1928 PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPOSITION - LONG BEACH CA / DOBYNS FOOTWEAR & RADIO KGER

Description

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST EXPOSITION – LONG BEACH, CALIF / DOBYNS FOOTWEAR & RADIO KGER
Date:
1928
Material:
Gilt on Bronze
Size:
1-2.5/8-in / 33-mm
Condition:
Extra Fine
Obverse:
“
Pacific Southwest Exposition – Long Beach, Cal. 1928
” around an image of a
Muezzin Tower
, palm trees and an Arab man.
Reverse:
“
Dobyns Footwear & Radio KGER -
435 Pine Ave. Long Beach Cal
” around the edge. The center has “
The Wave Of Long Beach
” over 2 radio broadcasting towers, a Pegasus horse with “
Dobyns
” on its side, in the center flying over “
Above All Others
” clouds and “
Footwear For All The Family
”
Comments:
This souvenir Pacific Southwest Exposition medal, is in really nice original condition. It is well struck and has nice details. The fields are really nice, but there is a little bit of dirt in some of the reverse letters. The medal has just light rub on the high points, due to normal handling, which has rubbed off some of the gilt. It has not been cleaned and has nice original color.
According to the Internet
:
On September 29th, 1927 a special meeting was held by the Board of Directors of the Long Beach, California Chamber of Commerce. At this meeting the Board's Executive Vice President, J. David Larsen, first presented the idea for an exposition that would be different in many ways. Unlike many previous expositions, the Long Beach celebration would not commemorate any particular event. Its sole purpose would be to promote the material development, industrial achievement, and commercial & cultural progress of California's Pacific Southwest. A sixty-three acre tract of land, on the city's waterfront, was selected as the site for the
Pacific Southwest Exposition
, which would open on July 27th, 1928. After several months of organization and planning, construction of the 0,000 exposition began in May of 1928. The exposition was to be unlike any other, with the main group of buildings designed in a Tunisian-style, and grouped around two large courtyards. The entire exposition was constructed in 10-1/2 weeks, and despite the solid outward appearance of its structures, they were all built of wood, and covered with plaster-board and stucco. Roofs of the main exhibit palaces were all of tightly-stretched white canvas. Towers, arches, columns, doorways, windows, and balconies were designed to cast deep shadows upon the plain exterior walls, similar to an actual Tunisian city. Large copper pots, containing burning incense, were placed in various locations; and eight small tiled fountains were located along the inner walls of the main court. Costumed international entertainers roamed throughout the grounds; and at night the exposition buildings were illuminated using a rainbow of multi-colored flood-lights. By the time it closed on September 3rd, approximately 1,100,000 people had visited the highly successful, 5-1/2 week-long, Pacific Southwest Exposition.
This 1928 Pacific Southwest Exposition souvenir medal will make a great addition to either your Long Beach, California, or World’s Fair medal collection.
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