Design for logo for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco

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Design for logo for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco
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  • Title :     Design for logo for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco
  • Artist:     Ken Sawyer Artist Frank E. Feliz Other relation Golden Gate International Exposition Bay Company Other relation
  • Accession:     TD1993.45.4
  • Country:     United States San Francisco California
  • Date:     circa 1939
  • Dimensions:     Inches 12 7-1/4, Centimeters 30.5 18.4
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • Collection Theme:     World's Fairs and Expositions
  • Subject:     Architecture/Architectural Design , Bridges , World's Fairs and Expositions , Advertising , Graphic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1993.45.4.JPG
  • Tags:     World's Fairs and Expositions~Architecture~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Ink, vinyl on paper design drawing for a logo for the1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco; depicts a circular image of the Elephant Tower portals, the Golden Gate and San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridges set against a rising sun with a plane flying overhead and a dolphin depicted below; red inscriptions at outer edges.