The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco’s Treasure Island, was a World’s Fair celebrating, among other things, the city’s two newly built bridges. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.
The exposition opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940; it drew 17 million visitors to Treasure Island.
Losing money, the organizers petitioned under reorganization laws and closed the fair earlier than planned on October 29, 1939. Efforts to reopen the fair in 1940 were initially abandoned in early December 1939 before a compromise was ultimately reached before the end of December; a frantic reorganization ensued to open a partially revamped fair for a second shorter season in 1940.
Here below is a set of vintage postcards that shows the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939 and 1940.
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| Chinese Village, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Aerial Scenic Highway Over San Francisco-Oakland Bridge, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| By Night, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| California Auditorium, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| California Buildings, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| California Host Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of Pacifica and Fountain of Western Waters, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of Reflections and Arch of Triumph, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Flowers, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Court of the Seven Seas and Tower of the Sun, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Elephant Tower, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Elephant Train and Federal Building Across Lakes of the Nations, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Elephant Train, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Foreign Pavilions, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco |
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| Lakes of the Nations, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Main Portal, Avenue of the Seven Seas and Exhibit Palaces on Treasure Island, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Night Lights, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Night View of Treasure Island, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Pacific House, Golden Gate International Exhibition, San Francisco |
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| Pacific House, Theme Building of the Pageant of the Pacific, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Swan Boats on the Medial Lake, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Temple Compound and Towers of the East, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Temple Compound, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Temple Compound, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| The Giant 'Pacifica', Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| The Magic Isle, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Tower of the Sun, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Tower of the Sun, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Towers of the East and Temple Compound From Lakes of the Nations, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Treasure Island, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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| Triumphal Arch, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. |
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| Triumphal Arch, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco |
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