Paris of the Pacific: Celebrating San Francisco's Founding French Community

Public Domain Merchant ships fill San Francisco harbor, 1850–51 To highlight its reemergence after a devastating earthquake and fire, San Francisco was chosen as the venue of the 1915 World’s Fair. This year is the centennial of that Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE.) “Un Coin de France en Amerique” (A Corner of France in America) is an exhibit of posters and artifacts at the city's Alliance Française that highlights the French influence…