Here is the official description of the exhibit from the U.S. Government publication, Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1910, p.30. The principal feature of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing exhibit was a printing press in operation, the methods of plate printing as used by the United States being fully demonstrated by expert Government workmen. Specimen prints were made from engraved steel plates, showing portraits of the President and Vice President, the American eagle, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Abe ) the U. S. S. Nebraska, and a special commemorative design especially prepared for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The bureau also exhibited engraved portraits and vignettes, including a complete set of the Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of the Treasury, and a number of fine vignettes used on notes and securities; bonds, notes, certificates, and other obligations issued by the United States, showing all of the processes from the blank paper to the finished article; internal-revenue stamps, postage stamps, including the latest issues, and notes and stamps prepared for Cuba and the insular possessions.
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| William Howard Taft, 27th President & James S. Sherman 27th Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1909 October 30, 1912. Taft became 10th Chief Justice of the United States, in office, July 11, 1921 February 3, 1930. |
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| Eskimo Kayak, Mt. Rainier, Old Abe, Official AYPE Seal, Indian with Pipe at the Fair, Seattle Water Front. |
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| The American Eagle, a symbol of freedom. The most famous American Eagle was the " Wisconsin War Eagle" known as "Old Abe" was carried live for the duration of the U. S. War of the Rebellion (Civil War) by the 8th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, September 13, 1861- September 5, 1865. |
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| U.S.S. Nebraska, BB-14, in Puget Sound. Launched October 7, 1904: at Moran Brothers Shipbuilding, Seattle Washington. |
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