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 and 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.
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Heller, Alfred E., Hillers, Doris., Nutter, Zoe Dell Lantis., Poole, Aileen., Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 (Franklin Delano),, Sheedy, Tatiana Widrin, 1920-2007., and Golden Gate International Exposition
10th annual exhibition of the Portland Mechanics' Fair of Portland, Oregon and Catalogue of the tenth annual exhibition of the Portland Mechanics' Fair
Description:
BEIN Zc74 888po: From the library of Dr. Franz R. Stenzel and Mrs. Kathryn M. Stenzel. Original wrappers. and Advertising matter throughout.
Title from item., In right margin: 118 ; Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition., From: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition, 1876., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Frank Leslie's Publishing House
Subject (Name):
Centennial Exhibition
Subject (Topic):
Preschool children, Kindergarten, Women kindergarten teachers, Exhibitions, Teaching, Spectators, Children, and Teachers