MEETINGS 2026
We hold live meetings with an option to view remotely via Zoom. Meetings start at 7 p.m. Congregation Sherith Israel is located at 2266 California Street, at Webster.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 7 PM, live and on Zoom:
ANNE SCHNOEBELEN ON "THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF TREASURE ISLAND"
The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE 1939-1940) on Treasure Island was a lavish visual feast of
fanciful architecture, elaborate courtyards and lush gardens. The island, tethered to San Francisco via the New Deal-funded Oakland-Bay Bridge, preserves a collection of irreplaceable sculptures that have survived more than eight decades after the GGIE took place there. At question now is whether these “Pacific Unity” artworks can survive the island’s redevelopment.
In the early 1990s, a plan to create a landscaped garden for the sculptures was cancelled by the Navy and six of the sculptures were instead relocated to the portico outside the terminal building. The rest of the statues and the prominent Pacific Basin Fountain went into storage in a former hangar. These heavy, fragile works, at times compared to the Terra Cotta Warriors, have since been moved numerous times, usually into dark and inaccessible locations. In 2022, the sculptures were relocated to a well-lit, accessible space where they have been marveled at by hundreds of people.
Join us for our February 24 meeting when Treasure Island Museum Vice President Anne Schnoebelen gives us an update on efforts to save these important artifacts.
Anne Schnoebelen is the author of the illustrated booklet Treasures: Splendid Survivors of the Golden Gate International Exposition. Ms. Schnoebelen has worked for decades to preserve Treasure Island's remaining exposition art works. The Art Deco Society of California presented her with a Preservation award in 2014. She submitted the application which gained California State Historic Landmark status for the island and raised funds to place the monument on the causeway. She has lectured throughout California and has published articles about the GGIE in Art in California, Image Magazine, and other publications. Anne also shares her love of local history as a San Francisco City Guide. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UC Berkeley, she holds an M.A. degree from Brown University.
How to watch the presentation online
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