Elephant Tower, Golden Gate International Exposition [model].

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Elephant Tower, Golden Gate International Exposition [model].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/615255640

Souvenir model of one of the two Elephant Towers which stood as the gateway to the western entrance of the Golden Gate International Exposition; after the originals designed by Donald Macky.

1 model : pewter, felt ; 8 x 5 x 9 cm.

Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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Macky, Donald, 1913-2007

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...