World's Fair and Exposition Posters

1939 Worlds Fair on San Francisco Bay

The San Francisco World's Fair 1939 was known as the Golden Gate International Exposition and celebrated the recently dedicated San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. The Fair was operated in 1939 and 1940 on San Francisco's Treasure Island.

Indian Court: Eskimo Mask

For the 1939 World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Louis Siegriest created a series of eight WPA Posters showing examples of Native American arts and crafts. This posters shows an Eskimo Mask from Alaska. (Watermark will not appear on purchased prints).

Indian Court: Haida blanket design

A 1939 WPA Federal Art Project poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California, showing a Haida Indian blanket design.

Apache Devil Dancer

For the 1939 World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Louis Siegriest created a series of eight WPA Posters showing examples of Native American arts and crafts. This posters shows an Apache Devil Dancer from an Indian painting in Arizona.

Pomo Indian Basket

Chicago Worlds Fair

The Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress Exposition of 1933 was held to celebrate the city's centennial and was built around a theme of technological innovation. The fair's motto was: "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." This poster shows the Federal Building with a gold dome and three fluted towers that represent the three branches of United States Government.

Pueblo Turtle Dancers

For the 1939 World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Louis Siegriest created a series of eight WPA Posters showing examples of Native American arts and crafts to promote the fair's Indian Court. This poster shows a reproduction Pueblo Turtle Dancers from New Mexico.

Buffalo Hunt

For the 1939 World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Louis Siegriest created a series of eight WPA Posters showing examples of Native American arts and crafts to promote the fair's Indian Court. This poster shows a depiction of a Great Plains Indians buffalo hunt, reproduced from a painting on elk skin.

Navajo Antelope Hunt

For the 1939 World's Fair Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Louis Siegriest created a series of eight WPA Posters showing examples of Native American arts and crafts to promote the fair's Indian Court. This poster shows a depiction of a Navajo antelope hunt.

1939 World's Fair: Visit Beautiful Sea Cliff

This 1939 New York World's Fair poster promotes nearby Sea Cliff as a tourist destination: "When attending the World's Fair, visit beautiful Sea Cliff. 250 ft. altitude. No mosquitos." The poster was illustrated by the WPA Federal Art Project for the City of Sea Cliff. The poster shows Sea Cliff, Long Island along with New York World's Fair buildings.