(anticipating the 1939 New York World's Fair)
January-February, 1938
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JonWhitcomb #Cadillac #automotivedesign #carstyling #1939NYWorldsFair #Trylon #Perisphere
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Looking towards the vanishing Trylon and Perisphere across the ruins of the Fairgrounds, the murals of Hall of Pharmacy still visible. Photograph by William A. Dobak, February, 1941.
#NYWorldsFair1939 #Trylon #Perisphere #Helicline #FlushingMeadows #WilliamADobak
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#OTD in 1939
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Sneak preview of the Fair for Gottscho-Schleisner Photography
The gypsum covered top of the #Perisphere and the #Trylon revealed. 1939 New York World's Fair. #GottschoSchleisner, Inc. January 11, 1939
#blackandwhitephotography #NYWorldsFair1939 #ThemeCenter
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Photo from Getty Images. https://www.drivingfordeco.com/vanished-new-york-city-art-deco-the-trylon-and-perishpere-part-two-1939-1941/
#OTD in 1940
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‘The Helicline is being dismantled. The gypsum covering on the Perisphere is just starting to be removed.’
After the closing on October 27 of the 1940 season of the #NYWorldsFair, demolition of the Theme Center (the #Perisphere, #Trylon and #Helicline) begins ➡️
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#OTD in 1940
Constitution Mall
The #Trylon and #Perisphere of the Theme Center illuminated at night at the 1939/1940 World's Fair. October 28, 1940. New York World's Fair Corporation
#NYWorldsFair1939 #blackandwhitephotography #nightphotography
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Photograph from the New York Public Library. http://exhibitions.nypl.org/biblion/worldsfair/image/4c4
#OTD in 1938
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‘The Czech Pavilion site in the Foreign Zone’
18 October, 1938
Under construction in the background, the #Perisphere & #Trylon and the tower of Belgian Pavilion The Czech Pavilion would be built & operated despite the terms & disastrous aftermath of the ➡️
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#TheNewYorkerCover #AntonioPetruccelli #graphicartists #RadioCityMusicHall #DanceTheatre #Perisphere #Trylon #NYWorldsFair1939 #stagedesign #scenicdesign #choreography #ModernDance
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#OTD in 1938
(Modern dance theatre at Radio City - with #Trylon & #Perisphere anticipating the New York World's Fair of 1939!)
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#TheNewYorkerCover, Oct. 8, 1938
Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994)
#AntonioPetruccelli #graphicartists #RadioCityMusicHall #Dance #ModernDance
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Image from www.melmcgowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/19392.jpg
‘In 1939 - the New York World’s Fair’
Poster with illustration by Nembhard Culin (1908-1990). 1939.
#NembhardCulin #graphicdesign #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYW #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline
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Caption: ‘Transformed by Light: The New York Night, Chicken & Egg Public Projects, New York World’s Fair aerial view with Trylon, pylons, and sculptures, 1939. Museum of the City of New York, World’s Fair Collection. image from https://www.pinterest.de/pin/388013324126729981/?lp=true
1939 view, by Joe Senkendor, adding, to the left: in the distance, the ‘Singing Tower of Light’ at The Westinghouse Building and the ‘Excelsior’ statue above the New York State Amphitheatre
#NYWorldsFair1939 #Perisphere #Trylon #blackandwhitephotography #nightphotography
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Celotex Acoustical Material
July 1939
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #DaleNichols #NewYorksWorldFair1939 #1939NewYorksWorldFair #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline #Celotex #acousticalmaterials #Democracity
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#OTD in 1939
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#4thOfJuly at the #NYWorldsFair1939, at the Theme Center, the #Perisphere turned into a giant red, white and blue ball.
In the foreground, on the Mall, #LeoFriedlander’s statues of the ‘Four Freedoms’: Freedom of Speech · Freedom of Worship · Freedom from Want ➡️
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(able to leap tall buildings at a single bound)
#Trylon #Perisphere #NYWorldsFair1939 #ClarkKent #LoisLane #comics #comicstrip #superhero
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‘In 1939 - the New York World’s Fair’
Poster by Nembhard Culin (1908-1990) 1939
Here too Culin evokes the Fair at night: fireworks illuminate the #Perisphere, #Trylon and #Helicline seen from the air.
#NembhardCulin #NYWorldsFair1939 #Graphicdesign #vintageposters #precisionism
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#JUNE 1939
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‘Filming the New York World’s Fair’
*Movie Makers*
*Magazine of the Amateur Cinema League, Inc.*
Cover by Nembhard Culin (1908-1990) also evoking ➡️
#illustrationartists #NembhardCulin #homemovies #NYWorldsFair1939 #Trylon #Perisphere #VintageCovers #Graphicdesign
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image from https://atomicscout 23.11.19
Rendering of the Perisphere under construction for 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962). Crayon sketch. Ca. 1938.
#HughFerriss #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline
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image from http://andrewjohnmilne.com/drawing-and-printing-beginnings/ 23.11.19
Rendering of the Perisphere, Trylon and Helicline under construction for 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962). Crayon sketch. Ca. 1938.
#HughFerriss #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline
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image from https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/perisphere-for-1939-new-york-worlds-fair-by-hugh-ferriss-art-modern-postcard/16189706 23.11.19
Rendering of the Perisphere under construction for 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962). Crayon sketch. Ca. 1938.
#HughFerriss #NYWorldsFair1939 #1939NYWorldsFair #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline
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Photo NYPL Digital Collections image from https://www.drivingfordeco.com/vanished-new-york-city-art-deco-the-trylon-and-perisphere/ 30.12.19
#OTD in 1938
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Construction of the steel frameworks of the Perisphere, the Trylon, and the bridge connecting them, which, together with the Helicline, constituted the Theme Center of the #1939NewYorkWorldsFair.
June 13, 1938
#NYWorldsFair1939 #Perisphere #Trylon #Helicline
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‘The motorcade escorting the King & Queen of England approaches the #Trylon & #Perisphere.’
The first stop was the Perylon Hall, the Fair’s reception headquarters. 60 motorcycle policemen and a 25-car motorcade then escorted them on a tour of the grounds.
#NewYorkWorldsFair1939
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In #MAY 1939
‘Seen at the New York World’s Fair. Hats shown are Argentine Brown & Biarritz Gray.’
“Festiru Vestante Stetson” [#Esperanto] Stetson International Colors
*Saturday Evening Post* May 1939
#NYWorldsFair1939 #Trylon #Perisphere #Stetson #hats #Mensfashion #womensfashion
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#OTD in 1939
‘Trylon and Perishphere at night’
Samuel H. Gottscho (1875-1971)
Gelatin silver print. May 26, 1939.
#1939NYWorldsFair #NYWorldsFair1939 #SamuelGottscho #blackandwhitephotography #nightphotographt #Perisphere #Trylon #ConstitutionMall #GeorgeWashington
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On August 10, the firm filed for a patent, which was granted December 14, 1937. Its three rigorously modernist components the 200-foot #Perisphere, the 700-foot #Trylon and the 950-foot #Helicline.
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image from The Mythic City. Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940. Museum of the City of New York PDF from https://www.mcny.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/MythicCityProspectusSpreads.pdf 17.5.23
#OTD in 1939
Photographer #SamuelGottscho (1875-1971) at the #1939NYWorldsFair, the #Trylon, #Perisphere and #Helicline, the Theme Center. In the foreground, Production and Distribution Zone, with the ‘Four Victories of Peace’ by #sculptor #JohnGregory (1879-1958).
May 18, 1939
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Soon after Binder settled in New York City in 1934, he won a competition sponsored by the nascent Museum of Modern Art, & continued his winning streak...'
#Trylon, #Perisphere & #Helicline in 1st-prize winner (1938) in a competition for the 1939 World's Fair
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In #MAY 1939 #boxing #NYWorldsFair1939
Cover of *The Ring*, May 1939
‘World’s Fair Number. New York’s Big Show Attracts Fistic Heroes of Old and Today’
Illustration by C. R. Schaare (1893-1980)
#boxers #Perisphere #Trylon
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In #MAY 1939
(Studebaker at the Fair)
Cover of *The Studebaker Wheel* magazine, May 1939
#Studebaker #SouthBend #Indiana #AutomotiveDesign #1939NYWorldsFair #NYWorldsFair1939 #Perisphere #Trylon #womensfashion
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Mall and #statue of #GeorgeWashington, with view of #Trylon and #Perisphere (Theme Center). Photograph by #SamuelGottscho (1875-1971) 1939
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#OTD in 1939
(The Fair - the World of Tomorrow - opens tomorrow!)
Cover of The New Yorker, April 29, 1939
James Thurber
#TheNewYorkerCover #JamesThurber #1939NYWorldsFair #NYWorldsFair1939 #ThemeCenter #Trylon #Perisphere #Helicline
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#OTD #TDIH #April22, 1964: #GrandOpenings: The #1964NewYorkWorldsFair opens.
#Openings #The1964NewYorkWorldsFair #19641965NewYorkWorldsFair #WorldsFairs #FlushingMeadowsPark #PeaceThroughUnderstanding #Unisphere #Perisphere
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Ne...
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