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In 1939 the New York World's Fair / Culin. – Antique Print

In 1939 the New York World's Fair / Culin., [New York]: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1937. — vintage poster
In 1939 the New York World's Fair / Culin., [New York]: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1937.. Vintage poster from the Ellis Island 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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Issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1937, this color lithograph promotes the New York World's Fair of 1939 through its buildings, which were the fair's most striking feature. The fair's centerpiece, the white Trylon and Perisphere, rose over Flushing Meadows in Queens, and its modern architecture reflected the organizers' theme of a streamlined future. Railroads carried many of the visitors to the fair, so the poster also worked as a travel advertisement for the company. The artist is credited only as Culin, but the work shows how railroad posters of the period used strong graphic design to sell both destinations and the journey.

Created / published[New York]: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1937.
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
GenrePosters 1930-1940.Offset lithographs Color 1930-1940.
NotesCopyright by New York World's Fair 1939 Incorporated. Promotional goal: U.S. K6. 1937. Promotional goal: U.S. K22. 1939. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.
SubjectsNew York World's Fair--(1939-1940)--Buildings.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan829 × 1,202 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218706

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