[Bird's-eye view of Treasure Island seen from San Francisco] – Antique Wall Map
![[Bird's-eye view of Treasure Island seen from San Francisco], [1939 or 1940] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc6d922ea680-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Bird's-eye view of Treasure Island seen from San Francisco], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Bird's-eye view of Treasure Island seen from San Francisco]
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Seen from high above San Francisco, Treasure Island stands out as a flat, man-made island in the middle of the bay, built on a shoal off Yerba Buena Island for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 and 1940. Crews raised it largely from dredged bay sand, and the fair's buildings, lagoons and towers were laid out across it in a matter of a few years. The exposition was meant to celebrate the region's new Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, and the island's arrangement shows how the planners treated the bay itself as part of the spectacle. After the fair closed, the island became a Navy station.
| Created / published | [1939 or 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | George Creel Collection. |
| Subjects | Golden Gate International Exposition--(1939-1940 :--San Francisco, Calif.) Islands--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 987 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161744 |
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