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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
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'''Treasure Island taking shape in 1938. After two years as a celebratory World's Fair, it became a military base at the outset of WWII. San Francisco is currently seeking a large private developer to reconfigure it for civilian use, probably a theme park company. Yerba Buena Island ("Goat Island") is at left of center.'''
'''Treasure Island taking shape in 1938. After two years as a celebratory World's Fair, it became a military base at the outset of WWII. Yerba Buena Island ("Goat Island") is at left of center.'''
 
[[Image:Treasure-Island-aerial-Oct-11-1940 D4455A.jpg|720px]]
 
'''Treasure Island view from the air, Oct. 11, 1940.'''
 
''Photo: [http://sfmta.com/photo SFMTA Photo] D4455A''


[[Treasure Island Fair| More Treasure Island]]
[[Treasure Island Fair| More Treasure Island]]


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA  
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA ''
 
[[Image:Treasure-island-airport-plan-illustration drescher.jpg]]
 
'''Illustration of the planned airport for Treasure Island after the World's Fair. Once the Navy took over the airport plans were scuttled.'''
 
''Image: courtesy Tim Drescher''
 
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/GoldenGa1939_3" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
'''Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island.'''
 
''Video: Prelinger Archive, original filmmaker unknown''
 
[[Image:Treasure-island-1997.jpg]]
 
'''1997 view of Treasure Island from Yerba Buena Island just to its south. Building in lower right is being used as a movie studio, while the entire island is about to be given back to the city of San Francisco. There is a lot of seismic and toxic mitigation work ahead to make it useful. The building in the center was a Nazi airport in an Indiana Jones movie.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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Revision as of 15:46, 6 March 2020

Unfinished History

Outofsf$treasure-island-1938.jpg

Treasure Island taking shape in 1938. After two years as a celebratory World's Fair, it became a military base at the outset of WWII. Yerba Buena Island ("Goat Island") is at left of center.

Treasure-Island-aerial-Oct-11-1940 D4455A.jpg

Treasure Island view from the air, Oct. 11, 1940.

Photo: SFMTA Photo D4455A

More Treasure Island

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Treasure-island-airport-plan-illustration drescher.jpg

Illustration of the planned airport for Treasure Island after the World's Fair. Once the Navy took over the airport plans were scuttled.

Image: courtesy Tim Drescher

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/GoldenGa1939_3" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Kodachrome footage of the San Francisco World's Fair, held on Treasure Island.

Video: Prelinger Archive, original filmmaker unknown

Treasure-island-1997.jpg

1997 view of Treasure Island from Yerba Buena Island just to its south. Building in lower right is being used as a movie studio, while the entire island is about to be given back to the city of San Francisco. There is a lot of seismic and toxic mitigation work ahead to make it useful. The building in the center was a Nazi airport in an Indiana Jones movie.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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