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San
Francisco,
California,
USA
Season 1:
1939
Season 2:
1940
Site:
Treasure Island in
San Francisco Bay
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Celebrating the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Exposition was built on an artificially created island in San Francisco Bay. Originally intended to become an airport after the exposition, it became a naval base in the wake of World War II. It remained in possession of the navy until 1997 when the land was handed over to the City of San Francisco. The island now has housing and film studios. The future of the island has yet to be determined.
San Francisco also hosted the 1894 Mid-Winter Exposition in Golden Gate Park and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. |
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Aerial view of Treasure Island during the exposition |
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LINKS:
Aerial
view map of the site - from the University
of California, Berkeley
Photo
Gallery - from the New Deal Network
Sanoian
Special Collection Gallery - photos from
the Henry Madden Library at the California State
University, Fresno
Treasure Island Museum Association
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