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1789-1939, The world of tomorrow, New York World's Fair

Title: 1789-1939, The world of tomorrow, New York World's Fair [diorama] / Elizabeth Sage Hare & Warren Chappell.
Author: Hare, Elizabeth Sage.
Publication: [New York? : s.n., 1939?]

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Artifact	Restricted use	*KH 1939 Hare 16-916	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Artifact	Restricted use	*KH 1939 Hare 16-677	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

1 diorama : 6 col. ill.; 13 x 17 cm.

Summary

A three-dimensional view of Constitution Mall at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. The view along the promenade of the Constitution Mall and depicts a series of reflecting pools which culminate in the sundial, the Trylon and the Perisphere.

Alternative Title

World of tomorrow

Subjects

Genre/Form

Tunnel books.

Note

Described in Amy Ogata, "Viewing Souvenirs," in the Journal of Design History, vol. 15, no. 2 (2002). The first panel depicts George and Martha Washington looking into the peep hole which is cut into the panel. In Ogata's words, "This peepshow not only represented the buildings erected for the 1939 fair and the experience of looking down the formal par-terre of Constitution Mall. It also represented in visual terms the continuum of 150 years, from the time when Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States until 1939."
Colored illustrations are cut-away views hinged top and bottom to unfold accordian-like to reveal a single perspective. The first and final plates are mounted on cardboard; the four internal plates are paper.
With a mailing envelope marked "NYWF Lic. 750."

Call Number

*KH 1939 Hare 16-677

OCLC

8711021

Author

Hare, Elizabeth Sage.

Title

1789-1939, The world of tomorrow, New York World's Fair [diorama] / Elizabeth Sage Hare & Warren Chappell.

Imprint

[New York? : s.n., 1939?]

Type of Content

three-dimensional form

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

object

Local Note

Copy in *KH 1939 Hare 16-916 lacks the envelope. Copy in *KH 1939 Hare 16-677 is imperfect: the upper board, with the peephole, is lacking, as is the envelope.

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Added Author

Chappell, Walter, 1925-2000.

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1939 Hare 16-677

*KH 1939 Hare 16-916

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