Spire to the Sun - 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition

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*GOLDEN GATE* TIONAL SITION 19 CENTS 39 INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION UNITED STATES POSTAGE*

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SP OSVALDES PeST CARD POSTAG “SPIRE TO THE SUN” A graceful finger of white, this “Spire to the Sun” will dominate the architectural scheme of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay. Four hundred feet high, illuminated in amber shadp ing' sola blazing white toward the pinnacle, it will con MARHA SALE FOR ADDRESS ONE* pete in stature with towers of the two greatest bridges in the world. It is the design of Arthur Brown, Jr. , F.A.T.A., 1230 PM chairman of the Exposition's architectural commission, who also designed the landscaped Central Court surround: $ 1938 ing the spire. The Phoenix at the top is a traditional San Francisco symbol. This night-scene painting is by Chesley Benestell, Berkeley artist. No. 125 - UL (3) 1. Zilver CALIF MAR.1 2.1938 MRS C. A.FOGARTY 752 50.2ND.ST. SAN JOSE: CAL. R.E.C.P. 25512 - 30,- 0: 5-14-17-46 BARDELL SAN FRANCISCO z Jansestraat sa Amsterdam Holland pogyma