- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Below is the first official photo view of the Golden Gate International Exhibition a few years prior to its opening in 1939. And apparently based on the photo is the original WPA, 9′ x 6′ oil on canvas mural. Artist unknown.
Source notes
https://www.wpamurals.org/gogateex.html Needs more documentation.At this Location:
- Treasure Island Seawall, Landscaping, and Fill - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Fine Arts Building - Golden Gate International Exposition - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Hall of Transportation - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island: Golden Gate International Exposition Murals - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Airplane Hangars - San Francisco CA
- Treasure Island Administration and Terminal Building - San Francisco CA
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The photo at the top of this page with the caption of “Treasure Island Airport” apparently had the negative reversed for the photo. If you “flip” just the image of the scanned photo from Left to Right – the correct orientation of the harbor is shown. If you flip the entire scanned image – then the text would also be reversed. So… the scan is correct, but just the photo that they scanned was reversed. The cities & hills in the background should include Richmond CA, El Cerrito CA, and Berkeley CA. This view is essentially looking towards the NE and San Francisco was behind the photographer.
The “artist unknown” in that “first official painting” of the GGIE might be Ernest Born. Itlooks like his style–he did a similarly styled painting or drawing of the airport buildings. Did he do any WPA work?