San Francisco's 1939-1940 World's Fair: The Golden Gate International Exposition

by Bill Cotter and Bill Cotter

Book Overview

These mailable vintage-photograph postcards showcase the massive undertaking of the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE). The city of San Francisco had long looked for a site for a new airport to service the Pacific market, and the fair provided the impetus to build Treasure Island, a man-made island that would eventually service the massive seaplanes in use at the time. The GGIE also helped cement the Bay Area as a tourism and business center,...

• Format: Ring-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146710647X
• ISBN13: 9781467106474
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 15 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.7" x 6.7"