Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition

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