JPS World's Fairs: 1939 SF

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE: 1939 SAN FRANCISCO

1939 SAN FRANCISCO (Non-BIE):
Shortcuts: Websites | Video | Pics | Audio | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Other
Websites, Pages:
- Golden Gate International Expo 1939-1940 (GoldenGateInternationalExpo.blogspot.com)
- Wish You Were Here! Postcards from the GGIE (at Treasure Island Museum)
- Treasure Island Then and Now (treasureisland1939.com)
- Golden Gate International Exposition (at San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club)
Video:
- California Color Film: Golden Gate International Exposition (documentary, 7m45s, at Internet Archive)
- Golden Gate Exposition 1939-1940 Treasure Island SF (YouTube, fair footage with music recorded at the fair, 19m38s)
- Amateur Film #2: Golden Gate International Exposition (silent, 10m14s, at Internet Archive)
- Amateur Film #3: Golden Gate International Exposition (silent, 9m12s, at Internet Archive)
- Home Movie: Golden Gate International Exposition (silent, 15m46s, at Internet Archive)
- Home Movie (silent, 10m58s, at Internet Archive)
- 1939 Home Movie Trip to Golden Gate International Exposition (YouTube, silent, 14m13s)
- Ransohoff's Goes to the Fair, March 12, 1939 (amateur, silent, 17m40s, at Internet Archive)
- A Day and Night at the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 (YouTube, archival footage, 10m11s)
- Newsreels:
  - San Francisco Exposition (Movietone News) (0m51s, at AP Archive)
  - Fair Work: Golden Gate Expo Nears Completion (RKO-Pathé News) (0m53s, at British Pathé)
  - Coasters Swarm Gate, Trample Seven Seas (Chevrolet Leader News) (YouTube, 1m25s)
  - Dollfuss Assassinated; Golden Gate Exposition; Other Stories (Yesterday's Newsreel) (12m29s, at Internet Archive)
  - San Francisco World's Fair (The News Parade) (9m27s, at Internet Archive)
  - San Francisco Fair Fire (Pathé Gazette) (YouTube, 0m39s)
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (YouTube, feature film, 1h13m50s)
- Lectures:
  - Charbneau So-Called Dollars from the Golden Gate International Exposition (American Numismatic Assn.) (42m26s, at Internet Archive)
  - Art and Architecture During the Depression (1h49m12s, at Internet Archive)
- 1939 San Francisco & New York Fairs (video, fair footage, silent, 19m35s, at Internet Archive)
- Farewell to Treasure Island (1940) (YouTube, official fair film, 2m53s)
  - At Internet Archive
- Calfornia of the Past: San Francisco Worlds Fair (YouTube, documentary, 4m56s)
- Golden Gate City: San Francisco (documentary, 9m40s, at Internet Archive)
- Let's Get Associated with San Francisco (Associated Service Stations film, 36m17s, silent, at Internet Archive)
- Madera High School Events (17m26s, silent, at Internet Archive)
Pictures:
- Snap Shooting Around the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 (at Online Archive of California)
- 24 Views of the Treasure Island Fair (PPT, at the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- San Francisco Commercial Photography (at The Ned Scott Archive)
- "California, San Francisco, 1939" (search results, at Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection, Indiana University Archives)
- Rediscovered photos show Golden Gate International Exposition in new light (article, with photo gallery, at San Francisco Chronicle)
- At SF's 1939 World's Fair, a mad dash to be first through the gates (article, with photo gallery, at San Francisco Chronicle)
- Golden Gate International Exposition at 80 (photos, at SFMTA Photography Department and Archive)
  - History in Motion: Island of Treasures, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition (photos and description, at Inside SFMTA)
- Golden Gate International Exposition (at Wikimedia Commons)
Audio:
- President Franklin Roosevelt's Address At Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, 07/14/1938 (30m24s, at Internet Archive)
- Golden Gate International Exposition: Oral Story (interview, 21m16s, at Vimeo)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Official Guide Book: Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay (book, 122pp, at Internet Archive)
- Carica Tour of Treasure Island (JPG, map, at Treasure Island Museum)
- A Cartograph of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay (JPG, map, at Treasure Island Museum)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Administration Building
- Associated Service Stations:
  - Golden Gate International Exposition Marionettes (video, silent, 5m25s, at Internet Archive)
- Carousel of American Music:
  - Carousel of American Music (audio samples, at All Music)
  - Treasure Trove of American Song (article at SF Gate)
  - The Lost and Found ASCAP "Cavalcade of Music" Recordings (article at The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- DuPont:
  - Wonder World of Chemistry: A Film Story of Better Things for Better Living (YouTube, exhibit film, 18m11s, at Internet Archive)
  - A Preview of the "Wonder World of Chemistry" Exhibit (booklet, 34pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- Eistedfodd:
  - Souvenir: Golden Gate International Exposition Eistedfodd: Awards in Music, Prose, and Poetry (booklet, 72pp, at Internet Archive)
- Electricity and Communications Building:
  - W6XBE at the Golden Gate Exposition, 1939 (article, at Radio World)
- Elephant Tower
  - Towers (postcards and description, at Treasure Island Museum)
- Elephant Train
- Federal Building:
  - Federal Theatre at the World's Fair (video, silent, 20m29s, at Internet Archive)
  - Swing Mikado (JPG, poster, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - WPA Posters
  - Posters of Indian art from the Indian Court in the Federal Building (search results, at the Smithsonian)
- Gayway:
  - Colorful Fun Zone for San Francisco Fair (Madera Tribune, January 3, 1938) (article, at UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research)
- Hall of Transportation
- Horticulture:
  - The Gardens of the Exposition (booklet, 16pp, at Internet Archive)
- Japan
  - Japanese in San Francisco (Pathé Gazette) (newsreel, 0m38s, at British Pathé)
- Marine Corps:
  - United States Marine Corps (exhibit booklet, 24pp, at Internet Archive)
- Model of San Francisco:
  - WPA Models at Local Libraries Offer a Glimpse of San Francisco Last Seen in 1942 (article, at KQED)
- National Biscuit Company:
  - Mickey Mouse: La Surprise-partie de Mickey (YouTube, version en français, 5m02s)
  - Mickey's Suprise Party (full description, at DisneyShorts via Wayback Machine)
- Opening Day:
  - San Francisco Fair Opened (1939) (newsreel, 1m57s, at British Pathé)
  - San Francisco Fair Opened (1940) (newsreel, 1m01s, at British Pathé)
- Pacifica
- Pacific House
  - The Pageant of the Pacific Murals (PDF, presentation, 25pp, at Treasure Island Development Authority)
- Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts
  - Diego Rivera:
    - Art In Action (1940):
      - Art in Action Exhibition (video, silent, color footage, 11m25s, at San Francisco State University)
      - Art In Action (article at City College of San Francisco)
    - Pan-American Unity:
      - Docent Video: Art and Artist in Motion - Diego Rivera and the Pan American Unity Mural Journey (YouTube, 12m30s)
      - Diego Rivera Mural Project (RiveraMural.org)
        
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      - Diego Rivera's Pan American Unity (League for Innovation in the Community College, December 2006)) (article, archived at Wayback Machine)
      - Plans afoot to return Diego Rivera mural to City College, make it visible from the street (article, at Hoodline)
- Sally Rand's Nude Ranch
  - Life on a Nude Ranch (Madera Tribune, May 20, 1939) (article, at UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research)
  - Sally Rand (article, at The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- Special Days:
  - Al Smith Day: Watch for Brown Derby--Al Smith's in Town (article at The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
  - Labor Day: Address of Mayor Angelo J. Rossi (text, at The Virtual Museum of San Francisco)
- Sermons From Science:
  - A Brief History of Wonders of Science (formerly: Sermons from Science) (article, at Wonders of Science)
  - Sermons from Science (article, at The John Ankerberg Show)
  - Irwin Moon, Man of Science, Man of God (YouTube, documentary, 14m39s)
  - Moody Science Videos (YouTube Playlist, 20 videos)
- Temple of Religion:
  - Buddhist Celebrations (New Empire News) (newsreel, 0m59s, at British Pathé)
- Tower of the Sun
  - Towers (postcards and description, at Treasure Island Museum)
Music:
- Golden Gate March (Edwin Franko Goldman) (USAF Band of the Golden West) (YouTube, audio, 2m29s)
- Yours for a Song (Billy Rose, Ted Fetter, Dana Suesse) (Dana Suesse, piano) (YouTube, audio, 1m54s)
  - Alfred Piccaver, tenor (YouTube, audio, 3m12s)
  - Dana Suesse Plays Her Piano Compositions (YouTube Playlist, music album, 18 audio videos)
  - Dana Suesse: Compositions (YouTube Playlist, music album, 18 audio videos)
Texts:
- A Trip to the San Francisco Exposition with Bobby and Betty (book, 96pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Magic City: Treasure Island 1939-1940 (book, 398pp, at Internet Archive)
- Great Fair Growing from Speck on the Bay (Madera Tribune, March 27, 1936) (article, at UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research)
- Abandon Efforts to Reopen Fair (Madera Tribune, December 2, 1939) (article, at UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research)
- Articles at The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco:
- Treasure Island Fair: Golden Gate International Exposition (Historical Essay) (article, at Found SF)
- The '39 world's fair: an island of joyous excess (article, at SF Gate)
- A Fair to Remember (San Francisco Examiner) (PDF, article with photos, at Treasure Island Museum)
- The San Francisco Golden Gate Exhibition 1939-1940 (essay at A Treasury of World's Fair Art and Architecture)
- Blueprints of the Past: The 1939 World's Fair On Treasure Island (article at Shawn Clover)
- Illusion and The Magic City (museum exhibit description with photos, at Abstract Metropolis)
Collections, Archives:
- Golden Gate International Exposition (at Oakland Museum of California
- Hard Times, High Visions: Golden Gate International Exposition (exhibit catalog, at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)
  - Looking Backward, Looking Forward, Visions of the Golden State (exhibit homepage)
- "Golden Gate International Exposition" (search results, at Smithsonian)
Other:
- Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs (book, 72pp, at Internet Archive)
- The World's Fair Survey of Motion Pictures and Slidefilms at the Fairs (Business Screen Magazine, September 1939) (article, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- Historic American Buildings Survey: Golden Gate International Exposition (photos and data pages, at Library of Congress)

Section Last Modified May 7, 2023