PAN-AMERICAN NUMBER [Cover illustration lithograph from JUDGE magazine] JUDGE to the PORTER: 'Now don't forget to put me off at Buffalo'

New York: Judge Company. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Print. 1 pages; Image clean and clear, with bright white matting. Image measures 13 X 9.25 inches; matted measures 22 X 14 inches. Full page cover of JUDGE magazine for May 11, 1901 depicting an older gent dressed as a child seated on a train and addressing an African American porter "JUDGE to the PORTER: 'Now don't forget to put me off at Buffalo.' " The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The event was organized by the Pan-American Exposition Company, formed in 1897. When the Spanish–American War broke out in 1898, plans were put on hold. Buffalo was eventually chosen as the site because it had a large population and better railroad connections, a day's rail journey for over 40 million people. The "Pan American" theme was carried throughout the event with the slogan "commercial well being and good understanding among the American Republics." The new alternating current power transmission system allowed designers to light the Exposition in Buffalo using power generated 25 miles away at Niagara Falls. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. filmed the Exposition during the day and did a pan of it at night. Now the Pan-American Exposition is most remembered as the site of the assassination of President William McKinley at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901. .