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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
SAMPSON (DATES UNKNOWN) GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 1940. 35 1/2x25 7/8 inches, 90x66 cm. Condition B+: restored losses at edges and in corners, some affecting text; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds; creases in image. The 1939-1940 World's Fair in San Francisco was held on a man-made island in the Bay known as "Treasure Island." The exposition was a celebration of the completion of the two main bridges, Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay, and as a "Pageant of the Pacific." A plaque on Treasure Island explains "This artificial island was constructed of bay sand in 1936-7 and was the site of Golden Gate International Exposition, Feb. 18, 1939-Sept. 29, 1940. Tall towers, gigantic goddesses and dazzling lighting effects turned the island into a 'magic city.' The exposition celebrated the ascendancy of California and San Francisco as economic, political and cultural forces in the increasingly important Pacific region. Treasure Island has been a U.S. Naval station since 1941."
