New York World's Fair (1939-1940)

Exhibitions
1939-04-30 to 1940-10-26

Site was known as Flushing Meadow and also Corona Dumps along the Flushing Firver. Theme was "Building the World of Tomorrow" and then later changed due to the war to "For Peace and Freedom". Statuary theme for the fair was "Trylon and Persiphere" designed by the firm of Harrison and Fouilhoux. Four other works of art created for the fair were: "Four Freedoms", Leo Friedlander, "Speed" by Joseph E. Renier, "George Washington", by James Early Fraser and "Chassis Fountain" by Isamu Noguchi.
NOTE: from the WIKEPEDIA web site 7/2011: "The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the 1,216 acres (4.92 km2) of Fountain Lake , was the second largest American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. The NYWF of 1939–1940 was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow". According to the official New York World's Fair pamphlet".


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New York World's Fair, exterior view of Ruppert Beer, 1939
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New York World's Fair, U.S.S.R. exhibit buiding, 1939
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Sculptural globes in Elco pavilion at New York World's Fair, 1939
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Elco boat on platform at New York World's Fair 1939
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Elco boat on platform at New York World's Fair 1939
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thumbnail Governor Saltonstall of Massachusetts with Retinue Leaving Hotel Lexington, New York City, 1939
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1939-06-06
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New York World's Fair; Italian pavilion, 1939
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Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-12
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Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-12
1984.187.54743
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Decker, Rupert S.
1939
1994.62.325
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1939
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Decker, Rupert S.
1939
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Decker, Rupert S.
1939
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New York World's Fair, view of walkways, 1939
black-and -white negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-07
1984.187.92078F
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Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-5-26
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New York World's Fair, George Wasahington statue, 1939
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Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-05-24
1984.187.91818F
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Elco boat on platform at New York World's Fair 1939
black-and -white negative
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New York World's Fair, Trylon and Persiphere, 1939
nitrate negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-07
1984.187.92083F
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New York World's Fair, interior of the bar selling Ruppert Beer-Ale, 1939
black-and -white negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
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1984.187.54744
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black-and -white negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939/06/12
1984.187.54745
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Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-12
1984.187.54749
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thumbnail Ruppert Outlet at World's Fair, New York City, 1939
safety negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-06-12
1984.187.54735
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1939
1989.99.383
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nitrate negative
Decker, Rupert S.
1939
1994.62.327
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nitrate negative
Decker, Rupert S.
1939
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1939
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Decker, Rupert S.
1939
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Decker, Rupert S.
1939
1994.62.339
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New York World's Fair, Mrs. Morris Rosenfeld, posed, 1939
black-and -white negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-05-24
1984.187.91828F
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New York World's Fair, statue of George Washington, 1939
black-and -white negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939-05-24
1984.187.91820F
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