Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic postcard of an aerial drawing of "Golden Gate International Exposition - 1939, San Francisco Bay, #2573", 1939. Boats float in the water in the right foreground while automobiles drive along the street at left. Large buildings of various shapes decorate the land at center. A tower can be seen at left. Mountains stand across the background. CHS-43277A (back of postcard) -- Original postcard message reads: "Dear Auntie, I thought this might interest you. It is going to be a beautiful exposition. Flashily, Helen." The post card is addressed to: "Mrs. Thos. O'Hallaran, 4480 Hortensia Way, San Diego, Calif." A later handwritten note on the post card reads: "Helen likes to send things like this to me. I thought it might interest William. Frank." Handwritten caption reads: "Expositions - U.S. - San Francisco, 1939." The postmark reads: "San Francisco, Calif. 19386, Mar 24, 11:30 AM, buy U.S. savings bonds, ask your postmaster". Postage stamp shows a profile image of Benjamin Franklin facing left with "Unites States Postage, Franklin" in the frame around his image, "cent" below his image, and "1" below and flanking his image.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm. photographic prints photographs
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