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[Model house on exhibit in the home building center at the World's Fair, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Photo Print

[Model house on exhibit in the home building center at the World's Fair, New York, N.Y.], [1940] — historic photograph
[Model house on exhibit in the home building center at the World's Fair, New York, N.Y.], [1940]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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[Model house on exhibit in the home building center at the World's Fair, New York, N.Y.]

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A model house on display in the Home Building Center at the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair is the subject here, a miniature dwelling presented as a glimpse of how Americans might live tomorrow. The fair, held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, promoted itself as the "World of Tomorrow," and its housing exhibits drew visitors curious about new materials and modern domestic design. The gelatin silver print dates to 1940 and may be the work of Richard Averill Smith, though that attribution is uncertain.

Created / published[1940]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1940.
NotesPossibly photographed by Richard Averill Smith.
SubjectsNew York World's Fair--(1939-1940)--Buildings. Model houses--New York (State)--New York--1940. Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179934

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