A plan of the Exposition from Southern Pacific's brochure "High Points on Four Great High Ways to the California Expositions." The image appears with the Wikipedia article on the PPIE. More images from the brochure are on Flickr.
Dates: The event ran from February 20 until December 4, 1915
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Building:
A view of the theatre in the AT&T Building from the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library collection. Thanks to Bob Ristelhueber for locating it for his thread about theatres at the Exposition on the
BAHT Facebook page.
California Building -- Mission Theatre:
The Mission Theatre was located in the Southern California exhibit area of the building. Thanks to Kevin Walsh for sharing this in a post on the
BAHT Facebook page. He comments:
"Another motion picture theatre at the 1915 PPIE was the Mission theatre incorporated in the Southern California exhibits in the California Building. Unfortunately, I have only this image of the exhibits entrance, with motion picture showtimes listed on the left pillar. The image is from a large souvenir picture book."
Palace of Education - Massachussets Theatre:
The Massachusets theatre space in the Palace of Education building. Thanks to Kevin Walsh for sharing this on the
BAHT Facebook page.
The full page from the souvenir book in Kevin's collection. Their comments about the picture of the theatre space:
"No. 2 is the motion picture theater, where the work of many of the State's humane institutions is exemplified and the methods of shoe making are revealed through a remarkable set of films owned by the United Shoe Machinery Company, which have been loaned, as has its great collection of ancient and modern footwear, to the Board of Managers for Massachusetts..."
Palace of Education - New York State Theatre:
"Free - Moving Pictures - Free." It's an image that appeared on page 159 of the souvenir booklet in Kevin Walsh's collection that he shared in another post on the
BAHT Facebook page.
The full page about the "New York State Departmental Exhibits." They had this to say about the theatre in the Palace of Education building:
"Above are four of the booths showing activities of the New York State Departments. The first shows the lecture and motion picture booth in the Palace of Education and Social Economy. In this booth are displayed motion pictures of scenes in every city and county of the State as well as of the social service work being done by various departments of the State government..."
Pennsylvania Building:
Glenn Koch notes that there was also a theater in the Pennsylvania Building. Kevin Walsh says it's mentioned in the description of the building in the souvenir book he has but the photography is focused on the display of the Liberty Bell.
Southern Pacific Building -- The Sunset Theatre:
The building's facade. Thanks to Jean-Guy Dube for sharing the image as a comment to a post on the
BAHT Facebook page. He notes that it was designed for the railroad in a Renaissance style with Corinthian columns and classical moldings and detailing.
A plan of the building. Thanks to Jean-Guy Dube for locating it and indicating the theatre location in red.
An interior view from the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library collection. Thanks to Bob Ristelhueber for locating it for his thread on the
BAHT Facebook page.
Another view from the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library collection. Thanks to Jean-Guy Dube for locating this one. He comments:
"According to Southern Pacific pamphlets and contemporary accounts, the theater sat 350 and had a Kimball pipe organ. Note the radiators in the corners for heating. The SP designed the theater after The Little Theater in New York which opened in 1912, and still exists today, the smallest theater on Broadway.
"I am a Southern Pacific historian that is working on a history of the Southern Pacific's involvement with the Panama Pacific Exposition. I am also working on drafting a blueprint of the building, including the theatre and the Road of a Thousand Wonders exhibit that was in the building."
The Little Theatre, at 240 W. 44th St. in New York, is now called the Helen Hayes. There seem to be no surviving photos that show the original 1912 auditorium decor that might have inspired the Sunset. This view from the Shubert archives was taken after a 1920s remodel that also added a balcony. It appears with several other shots on the theatre's Internet Broadway Database page. See a 1913 exterior view that appeared in the book "Our Theatres Today and Yesterday." It's on Internet Archive. Also see the Wikipedia article about the theatre.
More information: See the Wikipedia article on the PPIE
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