The
Panama–Pacific International Exposition (
PPIE) was a
world's fair held in
San Francisco, in the United States, between February 20 and December 4 in 1915. Its ostensible purpose was to celebrate the completion of the
Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the
1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a site in San Francisco, along the northern shore, between the
Presidio and
Fort Mason, now known as the
Marina District.