- Title : San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island
- Artist: Unknown, Designer Southern Pacific Railroad Publisher
- Accession: TD1992.118.7
- Country: United States California
- Date: 1939 1940
- Dimensions: Inches 29-5/8 22-1/4 Dimensions, mounted Inches 23-1/8 16 Dimensions, sheet, Centimeters 75.2 56.5 Dimensions, mounted Centimeters 58.7 40.6 Dimensions, sheet
- Collection: Object
- Category: Posters and Printed Ephemera
- Collection Theme: World's Fairs and Expositions
- Subject: World's Fairs and Expositions , Travel , Railroads , Advertising , Tourism
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1992.118.7.JPG
- Tags: Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~World's Fairs and Expositions~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper offset color lithograph mounted on linen advertising the Southern Pacific Railroad routes to Treasure Island in San Francisco for the 1939 World's Fair; poster depicts a large rainbow of luminous colors curving downward to envelop an island covered with structures in gold and highlighted in orange; surrounding the island is a blue background accentuated with waves and clouds; at top and bottom are inscriptions.