The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) was a world's fair held in San Francisco in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, while simultaneously showcasing the city's miraculous recovery from the devastating 1906 earthquake. This specific 1911 promotional postcard features President William Howard Taft and Uncle Sam symbolically "breaking ground" for the canal, using a massive pickaxe to physically split North and South America apart.
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