New York World's Fair Collection
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Community Life, Div. of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1939
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0134
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Newspaper articles, fair schedules and maps, exhibit brochures,and pictures of the Fair grounds.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1857-1961
- Size:
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0.57 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 2 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Fairs
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Fairs forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Pezzano, John A.
Pezzano, Frank J., 1908-1983
- Dates:
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1939-1940
- Size:
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0592
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The film, titled "Memories of the New York World's Fair" by filmmaker Frank J. Pezzano documents the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Pezzano edited the film and included hand-drawn and typed intertitles identifying the various locations and activities he filmed.
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Jones, Ernie
- Dates:
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1980
1977
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1118
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection contains product literature, newsletters, and other hand-outs collected from exhibitors by Ernie Jones, a faire attendee. The First West Coast Computer Faire was held in San Francisco, California on April 15-17, 1977, and the Fifth West Coast Computer Faire was held on March 14-16, 1980.
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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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[c1939]
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29 Pages (24 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.newyorkw
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
List of the works included in the American art today exhibit at the World's Fair. Paintings and sculptures listed separately. Archives copy is annotated in pencil.
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Santa Fe World's Fair (1939 : Santa Fe, N.M.)
- Dates:
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1939
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.santfe
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
A report by Sylvia Loomis on a day long exhibition parody in Santa Fe of the "World's Fairs" which were then concurrently running in New York and San Francisco; also includes clippings about the exhibit; and 22 photographs taken by Ernest Knee of works of art done by Santa Fe artists imitating old and new masters.
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Meyerson, Daniel H.
- Dates:
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1915-2000
undated
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (43 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0745
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents through press releases, news bulletins, guidebooks, souvenirs, maps, ephemera and related publications world's fairs occurring after 1960.
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Gritzner, Bertha
- Dates:
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September 24 - October 8, 1927
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6 Gelatin silver prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.349
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 6 snapshot photographs depicting Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) Chiefs participating in the Fair of the Iron Horse held at Halethorpe, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1927.The photographs in this collection were owned by Bertha Gritzner, who attended the fair and may depicted in the images.
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Committee for Fair Representation in Art Exhibitions (Boston, Mass.)
- Dates:
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1961-1964
- Size:
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.commfor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, policy documents, minutes of meetings, reports, clippings and other printed material.
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- Creators:
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King, Duane H.
- Dates:
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1980
- Size:
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13 Color prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.81-45
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting the Mikasuki tribal fair on December 31, 1980, including Aztec dancers, musician Buffy St. Marie, craftspeople, and visitors.