View of San Francisco Bay
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Title |
View of San Francisco Bay |
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Exposition |
Golden Gate International Exposition |
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Exposition location |
San Francisco, California |
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Exposition date |
1939-1940 |
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Photographer |
Roberts & Roberts, R.B. |
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Photographer's number |
R-356 |
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Date |
ca. 1939-1940 |
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Item number |
EXP939f.698a |
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Physical description |
19.0 cm. x 24.5 cm. |
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Notes |
Description attached: When the 1775 Don Manuel de Ayala sailed through the Golden Gate, he rubbed his eyes and believed - and rightfully so - he had discovered the world's finest land-locked harbor. During 1939, thousands of more Don Manuals will move through this famed Gateway of Gold to discover, lying straight ahead in all its Aladdin-like glory the dream-like beauty of the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. Here the world-traveler will realize he might as well have remained at home, as the whole world, with its native exoticism will be concentrated on the 400-acre Fair site. Immediate foreground shows the Golden Gate bridge, world's mightiest single-span structure; beyond, to the right lies San Francisco; just over the city spires is the Bay Bridge, longest in the world, connecting San Francisco with Oakland, on the far shore. Centering the picture is Treasure Island, itself. |
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Object type |
Photograph |
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Digital collection |
World's Fair Collection |
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Physical collection |
Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs |
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