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The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) was a World's Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, U.S. The exposition operated 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. [ 1 ] Among other things, it celebrated the ...
Treasure Island is an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, and a neighborhood in the City and County of San Francisco.Built in 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the island was named by Clyde Milner Vandeburg, part of the Fair's public relations team.
1939 – Moscow, Soviet Union – All-Union Agricultural Exhibition; 1939–1940 – New York City, United States [108] – 1939 New York World's Fair (exhibits included The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, Trylon and Perisphere) 1939–1940 – San Francisco, California, United States [108] – Golden Gate International Exposition
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. [ 1] These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a period of time, typically between three and six months. [ 1]
The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, behind the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated, and more than 44 million people attended ...
Pacifica was a statue created by Ralph Stackpole for the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. Stackpole's largest sculpture, it towered 81 feet (25 m) over the entrance to the Cavalcade of the Golden West in the Court of Pacifica. The Court of Pacifica was dedicated to the heroic ...
It showcased a prototype at the 1939 World's Fair. But it wasn't until 1964 that AT&T launched the Picturephone Mod I , linking an exhibit at the World’s Fair in New York with one in Disneyland ...
04/1939 – 10/1940 New York World's Fair: United States: New York City: World Expo: Building The World of Tomorrow: Flushing Park Bell Labs' Voder Magna Carta. 1st World Science Fiction Convention. 45.00 [6] 500 54 05/1939 – 09/1939 Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) Belgium: Liège: Specialised Expo Art of Water: Albert Canal: 50 8 ...