{"id":260,"date":"2016-05-06T03:20:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2016-05-06T03:39:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:39:08","slug":"the-panama-pacific-exposition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/art-collection\/j-ottis-adams-a-bit-of-the-whitewater\/the-panama-pacific-exposition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Panama Pacific Exposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Panama Pacific exposition was a world\u2019s fair, held in San Francisco, California in 1915. It was planned as a celebration of the arts and sciences, a gathering of creators from all over the country to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, and to show the world that San Francisco had recovered from the disastrous earthquake in 1906. An invite to the art show at this exposition was an honor for any artist, and any individual who truly stood out in their field was invited, as they only invited those who truly stood out in their fields. J. Ottis Adams was one of a select group. \u201cA Bit of the Whitewater\u201d was chosen to be shown. This was one of Adam\u2019s greatest honors.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_264\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-264\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-image-264 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"Adams' invitation to the Panama Pacific Invitation, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art J. Ottis Adams Research Collection\" width=\"584\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Panama-Pacific-Invitation-500x298.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adams&#8217; invitation to the Panama Pacific Invitation, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art J. Ottis Adams Research Collection<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/art-collection\/j-ottis-adams-a-bit-of-the-whitewater\/\">Back to the main page on\u00a0J. Ottis Adams, A Bit of the Whitewater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/art-collection\/j-ottis-adams-a-bit-of-the-whitewater\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/elstoncollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Adams-Whitewater-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Adams Whitewater\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Panama Pacific exposition was a world\u2019s fair, held in San Francisco, California in 1915. 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