?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
SAMPSONGOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 1940. 17 3/4x13 inches. Condition B+: wrinkles creases and abrasions in image. The 1939-1940 World's Fair in San Francisco was held as both 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 the history of the land "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. "
