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Snap Shooting Around the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939
BANC PIC 1992.034--ALB
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Collection Title: Snap shooting around the Golden Gate International Exposition
Date: 1939
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1992.034--ALB
Photographer:
P. T. Glass
Extent:
5 albums (560 photographic prints)
193 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Snap shooting around the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, BANC PIC 1992.034--ALB, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Selected items were digitized or re-digitized at a later date.
Purchased 1991
This collection consists of five albums of black and white photographs taken by P. T. Glass of the Golden Gate International
Exposition. The exposition was held from February 18 to October 29, 1939 on Treasure Island to celebrate the recent openings
of the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges. More than 10 million people visited the exposition. A reorganized exposition was
held on the site May 25 through September 29, 1940.
The photographs in albums 1-4, often humorously titled, were taken between February 18 and October 29, 1939 as Mr. Glass,
sometimes accompanied by his wife, parents, and friends, returned repeatedly to the exposition. The views are mostly exterior
shots of the various structures, landscaping, and exhibits of the exposition. Exhibits pictured include the Court of the Seven
Seas, Sun Tower, Court of the Moon, Sunken Gardens, Court of Reflections, Star Lady, Arch of Triumph, and Court of Flowers.
Many architectural features are shown, as well as statues, fruit displays, and some activities such as the Marimba band, and
a musical drill by Canadian mounted police.
Album 5 appears to be an album of proofs. These photographs are smaller in size than the photographs in the other albums.
Many are duplicates of photographs in the first four albums. Dates and apparent photographer's numbers are written next to
the photographs on the album pages. Captions have been supplied for this album in the container listing.