BRAZIL - Pavilhão Brasileiro na Golden Gate International Exposition 1939. [San Francisco, Borden Printing~i~], 1939.
4to. 'Plastic binding' illustrated boards; pp. 41, highly illustrated, including a fold out photographic birds-eye view of the exhibition island in the Pacific; well-preserved; provenance: ownership inscription by Florence Kekule, dated October, 1939 on title, together with letters aof appreciation by the Brazilian Commissioner adressed to Florence Dellos, the head waitress at the Brazilian pavillion, and a staff list of the pavillion.
Very rare and beautiful. The exposition had the theme A Pageant of the Pacific and celebrated the completion of the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge with this exhibition, located on an artificial island in San Francisco Bay. The Brazilian pavillion, a masterpiece of modernism, contained some spectacularly designed features, such as a relief map of South America, and the snazzy Café Brazil, complete with band.
Together with: Two 4to brochures of Rules and Regulations of the exhibition, with a few original press photos in large (4to) format.
SKU: 2098259
BRAZIL - Pavilhão Brasileiro na Golden Gate International Exposition 1939. [San Francisco, Borden Printing~i~], 1939.
4to. 'Plastic binding' illustrated boards; pp. 41, highly illustrated, including a fold out photographic birds-eye view of the exhibition island in the Pacific; well-preserved; provenance: ownership inscription by Florence Kekule, dated October, 1939 on title, together with letters aof appreciation by the Brazilian Commissioner adressed to Florence Dellos, the head waitress at the Brazilian pavillion, and a staff list of the pavillion.
Very rare and beautiful. The exposition had the theme A Pageant of the Pacific and celebrated the completion of the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge with this exhibition, located on an artificial island in San Francisco Bay. The Brazilian pavillion, a masterpiece of modernism, contained some spectacularly designed features, such as a relief map of South America, and the snazzy Café Brazil, complete with band.
Together with: Two 4to brochures of Rules and Regulations of the exhibition, with a few original press photos in large (4to) format.
SKU: 2098259
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