This is a Depression Era poster for an art display, apparently focusing on Indian art, which was held at the Indian Court Federal Building in San Francisco as part of the Golden Gate International Exposition.
I'm not familiar with this building and don't know if it even still exists. My presumption is that it did serve a Bureau of Indian Affairs Court function. At that time, most tribes had BIA Courts, which is no longer the case as most tribes have taken jurisdiction of their own court systems. It must have been located on Treasure Island, as that's where this event took place. The Golden Gate Intentional Exposition was an effort at a World's Fair that was held to commemorate the two recently opened bridges spanning the San Francisco Harbor. It ran from February 1939 to October 1939, and then was briefly and unsuccessfully reopened in 1940.
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