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‘...the scaffolding is coming down to reveal the gigantic pure white sphere and obelisk’ as work on the Helicline and on landscaping proceeds. Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. Jan. 11, 1939.
#blackandwhitephotography #NYWorldsFair1939 #ThemeCenter #Persphere #Trylon #Helicline

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2 months ago

#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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10 months ago

#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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Images and words quoted from collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/1939 World's Fair/

‘...the scaffolding is coming down to reveal the gigantic pure white sphere and obelisk’ as work on the Helicline and on landscaping proceeds. Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. Jan. 11, 1939.
#blackandwhitephotography #NYWorldsFair1939 #ThemeCenter #Persphere #Trylon #Helicline

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1 year ago

#OTD in 1939
👇🧵
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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