Juliet Helena Lumbard James wrote a preface for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, a world's fair that was held in San Francisco from February 20 to December 4, 1915. The fair was designed to commemorate the completion of the Panama Canal and to demonstrate the city's rebirth following the 1906 earthquake. James' introduction provides a glimpse into the excitement and anticipation that surrounded the exposition, which was a remarkable feat of engineering, architecture, and artistic expression.