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#131 Crowd at the opening ceremony of New York World’s Fair. The Trylon and Perisphere are in the background.

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#131 Crowd at the opening ceremony of New York World’s Fair. The Trylon and Perisphere are in the background.

The World of Tomorrow: Fascinating Scenes from the 1939 New York World’s Fair

#131 Crowd at the opening ceremony of New York World’s Fair. The Trylon and Perisphere are in the background.

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←#130 Virginia Stevenson (L) and Rivers Harrison imitate the pose of two of Frank Buch’s elephants at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York City.
#132 Four visitors look across the nave toward the unfinished sanctuary and choir at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York World’s Fair, 1938→

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