Biographical note on first folder: "Samuel Stark is Honorary Curator of Theatre Collections at the California Historical Society and a Fellow of the Gleeson Library Associates at the University of San Francisco. Deltiology is his hobby, and the illustrations used in this Keepsake are from his collection of approximately 475,000 post cards."
Contents:
Number one. "Don't forget to send a card." / Samuel Stark -- Number two. California Midwinter International Exposition / Dr. Gunther Barth -- Number three. Lewis and Clark Exposition / Richard Dillon -- Number four. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition / Henry Broderick -- Number five. The Portolá celebration / Leslie O. Merril -- Number six. Panama-Pacific International Exposition / Walter S. Johnson -- Number seven. Panama-California Exposition / Edward M. Lindsay -- Number eight. The Tournament of Roses / Ray Allen Billington -- Number Nine. Peace voyage of the U.S. White Fleet / Albert Shumate, M.D. -- Number ten. The Mid-Pacific Carnival / Gwenfread E. Allen
Summary:
Survey of late 19th and early 20th century exhibitions on the West Coast as seen through pictorial post cards and brief history of post cards.