Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-21
TO Be A CITY
UNDER A ROOF
COMING MADE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA" EXPOSITION
Miniature Municipality Under Canopy
of Patriotic Colors and Lights Will
Inform Visitors of the cty's
Factory Interests

Because no pail Of smoke obscures
Los Angeles skies and no heavy rum
BILE of machinery hammers It's ears,
the average visitor to this city imhgines
that it has no factory district and that
1t makes nothing but money Off It's
tourist trade. And surprisingly many
of it's residents have pretty much the
same opinion.
But Los Angeles has a factory dis
trict of which any city might be proud.
1t is not blanketed with black, be-
cause this city burns oil, and 1t doesn't t
obtrude it's offensive noises because it
is relegated to a part of town given
over to 1t and little else. But 1t is
large and thriving place and the
things made there are many and i'm
portant.
To demonstrate these things and to
prove to the world that this Is a
manufacturing point of no mean i'm
port, q miniature city of booths and
factories Is going up under a canopy
of color as gorgeous as are the skies
above the actual city, and beneath a
light scheme as elaborate as that
adopted here. 1t is "a well constructed
city: it's pavements are free from
noise, holes, dust and dirt it's houses
are of uniform height and size, and
it's wares and exhibits are the finest
of their several classes. In it will be
shown the products Of the bigger cities
in miniatures; not only the goods them
selves will be displayed, but the actual
making of them will be in operation.
This little city is the Made in South
California" exposition, which opens
May for two weeks, in the Panorama
building, In Main, near Fourth street.
1t is designed to demonstrate to the
local and visiting doubter that there
is going on here an amount of manu-
featuring that neither dreams of, and
that the extent of this work is only
matched by its variety.
There will be 1875 exhibitors in this
little town-not all Los Angeles fac
tories by any means will be repre-
sented, but enough will be shown to
provoke inquiry from those inter-
ested as to any missing. Each sepa-
rate industry will have it's own booth;
all these are up, and are of uniform
height, but Of endless variety In deco
rative scheme. The range of exhibits
runs from pumps to powder; from bon
bons to boxes; from condensed milk to
hats; from gems to pottery. In each
booth will be machinery making the
goods shown right before the eyes of
visitors; 1t will be possible for a caller
to carry away with him souvenirs from
most places manufactured while he
looks on and sees the processes carried
out. With 125 separate entities in op-
Grafton, the variety of these souvenirs
will be almost endless.
And when he is tired sightseeing the
visitor may step into the gallery and
there listen to the Catalina band OF
twenty-five players, who will be on
hand day and night to furnish music
for the occasion. Thus will be afforded
entertainment for the eye, the ear and
the senses, all under the one roof.
A great canopy of patriotic colors
has been stretched above the Pano
rama floor, making a dome of beauty
This is filled with vari-colored lights
and these will be going all the time, as
daylight will be excluded so that color
effects will be possible. The whole
front of the building will be gay with
lights. There will be issued a daily
paper telling about the show by the
combined newspapers of the city, all OF
which have booths there. In fact, the
whole show will be remarkably fine
and unusual and well worthy of the
close inspection of every one in town,
stranger and native alike.