Golden Gate International Exposition scrapbook [graphic]. 1938-1939.

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Golden Gate International Exposition scrapbook [graphic]. 1938-1939.

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Newsclippings, professional photographs, snapshots, postcards, and ephemera documenting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco. Most items document the creation of the "world's largest relief map" of 11 western states, for which Leo Burton was chief draftsman. Includes photographs of workshops, progress photographs of map creation, project cost sheets and staff emergency rosters, as well as relevant newsclippings and brochure text. The map was created by or for The Industrial West, Inc., with funding from the W.P.A., promoting the industrial development and resources of the region from the Rockies to the Pacific. Many snapshots are signed or inscribed by pictured staff members. Also present are newsclippings and commercial photographs related to the exposition in general, to Treasure Island, and to the Bay Bridge.

1 album (ca. 400 photographic prints, newsclippings, and ephemera) : b&w ; album 29 x 40 cm.

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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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...

Burton, Leo R. T.

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Industrial West.

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