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{{Short description|1901 World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States}}
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The '''Pan-American Exposition''' was a [[world's fair]] held in [[Buffalo, New York]], United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historypin: Pan-American Exposition {{!}} Buffalo AKG Art Museum |url=https://buffaloakg.org/blog/historypin-pan-american-exposition#:~:text=The%20Pan-American%20Exposition%20was,northward%20to%20Great%20Arrow%20Avenue |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=buffaloakg.org}}</ref> The fair occupied {{cvt|350|acre|mi2}} of land on the western edge of what is now [[Delaware Park–Front Park System|Delaware Park]], extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue. It is remembered today primarily for being the location of the [[Assassination of William McKinley|assassination of United States President William McKinley]] at the [[Temple of Music]] on September 6, 1901. The exposition was illuminated at night. [[Thomas A. Edison, Inc.]] filmed it during the day and a [[Panning (camera)|pan]] of it at night.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/00694344/ |title=Panorama of Esplanade by night |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2019-03-26 |archive-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326125035/https://www.loc.gov/item/00694344/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/00694346/ |title=Pan-American Exposition by night |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2019-03-26 |archive-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326123347/https://www.loc.gov/item/00694346/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/00694340/ |title=Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2019-03-26 |archive-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326124919/https://www.loc.gov/item/00694340/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
The Pan-American Exposition, often referred to as "The Rainbow City", received national attention in the press and elsewhere a couple of years before, during and after it occurred<ref name="buffalohistoryworks"/> During the course of the exposition more than 8,000,000 visitors came to the event.<ref name=PanAmStats/>

The event was organized by the Pan-American Exposition Company, formed in 1897. [[Cayuga Island]] was initially chosen as the place to hold the Exposition because of the island's proximity to [[Niagara Falls]], which was a huge tourist attraction. When the [[Spanish–American War]] broke out in 1898, plans were put on hold. After the war, there was a heated competition between the cities of Buffalo and [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] over the location. Buffalo won for two main reasons. First, Buffalo had a much larger population; with roughly 350,000 people, it was the eighth-largest city in the United States. Second, Buffalo had better railroad connections; the city was also located on the east shore of [[Lake Erie]] and serviced by 12 steamship lines, and was within a [[day's journey]] by rail or steamship for over 40 million people. The Pan-American Exposition was distinctive from its former predecessors in that it was the first exposition to employ a central theme in its overall design and layout, employing extensive lighting on and about the buildings and other structures, along with color, and sculpture to obtain its harmony. It was also the first exposition with a global unifying theme that emphasized the concept of Pan-Americanism.<ref name=PanAmStats>[[#expense|Peterson, 2011, Buffalo as History]]</ref>

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File:Planning of the Pan-American Exposition, 1901.jpg|The Planning Committee of the Exposition
File:Pan-American Exhibition, 1901 (logo).jpg|Pan-American Exposition official logo
File:Pan American Exposition Flag.svg|Pan-American Exposition flag, designed by Adelaide J. Thorpe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://panam1901.org/documents/flag/pan_american_flag.html |title=Pan-American Flag |author= |date= |work=panam1901.org |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>
File:Pan American Expo ticket.jpg|Pan American Exposition ticket, front and back, which cost [[U.S. dollar|US$]]0.50<br />(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|0.50|1901}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US}}
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The planning committee considered some twenty different locations for the exposition and after much consideration and deliberation a 350-acre tract in the western area of Delaware Park was selected. The grounds on which the exposition would be constructed extended from Delaware Ave. to Elmwood and from Park Lake northward to present Great Arrow. The total expense for the exposition came to [[U.S. dollar|US$]]7 million. (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|7000000|1901}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.){{inflation-fn|US}}<ref name=PanAmStats/>

[[File:Rand McNally Pan American Expo Handbook.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Rand McNally Pan American Exposition Handbook]]
On March 3, 1899, Congress pledged $500 000, and publicly declared that "it is desirable to encourage the holding of a Pan-American Exposition on the Niagara Frontier in the City of Buffalo, in the year 1901, fittingly to illustrate the marvelous development of the Western Hemisphere during the Nineteenth Century, by a display of the arts, industries, manufactures and the products of the soil, mine and sea...The "Pan American" theme was carried throughout the event with the slogan "commercial well being and good understanding among the American Republics." The advent of the [[alternating current]] power transmission system in the US allowed designers to light the Exposition in Buffalo using power generated {{cvt|25|mi|km|0}} away at Niagara Falls.<ref>[[#sci'am|Scientific American, January 27, 1900]]</ref>

In the months preceding the exposition promotional pamphlets, newspaper articles, guide books and other publications were published and released around the United States and elsewhere. Among them were a number of different publications from the Pan-American exposition company in Buffalo,<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=The Pan-American exposition. Buffalo, N.Y., U. S. A. from May 1 to November 1, 1901  |publisher=Pan-American exposition company |year=1900 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/panamericanexpos02pana/page/n9/mode/2up?q=promotion |ref=expo'co}}</ref> along with publications from Rand McNally in New York.<ref>[[#rand'mc|(1901) Rand McNally Pan American Handbook, 1901]]</ref>

===Events and attractions===
At the opening of the Pan-American Exposition on "Dedication Day", March 20, 1901, a procession led by [[Theodore Roosevelt|Vice-President Roosevelt]], who was attended by a number of dignitaries, which included [[Benjamin Odell (politician)|Governor Odell]], of New York, [[Conrad Diehl]], the mayor of Buffalo, [[Mark Hanna|Senator Hanna]], of Ohio, and [[Jacob H. Gallinger|Senator Gallinger]], of New Hampshire. Leading the military division of the parade was Louis Babcock, Grand Marshal of the Exposition parade, which also included the first division, consisting of the 71st Regiment Band and other military brigades. The procession passed over the monumental Triumphal Bridge which passes over Mirror Lake, and proceeded to the [[Temple of Music]]. More than 100,000 people were in attendance. At the temple they listened to various key note speakers, where the idea of "America for the Americans" was emphasized.<ref>[[#sci'journal1901|Scientific American, v. 84. n. 22]], pp. 338-339</ref><ref>[[#opening|Opening, Pan-American Exposition; library of Congress]]</ref>

Though the Pan-American Exposition featured many exhibits that possessed commercial and transportation and different worldly themes, it was also considered to be an art exhibition, with many American paintings, sculptures and other works of art from Canada and other countries, all of which were displayed in the Exposition's Albright Art Gallery and other locations about the fairgrounds.<ref>[[#page|Caffin, 1901]], p. 1049</ref> The Exposition also served to define what was officially to be considered "American Art" at the turn of the century.<ref>[[#bewley2003|Bewley, 2003]], pp. 179-180</ref>

[[File:Pan American expedition Issues, 1901.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7 |left|{{center|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pan American commemorative issues of 1901<br>First released at the Exposition}}]]
In May 1901 the U.S. Post Office began issuing a series of six [[commemorative stamp]]s to help promote and fund the exposition. The stamps depicted the various modern transportation themes that were featured at the exposition. The stamps were placed on sale at the exposition from May 1 to October 31, 1901. Post Offices in Buffalo post-marked out-going mail with a number of different specially made postmarks inscribed with the words, "Pan-American Exposition, 1901".<ref>[[:File:Pan-American Exposition postmarks.jpg|Pan-American Exposition postmarks, 1901]]</ref> The Pan American issues were the first commemorative stamps to be issued in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pan-American Exposition Issues |publisher=Smithsonian National Postal Museum |access-date=November 17, 2023 |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-commemorative-issues-1898-1925/pan-american |ref=pan'am}}</ref>
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On September 4, President McKinley arrived and was greeted by thousands of people in anticipation of his visit.<ref>[[#olcott1916|Olcott, 1916]]</ref> Also in September, future Secretary of State [[William Jennings Bryan]] visited the exposition and [[:File:Byran with Indian chiefs at Pan American Exposition, 1901.png|made an appearance]] at the exhibit of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] with several prominent Sioux Indian chiefs, including [[Red Cloud]], High Hawk and Blue Horse.<ref>{{cite web |title=William Jennings Bryan with Sioux chiefs at Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=November 18, 2023 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665752/ |ref=bryan}}</ref> Also present were chiefs from the Six Nations League of the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], dressed in the traditional attire of their ancestors. Arriving during the preparatory stages of the Exposition, they erected various long houses that were once commonplace in their home lands of central New York, while they were attended by various translators.<ref>[[#sci'am1900|Scientific American, v. 83, n. 19]], .p. 298</ref>

[[Lina Beecher]], creator of the [[Flip Flap Railway]], attempted to demonstrate one of his [[vertical loop|looping]] [[roller coasters]] at the fair, but the organizers of the event considered the ride to be too dangerous and refused to allow it on the grounds.<ref name="Beecher Obituary">{{cite news |title=Lina Beecher Obituary |newspaper=Batavia Daily News |date=October 6, 1915}}</ref> Buffalo native [[Nina Morgana]], later a soprano with the [[Metropolitan Opera]], was a child performer in the "Venice in America" attraction at the Exposition.<ref>[https://panam1901.org/documents/panamwomen/ninamorgana.htm "Nina Morgana ('Little Patti', 'Baby Patti')"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190622/https://panam1901.org/documents/panamwomen/ninamorgana.htm |date=2018-06-15 }} ''Pan-American Women'' exhibit, University at Buffalo Libraries.</ref> Composer/organist [[Fannie Morris Spencer]] gave two recitals in the Temple of Music.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Benjamin |first=W. H. |title=Biographies of celebrated organists of America. |date=1908 |publisher=Benjamin Pub. Co |oclc=10709899}}</ref> Conductor [[John Lund (conductor)|John Lund]] led the Pan-American Orchestra, a resident professional orchestra at the exhibition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/04/21/archives/panamerican-exposition-description-of-parade-to-inaugurate-the.html?searchResultPosition=3|title=PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION; Description of Parade to Inaugurate the Opening. THE INSCRIPTIONS TO BE USED Vice President Roosevelt and Gov. Odell to Participate in Dedicatory Exercises -- Orchestra of Fifty.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 21, 1901|page= 17}}</ref>

[[File:Pan-American Exposition by Night (1901).webm|thumb|thumbtime=1|''Pan-American Exposition by Night'']]
Other attractions included The Great Amphitheater, [[Joshua Slocum]]'s sloop, the ''[[Spray (sailing vessel)|Spray]]'', on which he had recently sailed around the world alone, the [[A Trip to the Moon (attraction)|Trip to the Moon exhibit]], a mechanical [[dark ride]] that was later housed at [[Coney Island]]'s [[Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903)|Luna Park]]. In the center of the rose-garden beside the Woman's Building was [[Enid Yandell]]'s "Struggle of Existence," and a plaster version of the fountain [[Enid Yandell#Struggle of Life|"Struggle of Life"]] installed in Rhode Island.

On the last day of the exposition, Saturday, November 2, a sham battle was staged at the Stadium at the Pan-American Exhibition The several hundred participants included the six tribes of American Indians, dressed in traditional garb, and the United States Infantry stationed at Buffalo. The event also included theatrical explosive charges, weaponry and many hand to hand combat encounters, and was said to be realistic in its presentation.<ref>[[#battle|Library of Congress, film and short essay]]</ref>

===Assassination of President McKinley===
{{Main|Assassination of William McKinley}}
[[File:McKinley's last address wide2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[William McKinley|McKinley's]] last speech delivered September 5, 1901.]]
The exposition is often remembered because it was the location where United States President [[William McKinley]] was assassinated by an [[anarchism|anarchist]], [[Leon Czolgosz]], at the [[Temple of Music]] on September 6, 1901. The President died eight days later on September 14 from [[gangrene]] caused by the bullet wounds. McKinley's last words, from a favorite hymn, were, "Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee".<ref>[[#leech1959|Leech, 1959]], pp. 591-592, 600-601</ref>

McKinley's presence at the Exposition was widely advertised by newspapers and magazines which played a significant role in attracting many thousands of people to the event.<ref>[[#leech1959|Leech, 1959]], p. 584</ref> Of his visit to the exposition, McKinley's secretary of State, [[John Hay]], remarked, "Never had I seen him higher in hope and patriotic confidence."<ref>[[#hay1902|Hay, 1902]], p. 13</ref>

His arrival was the source of great concern for the Secret Service, the Exposition police and others who were assigned to McKinley's security. The year before a plot to kill the president had been discovered, while two other world leaders had recently been assassinated. Normally people who would draw near to the president were required to have their hands empty and in plain sight, but for reasons not clear, this rule was not strictly enforced.<ref>[[#leech1959|Leech, 1959]], p. 591</ref><ref>[[#olcott1916|Olcott, 1916]], pp. 313-314</ref>

On the day prior to the shooting, McKinley had given an address at the exposition, which began as follows:
{{Blockquote|I am glad to be again in the city of Buffalo and exchange greetings with her people '''...''' Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world's advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise, and intellect of the people; and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and brighten the daily life of the people. They open mighty storehouses of information to the student.<ref>[[#olcott1916|Olcott, 1916]], p. 377</ref>}}

The day after, McKinley appeared in the Temple of Music to shake hands with attendees. Czolgosz was in the line, and hid a revolver beneath a handkerchief he had wrapped around his right hand. When he reached McKinley, he shot him multiple times and was then attacked by attendees. McKinley urged the attendees to spare his assassin. After McKinley died, Czolgosz was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death.
 
The newly developed [[X-ray machine]] was displayed at the fair, but doctors were reluctant to use it on McKinley to search for the bullet because they did not know what side effects it might have had on him. Also, the operating room at the exposition's emergency hospital did not have any [[Incandescent light bulb|electric lighting]], even though the exteriors of many of the buildings were covered with thousands of light bulbs. Doctors used a pan to reflect sunlight onto the operating table as they treated McKinley's wounds.<ref>[[#leech1959|Leech, 1959]], pp. 596, 599</ref>

==Buildings and exhibits==
Buildings and exhibits featured at the Pan-American Exposition included:<ref>[[#arnold1901|Arnold, 1901]]</ref>

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| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Agriculture Building from Southwest.jpg|150px]]
| Agricultural, Manufacturers, and Liberal Arts Buildings
| [[George Foster Shepley (architect)|George Shepley]]
| Demolished
| The Agriculture building faced the Court of Fountain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agriculture Building Design |url=https://panam1901.org/agriculture/agric_design.htm |website=panam1901.org |publisher=Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202033345/http://panam1901.org/agriculture/agric_design.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - The Electric Tower.jpg|150px]]
| Electric Tower
| [[John Galen Howard]]
| Demolished
| The fair's center piece
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Electricity Building from the Southeast.jpg|150px]]
| Electricity Building
| [[Green & Wicks]]
| Demolished
| 
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Ethnology and Government Buildings.jpg|150px]]
| Ethnology Building
| [[George Cary (architect)|George Cary]]
| Demolished
| 
|-
| [[File:FMIB 33855 Main Section of Government Building.jpeg|150px]]
| U.S. Government Building
| [[James Knox Taylor]]
| Demolished
| The building occupied the entire eastern Esplanade of the Exposition grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Government Buildings Design |url=https://panam1901.org/usgov/usgovdesign.html |website=panam1901.org |publisher=Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202034858/http://panam1901.org/usgov/usgovdesign.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Machinery Building illuminated at night, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. 1901 LCCN2007682444.jpg|150px]]
| Machinery and Transportation Building
| [[Green & Wicks]]
| Demolished
| 
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Mines Building from Mirror Lake.jpg|150px]]
| Mines, Forestry and Graphic Arts Buildings
| [[Robert Swain Peabody]]
| Demolished
| The buildings were the first series of buildings a visitor encountered after passing through the Triumphal Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mins Building Design |url=https://panam1901.org/mines/minesdesign.html |website=panam1901.org |publisher=Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202033445/http://panam1901.org/mines/minesdesign.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - New York State Building.jpg|150px]]
| [[Buffalo History Museum|New York State Building]]
| [[George Cary (architect)|George Cary]]
| Extant
| Constructed of Vermont Marble.
|-
| 
| Service Building
| [[Esenwein & Johnson]]
| Demolished
| First building completed on the grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Service Building Design |url=https://panam1901.org/miscbuildings/service_bldg/service_bldg.htm |website=panam1901.org |publisher=Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202034842/http://panam1901.org/miscbuildings/service_bldg/service_bldg.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - A Sham Battle in the Stadium.jpg|150px]]
| Stadium
| [[Babb, Cook & Willard]]
| Demolished
| Modeled after the [[Panathenaic Stadium]].<ref name="buffalohistoryworks">[[#midway|The Buffalo History Works; Architecture, Midway]]</ref>
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| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Temple of Music.jpg|150px]]
| [[Temple of Music]]
| [[Esenwein & Johnson]]
| Demolished
| Center for the live performances
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| [[File:Pan-American Exposition - Womans Building.jpg|150px]]
| Woman's Building
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| Demolished
| Former club house of the [[Country Club of Buffalo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Building Design |url=https://panam1901.org/womens/womensdesign.htm |website=panam1901.org |publisher=Pan-American Exposition Buffalo 1901 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202033724/http://panam1901.org/womens/womensdesign.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Fair Japan
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| Demolished
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==Demolition==
When the fair ended, the contents of the grounds were sold to the Chicago House Wrecking Company<ref>{{cite news |title=Exposition Buildings Sold |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19011124.2.50 |access-date=23 January 2016 |publisher=San Francisco Call |date=24 November 1901 |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129043648/http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19011124.2.50 |url-status=live }}</ref> of Chicago for [[U.S. dollar|US$]]92,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|80000|1901}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref name="Legacy">{{cite web |url=http://panam1901.org/thisday/1902newsmarch.htm |title=News from 1902 (March) |publisher=PanAm1901.org |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203053730/http://panam1901.org/thisday/1902newsmarch.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Demolition of the buildings began in March 1902, and within a year, most of the buildings were demolished. The grounds were then cleared and subdivided to be used for residential streets, homes, and park land. Similar to previous world fairs, most of the buildings were constructed of timber and steel framing with precast [[staff (building material)|staff]] panels made of a plaster/fiber mix. These buildings were built as a means of rapid construction and temporary ornamentation and not made to last.<ref name=businessdirect>''Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition'' Arcadia Publishing. (1998), page 23. Retrieved 2011-8-5.</ref> Prior to its demolition, an effort was made via public committee to purchase and preserve the original Electric Tower from the wrecking company for nearly [[U.S. dollar|US$]]30,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|30000|1901}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}). However, the necessary funding could not be raised in time.<ref name="Legacy"/>

The site of the exposition was bounded by Elmwood Avenue on the west, Delaware Avenue on the east, what is now Hoyt Lake on the south, and the railway on the north. It is now occupied by a residential neighborhood from Nottingham Terrace to Amherst Street, and businesses on the north side of Amherst Street. A stone and marker on a traffic island dividing Fordham Drive, near the Lincoln Parkway, marks the area where the Temple of Music was located.<ref>"Quiet Street Enjoys a Place in History", by Anthony Cardinale, ''Buffalo News'', March 12, 1989 pB-11</ref>

==Legacy==
*The New York State Building, located in [[Delaware Park-Front Park System|Delaware Park]], was designed to outlast the Exposition and has been the home of the [[Buffalo History Museum]] since 1902. Designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1987, it can be visited at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Nottingham Avenue. The Museum's Research Library has an online bibliography of its extensive Pan-American holdings.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Buffalo History Museum |title=Pan-American Exposition: A WorldCat List |url=https://www.worldcat.org/lists/34e9a3a5-33e8-45f8-b3d6-451824eaad52 |publisher=Worldcat.org |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> Included in the Library collection are the records of the Pan-American Exposition Company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Aid for the Pan-American Exposition Company Records, 1899-1908 |url=https://www.empireadc.org/search/catalog/nbuhi_tbhm_c65_7 |publisher=EmpireADC |access-date=4 January 2024 |at=Mss. C65-7}}</ref>
*The [[Albright-Knox Art Gallery]] was intended to serve as a Fine Arts Pavilion but due to construction delays, it was not completed in time.
*While the original Electric Tower may have inspired the 13 story Beaux-Arts [[Electric Tower|General Electric Tower]], built in 1912 in downtown Buffalo, the General Electric building is not a faithful replica. 
*The [[Statler Hotels|Hotel Statler]] was demolished after 1901. Ellsworth Statler then built a second Buffalo hotel in 1907, then a third in 1923.
*A boulder with a plaque and a flagpole marking the site of McKinley's assassination was placed in the grassy median on Fordham Drive in Buffalo.<ref>{{coord|42|56|19.3|N|78|52|25|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}, [https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9386404,-78.8736064,3a,75y,0.95h,84.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYAIqFGA69LQdjmEfOVQwdg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en Google Maps Street View of the memorial marker on Fordham Drive.]</ref>
*At least one engine from the miniature railway that carried visitors around the fair was preserved. It is currently privately owned and operated in [[Braddock Heights, Maryland]].

[[File:Pan-American Exhibition 1901 Panorama.jpg|centre|thumb|1000px|Pan-American Exhibition, panorama view, from ''The Latest and Best Views of the Pan-American Exposition'', [[Buffalo, N.Y.]]: Robert Allen Reid, 1901.]]

==See also==
*[[Put Me Off at Buffalo]] – popular song used to advertise the Exposition
*[[List of world's fairs]]
*[[List of world expositions]]
*[[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] held in 1904
*[[Raphael Beck (artist)|Raphael Beck]], artist
*[[World's Columbian Exposition]] held in 1893

==Citations==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |last=Arnold |first=C.D. |title=Official views of Pan-American exposition |volume= |authorlink= |publisher=C. D. Arnold |location=Buffalo, N.Y. |year=1901 |url=https://archive.org/details/officialviewsofp00pana/page/n1/mode/2up |ref=arnold1901}}
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* {{cite journal |last=Bewley |first=Michael Ryan  |title=The New World in Unity: Pan-America Visualized at Buffalo in 1901 |journal=New York History |pages=179–203 |publisher=Fenimore Art Museum |volume=84 |issue=2 |date=Spring 2003   |jstor=23183322 |doi=  |ref=bewley2003}}
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* {{cite magazine |last=Brush |first=Edward Hale  |title=Six Nations Village at the Pan-American Exposition |magazine=Scientific American |pages= |publisher=Scientific American |volume=83 |issue=19 |date=November 1900 |jstor=26121307 |doi=  |ref=sci'am1900}}
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* {{cite magazine |first= |last= |title=The Pan-American Exposition of 1901  |date=January 27, 1900 |magazine=Scientific American |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-pan-american-exposition-of-1901/ |ref=sci'am}}
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*[[Margaret Creighton]] (October 18, 2016). ''Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair''. {{ISBN|978-0-521-43336-5}}.
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*{{cite magazine|last=Goodrich |first=Arthur |date=August 1901 |title=Short Stories of Interesting Exhibits |magazine=[[World's Work|The World's Work: A History of Our Time]] |volume=II |pages=1054–1096 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IF6tNZnhO7wC&pg=PA1054 |access-date=2009-07-09 |ref=goodrich1901}}
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* {{cite book |last=Hay |first=John |title=William McKinley |volume= |authorlink=John Hay |publisher=Washington |location=Washington DC |year=1902 |url=https://archive.org/details/williammckin00hayjohn/page/12/mode/2up |ref=hay1902}}
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* {{cite book |last=Olcitt |first=Charles S. |title=William McKinley |volume= |authorlink=Charles S. Olcott |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin |location=New York and Boston |year=1916 |url=https://archive.org/details/williammckinley0002char/page/310/mode/2up |ref=olcott1916}}
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*{{cite magazine |last=Page |first=Walter H. |date=August 1901 |title=The Pan-American Exposition |magazine=[[World's Work|The World's Work: A History of Our Time]] |volume=II |pages=1014–1048 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IF6tNZnhO7wC&pg=PA1015 |access-date=2009-07-09 |ref=page}}
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*{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg0aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 |title=Official catalogue and guide book to the Pan-American Exposition: With Maps of Exhibitions and Illustrations |publisher=Charles Ahrhart |location=Buffalo, NY |date=1901}}
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* {{cite book |last= |first= |title=The Rand-McNally hand book to the Pan-American exposition |volume= |publisher=Rand, McNally & co |location=Chicago and New York |year=1901 |url=https://archive.org/details/randmcnallyhandb02chic/page/n5/mode/2up |ref=rand'mc}}
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* {{cite magazine |last= |first=  |title=Opening of the Pan-American Exposition |magazine=Scientific American |pages=338–339 |publisher=Scientific American |volume=84 |issue=22 |date=June 1901   |jstor=24982219 |doi=  |ref=sci'journal1901}}
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* {{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Harold F. |title=Buffalo Builds the 1901 Pan-American Exposition |url=http://buffaloah.com/h/panam/peter.html |website=Buffalo as History |year=2003 |access-date=2011-08-05 |archive-date=2011-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812085944/http://www.buffaloah.com/h/panam/peter.html |url-status=live |ref=expense}}
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* {{cite book |last=Leech |first=Margaret |title=In the days of McKinley |authorlink= |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York |year=1959 |url=https://archive.org/details/indaysofmckinley00leec/page/n5/mode/2up |ref=leech1959}}
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* {{cite magazine |last=Walker |first=John Brisben |title=The cosmopolitan : an illustrated monthly magazine, September, 1901 : souvenir number of the Buffalo Exposition |volume= |magazine=Cosmopolitan Magazine |publisher=Cosmopolitan Magazine |location=New York |year=1901 |url=https://archive.org/details/cosmopolitan00walk/mode/2up |ref=walker1901}}
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*{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Opening, Pan-American Exposition |publisher=Library of Congress |year=1901 |accessdate=November 24, 2023 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/00694337/ |ref=opening}}
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*{{cite web |first= |last= |title=The Buffalo History Works; The Buildings / Midway  |publisher=The Buffalo History Works; The Midway |year= |accessdate=November 26, 2023 |url=https://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/panamex/midway/midway.htm |ref=midway}}
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*{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Panama-Pacific Exposition Issue  |publisher=Smithsonian national postal Museum |year= |accessdate=November 25, 2023 |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-commemorative-issues-1898-1925/panama-pacific |ref=smitsonian}}
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==External links==
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*[https://buffaloresearch.com/fulltext/ Buffalo Digital Library] has links to over 125 full-text guidebooks, picture books, and other Pan-American works from the period
*[http://www.panam1901.org/ Doing the Pan: Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in 1901] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327100658/http://panam1901.org/ |date=2019-03-27 }}
*[https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Board+of+Women+Managers%2C+Pan-American+Exposition%22 Minutes of the Board of Women Managers at the Pan-American Exposition, 1900-1901], courtesy of the [[Buffalo History Museum]].
*[https://archive.org/details/texts?query=%22Peeps+at+the+Pan+American%22 Peeps at the Pan-American], a 3-volume set of scrapbooks by Buffalo schoolteacher Mabel Barnes, who visited the grounds 19 times. Courtesy of The [[Buffalo History Museum]].
*[https://archive.org/details/pan-american-report-of-director-general-watermark/mode/1up Pan-American Exposition: Report of William I. Buchanan, Director General], courtesy of The [[Buffalo History Museum]].
*[http://www.newyorkheritage.org/collections/pan-american-exposition-scrapbooks New York Heritage Digital Collections: Pan-American Exposition Scrapbooks]
*[http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/collection/LIB-005/ University at Buffalo Digital Collections: Pan-American Exposition of 1901]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSwqJjfQk9irTKVVEqGRzRqWyDc3BoTcXuGgr5pSza226eGCv2iFCOwzGnhJmMbBCkXScf8RrBOYt3a/pubhtml Pan-American Exposition: A Visual Guide] to buildings, fountains, sculpture, hotels, landscape features, and the Midway, compiled by The [[Buffalo History Museum]].
*[https://archive.org/details/pan-am-co-records Pan-American Exposition Company Records]: An inventory of the collection in the Research Library at The [[Buffalo History Museum]]. The business records are not digitized or online, so an in-person visit is needed to study them.
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h6CR65SiSK-kW3-gvyUqLRkv3LYOwzXH/view Pan-American Exposition: List of Prizes], compiled by The [[Buffalo History Museum]]
*[http://buffalohistory.org/images/pages/PanAmMap&Streets-WM.jpg Pan-American Exposition Then and Now] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024171802/http://buffalohistory.org/images/pages/PanAmMap%26Streets-WM.jpg |date=2018-10-24 }}: A map of the grounds with an overlay of modern streets, created by The [[Buffalo History Museum]]
*[https://archive.org/details/indian-congress-libretto/mode/1up Historical Biography and Libretto of the Indian Congress], courtesy of the [[Buffalo History Museum]].
*[https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/william-mckinley-at-the-pan-american-exposition-signed-souvenir-booklet/ Pan-American Exposition souvenir booklet autographed by William McKinley] courtesy of The Shapell Manuscript Foundation

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