Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition
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Description
- Title
- Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition
- Creator
- Heller, Alfred E., collector
- Published / Created
- 1938-1940.
- Abstract
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Photographs by chiefly unidentified photographers that document the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California, 1938-1940. Images include views of Brazil Building, Court of Pacifica, Court of Reflections, Japan Pavilion, Mission Trails Building, Pacific House, Peru Building, Rainbow Fountain in the Court of Flowers, San Francisco Building, Temple Compound, Tower of the Sun, and Triumphal Arch. A few snapshots document activities at the fair by an unidentified tourist, August 26-September 1, 1940. The collection also includes copy photographs of preparatory drawings and models for some of the exhibition buildings. Photographers identified in the collection include images of the Westinghouse Exhibit by Gabriel Moulin and a view of the Tower of the Sun by Fred Meyer
Identified portraits include Zoe Dell Lantis, a mascot for the exhibition, as well as her colleagues, including Doris Hillers, Aileen Poole, and Tanya Widrin. There is also a view of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his entourage riding in an automobile and passing Golden Gate International Exposition construction workers in July 1938
- Description
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Provenance
- Formerly owned by Alfred E. Heller. Purchased from the William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2005.
- Extent
- 54 photographic prints : 36.9 x 25.5 cm. and smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 482
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Photographic prints
World's fairs California San Francisco 1939 - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.) - Subject (Name)
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Heller, Alfred E.
Hillers, Doris.
Nutter, Zoe Dell Lantis.
Poole, Aileen.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 (Franklin Delano),
Sheedy, Tatiana Widrin, 1920-2007.
Golden Gate International Exposition - Subject (Topic)
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Exhibitions
Fairs - Subjects
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Heller, Alfred E.
Hillers, Doris
Nutter, Zoe Dell Lantis
Poole, Aileen
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 > Pictorial works
Sheedy, Tatiana Widrin, 1920-2007
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.) > Pictorial works
Exhibitions > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
Fairs > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) > Pictorial works
California > San Francisco > 1939
Heller, Alfred E. > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Alfred E. Heller, Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9932762
- Object ID (OID)
- 2029248