John J. Albright
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John Joseph Albright was a businessman and philanthropist, and one of Buffalo's leading socialites at the turn of the 20th century.
John J. Albright Portrait
Albright & Company advertisement from 1890
Olmsted Plan for the Depew Improvement Company, Depew, NY
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, 1903
Pan-American Exposition
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The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, ext
John J. Albright
…a price of $1,095,430.98 (equivalent to $42,393,000 in 2025). Albright was often accompanied on his purchasing visits by Milburn, the president of the Pan-American Exposition, and at the time, many property owners assumed the land purchases were for the exposition, which helped them obtain the land at a more reasonable price…
The Planning Committee of the Exposition
Pan-American Exposition official logo
Pan American Exposition ticket, front and back, which cost US$0.50 ($19.00 in 2025 dollars)
Rand McNally Pan American Exposition Handbook