The record-union., 1892-07-28
IT WILL Be GREAT.
The Historical Exhibit at the Coming
State Fair.
Big Squashes and Prize Pigs Won't Be
In 1t This Year-Some of the
Proposed Features.

David Lubin, Chairman. and Joseph
Steffens, of the Historical Section of the
State Fair Industrial Association, re-
turned from San Francisco late last
night. They report excellent progress
made in awakening San Francisco to in
terest in the exhibit.
The Secretary's books now show that
the historic exhibit will be a success.
They disclose in the progress made thus
far that something like a hundred indi-
vidual exhibitions will be represented by
contributions of historic objects.
In addition General Ruger of the United
States Army will make an old arms ex-
hibit. Ex-Mayor Pond ofSan Francisco,
Colonel c. L. Taylor and Captain w. L..
Merry will as committee make San
Fran cisco Chamber of Commerce ex-
hibit Of charts, charters, pictures, Stats =
| tics Of commerce, etc., well displayed,
and articles of rare historic value.
Professor Holden of the Lick Observa-
tory will occupy much space with a rare
exhibit of telescope Photographic mega
| tives of all the recent astronomical dis
| coveries. They are on glass, mounted on
wood and nickel, and were prepared for
| the Chicago Worlds Fair and will prove
Of the greatest interest. They are to be
! set up by skilled man sent from the
observatory and under the direction of
State Mineralogist Irelan.
A very large, varied and beautiful ex-
| hibit will be made from the Mining Blu
reau and State Museum also.
| The Society of California Pioneers in
! San Francisco will settle to-day definitely
| upon their exhibit, which will be of the
| highest historic value. That final official
action will be taken to-day and the CO.
operation of the society is counted upon
as a certainty. A room will be set apart
in the Pavilion as a pioneer headquarters,
and will be handsomely decorated by la
! dies of Sacramento.
| The California Museum Association of
| this city last night voted to make an ex-
hibition, and the California Academy of
! Sciences of San Francisco will have in the
! exhibition large and very valuable ex-
| hibit. The Council has already consented
and the Trustees are counted upon to
concur.
| The Worlds Fair Commission will
show a fine collection of California wood.
! Archbishop Riordan will have All ex-
! hibit prepared relating TO the missionary
era. Some of the ladies of the section
| have procured from the Mission Dolores
a rare specimen Of early carving; cross
40 years old, that until yesterday has
| always stood upon the altar at the Mis-
sion. They procured also a historic tile.
with painting upon it, of the Mission as
| it originally stood.
Ex-Governor Perkins has taken great
interest in the exhibition and is laborinp
for it, He authorizes the statement thai
the coast steamship lines, north and
south, will carry exhibits free of cost. and
by rail the Southern Pacific Company
does the same.
Justice I. b. Mcfarland of the Supreme
Court promises to arrange for an exhibit
oil historic Judicial records of the Supreme
tribunal.
President Gerberding of the Bohemian
! Club has offered anything in the clubs
collection that the Historic Section NAV
/ wish, and all articles they desire from
! the club.
| The Mechanics Institute of San Fran
cisco will make a special exhibit. and
there will come very large and interest
! ing Pioneer mineral and historic collec
ton from Coloma, and from the cabinets
OF the antiquarian, Mr.. Smith, guardian
of the Marshall Monument.
| The San francisco and the interior
press will exhibit historically, and a
committee from papers in San Francisco
Sacramento and Los Angeles will be
named to arrange the display. which will
not he an advertising, but purely his
! torlcal display; and, it is believed, will
include the first press used in the State
with one at work pulling off a copy of
pioneer sheets. Several papers have
already announced their readiness to en-
/ gage IN 1t. The Examiner and Chronicle
OF San Francisco are moving in the mat
Ter, and the Bulletin and CdH are con-