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Design for business cards for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco

Design for business cards for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco
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DESIGN DRAWING
Design for business cards for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco
circa 1939
Country: 
United States San Francisco California
Accession: 
TD1993.45.3
Ken Sawyer Artist Frank E. Feliz Other relation Golden Gate International Exposition Bay Company Other relation
Collection: 
Object
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
World's Fairs and Expositions
Subject: 
Architecture/Architectural Design , Bridges , World's Fairs and Expositions , Graphic Design
Inches 8-5/8 11-1/8, Centimeters 21.9 28.3
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
TD1993.45.3.JPG
Tags: 
World's Fairs and Expositions~Architecture~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Ink and paint on paper design drawing for a business card logo for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco; depicts a yellow circular image of the Elephant Tower Portals, the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges with plane flying overhead set against a rising sun; stylized waves and fish at bottom center.
Design for business cards for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco
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  • Title :     Design for business cards 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:     TD1993.45.3
  • Country:     United States San Francisco California
  • Date:     circa 1939
  • Dimensions:     Inches 8-5/8 11-1/8, Centimeters 21.9 28.3
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • Collection Theme:     World's Fairs and Expositions
  • Subject:     Architecture/Architectural Design , Bridges , World's Fairs and Expositions , Graphic Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1993.45.3.JPG
  • Tags:     World's Fairs and Expositions~Architecture~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Ink and paint on paper design drawing for a business card logo for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco; depicts a yellow circular image of the Elephant Tower Portals, the Golden Gate and Oakland Bay bridges with plane flying overhead set against a rising sun; stylized waves and fish at bottom center.
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