Quick List Info
Dates Open - 1939 Season - February 18 to October 29, 1939. Open 254 days. (Open Sundays)
1940 Season - May 25 to September 29, 1940. Open 128 days. (Open Sundays)
Attendance - 1939 - 10,496,203 paid (with small number of passes). This figure did not include employees and participants.
1940 - 5,135,897 paid; 6,575,416/6,572,778 total including paid, employees, and participants.
International Participants - 1939 - 23 Nations and 4 Colonies.
1940 - 22 Nations and 5 Colonies.
Total Cost - 1939 - Operating Expenses $6.704m + Amortized Capital Assets ($11.171m) + Post/Pre Period Expenses $3.368 + Permanent Improvements $7.907 = $29,150,000.
1940 - Operating Expenses $1.760m + Amortized Capital Assets ($11.171m) + Post/Pre Period Expenses ($1.564M) + Permanent Improvements $7.907 = $22,402,000.
Site Acreage - 400 acres on Treasure Island in the center of San Francisco Bay.
Sanction and Type - Unsanctioned by the Bureau of International Exhibitions. Would be considered a Universal style Registered event today like those on the 0 years of the decade. Was federally recognized. Designated by President Roosevelt and Congress as America's official World's Fair of the West in 1939 with invitations to all nations sent by the President.
Ticket Cost - 50 cents adult in 1939. In 1940, Adult Price still 50 cents, Season Book ws $7.50.
Photo top center: Court of Reflections, 1939-1940. Original Source Unknown, courtesy sfgate.com, Pinterest. Column Top: Poster from San Francisco 1940, likely source Exposition Authority. Courtesy Pinterest.

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