New York World’s Fair Collections

How to beat the heat wave, 1939 NYWF style. Image from the Queens Museum Archive.

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Happy Fourth of July from the Queens Museum and Archive staff! Photo taken from East River fireworks show in Long Island City, 1995. Image from the Jayne Mangino Collection @ The Queens Museu...

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It’s snowing outside and a decent sized show at the Queens Museum just came down last week involving the World’s Fair and the legacy of Eastman Kodak. Collections material is awaiting to be p...

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Yesterday, Snowstorm Linus covered Flushing Meadow Park with another layer of wind swept snow and rain. Luckily the cold temperatures froze most of the slushy puddles making for a manageable walk...

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Gothamist Covers the New York City World's Fair : > A look at the World’s Fair as it was being built in 1939. Online news source, The Gothamist covers the NY World’s Fair with...

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HAPPY NEW YEARS FROM THE QUEENS MUSEUM ARCHIVES! Snow blanketed New York City yesterday for the first time this year causing for a pretty sight of white between the usual Flushing Meadow Park m...

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Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on the 10th of December. Today we look back at the history of massive protests highlighting racial and economic inequality ...

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TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY The Panorama of the City of New York was built by a team of more than 100 people working for the great architectural model makers Raymond Lester & Associates over the cou...

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1939 was a busy year for New York Major Fiorello H. La Guardia. He opened the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and on December 2, 1939, opened New York Municipal Airport No. 2 in Queens (later renam...

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Happy Thanksgiving! We wish that you are having a festive holiday with your loved ones, and hope that you are all well fed tonight! The 1939/1940 World’s Fair had a diverse selection of resta...

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Harold Thomas Webber was 25 years old in 1939 when his twin passions for railroads and photography brought him to volunteer at the Railroad Pavilion. He was granted an unlimited two year admissio...

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Happy Universal Children’s Day ! The World’s Fair had many amusement areas for children, including this carousel in the Belgian Village at the 1964 fair. Jerry Kean, Carousel, Belgian Villa...

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Peggy Anne Holmes and Gene Elliott read a sign marking the closing of the first season of the New York World’s Fair on October 31st 1939. Photographic print in the Collection at the Queens Mu...

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Clipping from the Collection at the Queens Museum. On October 31, 1939 the New York World’s Fair closed. It later reopened for the 1940 season on May 11th, 1940.

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Come check out original scrapbooks and images at That Kodak Moment: Picturing the New York Fairs , an exhibition at the Queens Museum from Oct 11 2014-Feb 8 2015. Cover of album in the Collect...

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Photo of the Westinghouse Time Capsule Exhibit at the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair from the Collection at the Queens Museum. Come check out more images from the Collection at That Kodak M...

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Hall of Science at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Come check out more images from the Queens Museum Collection at That Kodak Moment: Picturing the New York Fairs , an exhibition running...

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Photograph from the Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair at the Queens Museum. Unisphere and Swiss Sky Ride. Come check out more images from the Collection at That Kodak Moment:...

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National Cash Register at the 1939-1940 NY World’s Fair. Come check out more images from the Collection at That Kodak Moment: Picturing the New York Fairs , an exhibition at the Queens Museum...

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Illustration of the Tower of Light at the 1964 Fair from the Collection at the Queens Museum.

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