Poster stamps of the PPIE
Panama Pacific International Exposition - San Francisco, 1915

INTRODUCTION What was the PPIE? What are poster stamps? PPIE Poster stamps for:  -  Official publicity  -  General souvenirs  -  Exhibitor promotion  -  Local promotion  -  Foreign  -  Awards  -  Railroads  -  Events  -  Other

EXHIBITOR STAMPS THIS COMPANY WILL EXHIBIT generic stamp for exhibitors in the Palace of Mines and Metalurgy The stamps on this page (aside from the one directly above) were issued by companies that had exhibits at the PPIE, and the stamp says so. They were probably handed out free of charge to anyone who walked up and asked for one. Click on any image below to open an enlarged version in a separate tab. Aetna Life Insurance Aetna Life Insurance Co. Arlington Chemical Co. ARMCO Carnation Condensed Milk Envelope for next set Carnation Condensed Milk. These have been separated, but I have seen them as a single block of nine, configured as shown. They were distributed in the folder/envelope preceding. Funk & Wagnalls Foxboro Franco Flashlights Interstate Electric Novelty Co. Franco Flashlights Interstate Electric Novelty Co. Franco Flashlights Interstate Electric Novelty Co. Ghirardelli Chocolate S Gilmartin S Gilmartin Goldberg Fixtures Hartford Insurance Kawneer store fronts Kawneer store fronts Manufacturers' Multiplex Milford hacksaw blades The Mine U S Bureau of Mines New Haven, Conn. 21 states had pavilions at the PPIE - but not Connecticut - so New Haven set up an exhibit in the Palace of Varied Industries Quaker Oats set Note that none of these stamps relates to the PPIE itself - only the envelope (next image) connects the two Envelope for Quaker Oats set Remington Typewriter Co Rubberset Chas. A Schieren Chas. A Schieren Schmidt Lithograph Co. Schmidt Lithograph Co. Schmidt Lithograph Co. Schmidt Lithograph Co. E N Sewell Standard Electric Wires and Cables Star Electric Fire Protection Standard Varnish Works Stewart Fruit Co. Tubbs Cordage Co. Wolf Co Flour Milling Machinery YWCA 101 Ranch - 1 101 Ranch - 2 101 Ranch - 3 101 Ranch - 4 101 Ranch - 5 As it says on the stamps above, 101 Ranch was the name of the Miller Brothers Wild West Show, in The Zone, a 65 acre area of the PPIE set aside for entertainment.