetic.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/296166">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Temple of Mirth (1905).</title>
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        Part of "the Trail," the concourse of more amusement park-esque entertainments at the 1905 Expo, which one walked down before crossing the Bridge of Nations out to the Federal Exhibit in the middle of Guilds Lake.

I have no idea what was in, or what comprises, a "Temple of Mirth," but I assume its supposed to make you laugh.

And the building's a bit creepy.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/296168">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<title>Siberian Railway (1905).</title>
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        A TRIP TO SIBERIA! proclaims the front.  "RUSSIA LOSES WAR TO JAPAN!" people joke as they keep thier money and move along to the Federal Exhibit Building...

Part of "the Trail," the concourse of more amusement park-esque entertainments at the 1905 Expo, which one walked down before crossing the Bridge of Nations out to the Federal Exhibit in the middle of Guilds Lake.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/296175">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2006-10-12 20:34:36.742192+00:00</dc:date>
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<title>Carnival of Venice (1905)</title>
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        Produced by the world-famous Bolossy Kiralfy, the Carnival of Venice at the 1905 Lewis & Clark Expo featured a 300 member cast performing dance, song & skit on a 400-foot set complete w/ gondalas, including European ballerinas & the Metropolitan Opera Company.<br /><br /><a href="http://platial.com/post/936975">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-01-26 11:04:39.498871+00:00</dc:date>
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