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Photo Id# AAK-0334
Title [Artist O. C. Malmquist working on a clay model for statue 'Phoenix' to be place atop the Tower of the Sun, Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island] [graphic]
GGIE.
Date 1938.
Description 1 photographic print : b&w. ; 10 x 8 in.
Location Folder: S.F. Fairs-G.G.I.E.-Art-Phoenix (Malmquist).
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Notes Written on back: "FLAMING PHOENIX FOR WORLD'S FAIR TOWER-Sculptor O. C. Malmquist is shown at work on a half-size scale model of the 20-foot Phoenix, symbolizing San Francisco, that will seemingly rise from flames atop the 400-foot Tower of the Sun at next year's Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. The finished work will be in brass-colored metal. This is a clay model. (GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION) 8-30-A"
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Subject Fairs -- California -- San Francisco.
Fairs -- G.G.I.E. -- Art -- Phoenix (Malmquist)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Series San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection