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Fountain of the Evening Star: 1940

Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco, 1940. The The woman with the hat at the Fountain of the Evening Star by sculptor Ettore Cadorin. From a box of Kodachrome slides I found at a flea market. View full size.

Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco, 1940. The The woman with the hat at the Fountain of the Evening Star by sculptor Ettore Cadorin. From a box of Kodachrome slides I found at a flea market. View full size.

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Treasure Island

I was stationed on Treasure Island for 10 days in July of 1969, while I was getting discharged from the Marine Corps. I was fascinated and mystified by the remains of streets and buildings laid out neatly over a large area, the only evidence being little stones in the ground marking off the blocks.
It was only many years later that I learned what it was all about. How I wish I had had a complete guidebook and map, to be able to visualize what had stood there! I'm told that even those little evidences are now long gone. :-(

As a photographer...

...let me belatedly complement whoever took this picture on its excellent composition.

Early color photo

Must be Kodachrome in its infancy!

[Actually the second version of the film, introduced in 1938. The original 1935 Kodachrome's color dyes were not as stable. -tterrace]

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