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Golden Gate International Exposition scrapbook.
BANC PIC 2003.003--fALBLOCAL
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Title:

Golden Gate International Exposition scrapbook

Creator/Contributor:

Burton, Leo R. T., creator

Abstract:

Newsclippings, professional photographs, snapshots, postcards, and ephemera documenting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco. Most items document the creation of the "world's largest relief map" of 11 western states, for which Leo Burton was chief draftsman. Includes photographs of workshops, progress photographs of map creation, project cost sheets and staff emergency rosters, as well as relevant newsclippings and brochure text. The map was created by or for The Industrial West, Inc., with funding from the W.P.A., promoting the industrial development and resources of the region from the Rockies to the Pacific. Many snapshots are signed or inscribed by pictured staff members. Also present are newsclippings and commercial photographs related to the exposition in general, to Treasure Island, and to the Bay Bridge.

Date:

1938-1939 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Relief models
Cartography -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Cartographers -- Pictorial works
Industrialization -- West (U.S.)
Place marketing -- West (U.S.)
Modèles en relief
Cartographes -- Ouvrages illustrés
Cartographers
Cartography
Industrialization
Place marketing
Relief models
West United States
Industrial West.
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Golden Gate International Exposition.

Note:

Compiled by Leo Burton, with his initials on front cover: L.-R.T.B.
Title supplied by cataloger.
RESTRICTED due to CONDITION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

photoprint
1 album (ca. 400 photographic prints, newsclippings, and ephemera) : b&w ; album 29 x 40 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2003.003--fALBLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED due to CONDITION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.