- Title : Design concept for the San Francisco International Airport on Treasure Island
- Artist: Ken Sawyer Artist
- Accession: TD1993.45.36
- Country: United States San Francisco California
- Date: circa 1937
- Dimensions: Inches 16-3/8 24-1/8, Centimeters 41.6 61.3
- Collection: Object
- Category: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Collection Theme: Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
- Subject: Architecture/Architectural Design , Aviation
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1993.45.36.JPG
- Tags: Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Architecture~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Charcoal, graphite on paper design drawing for the San Francisco International airport on Treasure Island; original concept devised prior to World War II of Treasure Island as a proposed site for the San Francisco International airport; Pan American airlines used the location as a base from the time of concept inception to 1941; aerial perspective depicting transpacific hydroplanes flying above the Treasure Island; set against the cityscape of San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge in the distant background.