Thanks to “The Black Knight” for this great piece of history.
Here’s what “The Black Knight” said about the item.
“I came across this ticket to the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition while going through some things that belonged to my great-grandparents, who were lifelong residents of Concord, born here in 1895. I thought that you may like to post these photos in the Claycord Online Museum. Thank you for your consideration.”
This is great, thanks again TBK!
Very cool!
There is a book (coffee table book) from Robert Daras Tatam called “Old Times in Contra Costa” and it is full of tidbits on what we were and how we got here. fun reading.
I have that book, and it was one of my resources for my website.
That’s a really cool piece of history. A lot of people don’t realize that Treasure Island is a man-made island, made specifically for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, and the Palace of Fine Arts was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
And a lot of people don’t know that the original San Francisco Airport was right there on Treasure Island. That’s where the flying Clipper boats would come into the little Harbor and offload the passengers. The original terminal still stands and you could go inside of it. Then, I believe that was location was traded to the military for San Francisco Airport’s current location.
Pan-am
A lot of people actually believe that San Francisco wasn’t populated prior to 1849. It’s simply impossible to believe the narrative we have been given. There’s zero possibility that by 1870 a few people gold panning had SF fully built out in 20 years. Physically impossible. I don’t care what anyone says. This world has been reset. The palace of fine arts is from a different time period and had 4 rotundas. You’re looking at ruins of a past civilization 100%. Anyone not seeing this is willfully ignorant. And no, I’m not talking about “native americans”
Huh?
You heard me
things like this are extra neat when you can make a direct link to family stories; like TBK has….
Hopefully there is a younger generation to pass the item down too…..
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I have an original “California Worlds Fair 39” License plate that my grandfather had hanging in his garage. He also used to talk about watching San Francisco burn from their front porch in Oakland when he was a child in “aught-six”. Times change.
that would be neat to see
maybe if you email a pic to the Mayor, it will get posted to this museum story….
I remember my mom and dad telling me about that 1939 Fair. They were married in 1931. I still have some really old newspaper clippings stashed away of those days.
I remember my mom and dad telling me about that 1939 Fair. They were married in 1931. I still have some really old newspaper clippings stashed away of those days.