Genre: black-and-white photographs / Location: California--San Francisco - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Night time view from the Fountain of Western Waters in the Court of Pacifica towards toe Tower of the Sun in the Court of Honor.
Date:: August 24, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Court of Pacifica was designed by architect Timothy Pflueger and the statue of "Pacifica" was created by sculptor Ralph Stackpole. The "Pacifica" statue was 80 ft. (24 m) tall and was placed in front of a "prayer curtain" formed of star-shaped steel bangles that rippled in the wind. Vivid orange and blue lights washed the curtain at night.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Unable to verify that this building was at the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Date:: August 24, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Night time view of the Court of Pacifica. A curved wall is illuminated by 4 columnar lamps; names of the world's explorers are the wall on the left.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Various stories, including a notice for voluntary enlistment being held by Governor R.B. Mason, for troops to go to Southern California, seen on the mid left portion of page.
Date:: 1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The James C. Flood Mansion, designed by Augustus Laver and Willis Polk, and the Fairmont Hotel were the only buildings to structurally survive the 1906 earthquake. The mansion now houses the Pacific-Union Club and is located at 1000 California St.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The James C. Flood Mansion is the home of the Pacific-Union Club, a private social club founded in 1889. The mansion was originally built for Flood in 1886. Both the Flood mansion and the neighboring Fairmont hotel were the only two buildings on Nob Hill to structurally survive the earthquake and fire of 1906. The mansion is listed as a U.S. National Historic Landmark, and as a San Francisco Designated Landmark (no. 64). It is also listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Willis Polk and Augustus Laver, architects.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a Southern Pacific ferry passing the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Sign on side of ferry reads: "Sacramento Southern Pacific."
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The mural seen in the background titled, "Conquest of the West," was created Herman Volz - a Swiss-born painter, lithographer, decorative artist and ceramist. The Federal Building was designed by Timothy L. Pflueger, as well the Court of Pacifica, and the California State Building and Auditorium.
Date:: August 24, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The "Pacifica" statue was 80 ft. (24 m) tall and was placed in front of a "prayer curtain" formed of star-shaped steel bangles that rippled in the wind. Vivid orange and blue lights washed the curtain at night.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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