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Title
[Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939] (9 views)
Creator
Blake, Orville T
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2008-0984
PHOTO: SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY: SAN FRANCISCO: GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1939-1940
Views of people, buildings of 1939 exposition.
View 1 (2008-0984). Fountain of Western Waters, Court of the Seven Seas -- view 2 (2008-0985). Australia building in Pacific Area group -- view 3 (2008-0986). Netherlands Indies pavilion -- view 4 (2008-0987). Tower of the Sun -- view 5 (2008-0988). Mission Trails Building -- view 6 (2008-0989). French Indo-China pavilion -- view 7 (2008-0990). Tower of the Sun -- View 8 (2008-0992). Looking toward the Court of Flowers, Girl and Rainbow fountain, Arch of Triumph and Tower of the Sun in background -- view 9 (2008-0993). Shows courtyard in front of Hall of the Western States.
Photographs taken by Orville T. Blake (1620 40th Ave., Oakland, Calif.). His parents were Reo Blake Goble and Vern Goble, brothers were Marvin and George Blake. Parents and brothers show up in some of the photographs, where the family was vacationing.
Gift Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Blake, Jr.,
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
9 photographic prints ; 3 x 4 5/8 in. and smaller.
Identifier
(C)001389142CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2454
Subject
Golden Gate International Exposition, (1939-1940 :. San Francisco, Calif.)
Exhibitions--California--San Francisco
Exhibition buildings--California--San Francisco
Treasure Island (San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
Treasure Island (San Francisco, Calif.)

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