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Shall we travel?
As the American student popu
lation prepares to leave school for
another carefree summer, and as
American business men and house
wives scan their budgets with
eagle eyes, the attraction of the
two magnificent world"s fairs be
ing held this summer in New York
and San Francisco serve as power
ful magnets directing summer
travel.
Set in a land of glamor and
amour, the picturesque San Fran
cisco exposition is utilizing all the
drawing power of beauty scen
ery, of buildings, of music, of
women. In the backyard of Holly
wood, the Fair seeks to dazzle
its visitors with a fascinating
show that will leave nothing un
done in the realm of entertainment.
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Standing in front f the St-foot statue of Pacific, who looks
ut oer the Court of Pacific and down the Court of the Seven
Seat, it Tanya Widrin, Exposition beauty. She it displaying the Hold
trophy to be awarded the winner f a California beauty contest.
The Elephant Towers at the
Golden Gate Exposition are as
high as a 12-story skyscraper, and
equal in area at the base to a full
city block.
Visitors to the World s Fair of
the West will be able to spend 10
hours a day for 12 days and still
not cover completely the vast
number of free exhibits.
Sixteen elephant trains running
at 10-minute intervals will provide
transportation around Treasure
Island to all who come to the
Golden Gate Exposition in San
Francisco Bay.
Of interest to all stamp collec
tors will be the new 3-cent stamp
issued by the government to com
memorate the Golden Gate Inter
national Exposition.
Fluorescent tubes, a new discov
ery in illumination, have been used
extensively in the million dollar
lighting program on Treasure
Island.
Using new directional antennas,
the General Electric radio station
on Treasure Island in San Fran
cisco Bay, wU have power equal
to 200.000 watts.
Gardens in the 12,000.000 walled
Chinese Villages in the Golden
Gate International Exposition are
presided over by a statue of Kwan
Yin, goddess of mercy.
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3!ayor An;eIo J. Rossi (right) of Saa Francisco, accept! a fancy invitation to tee The Caval
cade of The Golden West at the California World's Fair and in an ancient equipife headi for
Treasure Island. The Cavalcade, condensing 400 years of romantie Western history into a little,
more than an hour, presents a swift moving drama that has fascinated thousands of Exposition
visitors. Driving the anto. one of the Cavalcade 'props', is Tom Sharkey, former contender for
the world's heavyweight title, an actor la the show, while in the back are "girls of the gay M's." -
Fair Premiere Queen
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Mitt Audrey Anderson of Oakland, Calif., took the trophy
warded for beautv in a California World' Fair contest to select
the Queen of the Premiere Festival. Here Mis Anderson is pre
sented with the trophy by Leland W. Cutler, president f th
Exposition on Treasure Island, at a formal reception.
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Looming overhead is part of the wing and one o! the fout
motors of the 74-ptenger Clipper Ship of Pan-American Air
wy in the Port of the Trade Winds at the California World's
Fair. In the background I part of the Palace of Air Transports
tlon and the SOS-foot Tower of the Sun. Notice tit of the bug
trait compared with the crew on the landing float.
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