RON HENGGELER

February 8, 2010
Views of San Francisco from Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands

TREASURE ISLAND
Named after the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Treasure Island was created to serve as the site of the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40. The fair was a celebration of the city’s simultaneous completion of the Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. It was attended by 17 million. There were 13 states and 37 nations participating in the fair, including Italy and Japan. Less than 14 months after the close of the festivities, the United States was at war with both nations.The event is commemorated in the Treasure Island Museum, located in the Administration Building, one of three buildings from the exposition to survive. The island was partially constructed with stone removed from the Bay Bridge tunnel on adjacent Yerba Buena Island. It was scheduled to become San Francisco’s airport, but was too small for air traffic and to close to the bridges. Only Pan American Airways China Clipper seaplanes to Asia and the Pacific flew from the island. When it was completed in 1937, 400 acre Treasure Island was the largest man-made island in the world. From SAN FRANCISCO SECRETS by John Snyder © Chronicle Books 1999

San Francisco as seen from Treasure Island

San Francisco's Telegraph Hill as seen with a 300mm lens from Treasure Island

Construction of the new Bay Bridge

San Francisco as seen from Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco as seen from Treasure Island

 

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