Panama-California Exposition ~ San Diego ~ 1915-1916

Exposition Postcards ~ Postcard Index ~ Poster Cards
Exposition Cancels ~ Rare Exposition Postcards ~ Exposition Postcards by Allen Wright

The Postcard Index

This "electronic postcard collection" is the definitive listing of postcards from the Panama-California Exposition. Over 2000 postcard images are contained here. This collection will never be complete - in fact, there is no way to know how many cards exist. Real photo postcards continue to surface frequently. Even small collections sometimes include some cards not listed here. Your postcard image scans or photocopies are most welcome and will be included in website updates. Contact: Webmaster

The Megsons' criteria and numbering system are used here, with a few minor changes. I have included "one-of-a-kind" real-photo cards of and by exposition visitors, which the Megsons excluded. Several new GMxxx categories have been added as new groups of postcards have been discovered.

TypeListing of postcards by manufacturer
GM10Adler (green allegorical drawings)
GM15Adventurers, The
GM20Aerial Photo Co.
GM30Arcade View (groundbreaking real photos: subtitles in light box)
GM32Arcade View (groundbreaking real photos: hand-printed subtitles)
GM33Artopho (groundbreaking real photos)
GM35Averrett aerial view
GM38Beardsley Electric Co.
GM40Benham proposed site views (also Eno & Matteson)
GM50Book Lovers' Shop (black/white, gray back, Expo logo)
GM60Book Lovers' Shop (black/white, gray back, no logo)
GM70Book Lovers' Shop (hand colored, gray back, no logo)
GM80Book Lovers' Shop (sepia front, brown/yellow back, Expo logo)
GM90Book Lovers' Shop (hand colored, brown back, Expo logo)
GM100Book Lovers' Shop (sepia front, brown back, no logo)
GM105Book Lovers' Shop (hand colored, brown back, no logo)
GM110Book Lovers' Shop - The Van Albert Prints
GM115Borden's Condensed Milk Co.
GM120California Sandwich Syndicate
GM130Caloni & Co - white statuary
GM132Christiance
GM135Collins - "Meet Me in San Diego" individual photos
GM137Covert, Geo. L. - "New York to San Diego, Cal." tricycle with mule
GM140Detroit (Phostint)
GM145Empress Hotel
GM150Eno (brown/tan, by Albertype)
GM160Eno (hand colored, by Albertype)
GM170Eno 4400 series, green back
GM180Eno 4400 series, brown back
GM190Eno 5400 series
GM200Eno (white border)
GM210Eno & Matteson posters (3152-3158)
GM215Eno & Matteson "series of 300"
GM220Eno & Matteson poster
GM225Eno & Matteson 3475 "Public Library Showing PCE Grounds in Distance"
GM230Eno & Matteson 4400 series
GM250Fergus, Leah Coleman
GM260Fitch real photos
GM265General Electric
GM268Hadden Automatic Sprinkler System
GM270Harvey, Fred - by Albertype
GM275Hugo, Leopold - real photos
GM277Hyers Barber Shop / Marion Vogdes
GM280International Harvester
GM290International Harvester
GM300Japanese Garden
GM305Jewett Hotel
GM310Kaufman
GM315Kearney Photo / McLeod poem (post-expo, 1918)
GM320K. & T. (felt pennant: "Have Longed Many Longings")
GM325Kirkland Apartment Hotel
GM328La Vista Apartments
GM330Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
GM333Lubin Hotel
GM335Metropolitan Life Insurance Co (Welfare Exhibit)
GM340Mitchell poster cards (vertical with logo)
GM341Mitchell groundbreaking - "Religious Ceremonies" (1824)
GM343National Cash Register Co.
GM345Newman Christmas poster cards
GM347Nielen real photo
GM350Oakes real photos (no numbers)
GM360Oakes real photos (numbered on front)
GM361Oakes real photos (hand-colored)
GM362Oakes real photos (visitors in electriquettes)
GM370Ohio Week Committee
GM375Old Mission Realty / Butt-in-Bay magnified...
GM380Oregon City Woolen Mills
GM385Pacific Limited - Southern Pacific RR - Union Pacific
GM390Painted Desert by Harvey (black/white)
GM400Painted Desert by Harvey (hand colored)
GM410Painted Desert by Harvey (colored with white border)
GM420Painted Desert - real photos
GM425Panama-California Exposition Gold Medal Awards
GM430Panama-California Exposition, Officials, Rice & Sons
GM440Panama-California Exposition, 1915 - All the Year - 1915...Five Months Before the Opening"
GM450Panama-California Exposition, 1915 - All the Year - 1915
GM455Panama-California Exposition Pass
GM460Panama-California Exposition, "Official View"
GM465Panama-California Exposition, "A Souvenir of the PCE" ("are you God?")
GM470Panama-California Exposition - real photos
GM480Panama-California Exposition - real photos
GM484Passmore, Lee
GM485Photoprint Co. - real photos of groundbreaking celebrations
GM490Poole Brothers
GM493Princess Tsianina Redfeather
GM494The Progressive Church (P.C.E. Booster Song)
GM495Renfro-Haven Co.
GM497Richmond Hotel
GM500Rosslyn Hotel by Ames Bros
GM505Rudd map of the Americas, Panama Canal statistics
GM510Sandford Hotel by Eno & Matteson
GM513San Diego County Chamber of Commerce - trifold mailer
GM515San Diego County - Grossman
GM517San Diego Exposition Bonds
GM518San Diego Hotel
GM520Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
GM530Schellenberg - visitors at the Exposition
GM531Schellenberg - white statuary
GM532Schellenberg - Afana "mother of pearl" carvings
GM540Seagrave Fire Apparatus (b/w)
GM550Seagrave Fire Apparatus (color)
GM560Southern Pacific RR
GM570Southern Pacific RR (jumbo size card)
GM575Southern Trust and Savings Bank (bifold mailer)
GM580State Societies of San Diego
GM585Stayton
GM590Tatum, Queen of the Pacific
GM595Taylor (Harold) Studios
GM597Mme. Tromben sings on New Years Night
GM600Union Oil
GM610Union Pacific RR
GM630Washington State
GM631Washington The Evergreen State (PPIE and PCE)
GM633R.P Whigham Studios (Elizabeth the Living Doll)
GM635Winsor, A. G. folder
GM637Wooten
GM640Wright, Allen H, photographer
GM650Anonymous Real Photos, Ground-breaking ceremonies, 1911 (mixed)
GM660Anonymous Real Photos - mixed, uncategorized
GM670Anonymous Real Photos, titles in upright letters (in white rectangle)
GM680Anonymous Real Photos, titles in upright letters (wide border)
GM690Anonymous Real Photos, mixed group (on Noko paper)
GM691Anonymous Real Photos on Noko paper; white border, neat upright block titles & subtitles
GM700Anonymous Real Photos, white border, "San Diego Exposition 1915" or "San Diego 1915"; titles in tiny artistic upright upper and lower case letters
GM710Anonymous Real Photos, white border, "San Diego Exposition" in upright sans-serif letters
GM720Anonymous Real Photos, white border, "Panama-California International Exposition - San Diego 1915 (or 1916)" in upright upper case letters with larger caps
GM730Anonymous Real Photos, white border, "San Diego Exposition 1915" or "San Diego 1915" in forward sloping letters (numbered 2--)
GM735Anonymous Real Photos, no border, "San Diego 1915" in forward sloping letters
GM740Anonymous Real Photos, "San Diego Exposition 1915" in forward sloping letters (one white border at bottom or side)
GM750Anonymous Real Photos, "San Diego Exposition" in backward sloping letters, most with numbers in 200 or 500 series
GM760Anonymous Real Photos, printed in blue with wide border
GM770Anonymous Real Photos, printed on tan paper with wide border
GM780Anonymous Real Photos, with M.A. on front
GM790Anonymous Real Photos, titles in vertical black box on left front
GM800Anonymous Real Photos, sepia with white border
GM810Anonymous Real Photos, hand-printed sans-serif block titles; no border
GM820Anonymous Real Photos, during construction, white border - one wide; Velox paper
GM830Anonymous Real Photos, no border, no titles or subtitles; Azo paper
GM840Anonymous narrow hand-colored card; Albertype style, no borders, no titles or subtitles
GM850Anonymous Real Photos pasted on card with very wide borders, handwritten titles and 89- number
GM860Anonymous Real Photos with hand-printed titles and crooked letters "l", "d" and "t", some with numbers
GM870Anonymous Real Photos with hand-printed titles numbered 4--
Exposition Home | Postcard Tour | Postcard Index | Expo Map | History | Acknowledgements

SDHS homepage
SDHS

Send comments to: Webmaster Copyright ©2006, All rights reserved.