Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Where to see the
Golden Years
The only survivor of the 1915
Exposition is the landmark
Palace of Fine
Arts
(see pp62)
.
The Old US Mint
(p119)
and the
History Room of
the Main Library
(p127)
both have
extensive
displays of
objects from
this era.
Pan American Clippers Arrive
San Francisco Bay was the
starting point for flights
across the Pacific.
Defying Prohibition
Although Prohibition was not
stringently enforced in the city,
drinkers still had to be discreet.
Ticket for Treasure
Island World's Fair
Festival Hall
, the
musical center of
the Exposition,
seated 3,500.
McLaren's Hedge,
a wall of grass
Sausalito
Shipyard
Workers at this
shipyard completed
one ship a day during
the World War II period.
Longshoreman's Strike
On “Bloody Thursday,” July 5, 1934,
police opened fire on dockers striking
for better conditions, killing two.
1939
World War II in Europe.
Opening of World's Fair on
Treasure Island
1941
Japan attacks
US at Pearl Harbor
1942
Japanese-American
internment begins
1945
End of
World War II
1937
Golden Gate
Bridge opens
Hetch Hetchy Dam
1935
1940
1945
1934
Hetch
Hetchy Dam
project completed.
Three-day general
strike in sympathy
with dockers
1945
UN Peace
Conference held at San
Francisco April 25-
June 25 to found the
United Nations
1936
Bay Bridge opens.
Pan American Clippers
arrive in the city
Signing of the United Nations
Charter in the city in 1945
