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Get a front-row seat to the 1939-40 New York World's Fair with rare amateur footage

On the Public Domain Review, you can watch nostalgic, amateur footage of The New York World's Fair (1939-40). The hour-long ...
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1939-1940 New York World's Fair Souvenir Button, "I Have Seen the Future"

Visitors to General Motors' "Highways and Horizons" Pavilion at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair were given these pins reading "I Have Seen the Future" after riding the exhibit's "Futurama" ...
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1939 New York World's Fair, construction of a frieze

1 film reel : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ; 2 min., 27 sec. Workers are seen on scaffolding brushing off the excess mortar around the mosaics designed by Meière for the 1939 World's Fair. Signage reads: ...
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The Forgotten Subway Built for the 1939 World’s Fair

Built to dazzle millions during the 1939 World’s Fair, this special subway line once carried visitors straight into the future. Now sealed beneath Queens, it stands as a haunting relic of New York’s ...