New York World's Fair 1939 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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New York World's Fair 1939 comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York World's Fair 1939
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This color poster, credited to artist John C. Atherton and printed by Grinnell Litho Co. in New York, promoted the 1939 New York World's Fair, which opened in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on April 30, 1939. The fair's theme, "The World of Tomorrow," offered visitors a view of planned cities, new consumer goods, and rapid transportation, and its posters were meant to draw crowds from across the country. The catalog data for this print comes from an older caption card and has not been fully verified, so the attribution and printing details are best read as provisional.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 77 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Color offset by John C. Atherton, 1900- . New York, Grinnell Litho. Co. Inc. Purchase. Promotional goal: U.S. K6. 1939. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Title. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172949 |
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