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an aerial view of a city with fountains

in 1964, new york hosted the world’s fair – an event that served as a showcase for mid-century american culture and technology.

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an image of a futuristic city in the sky with people walking around and looking at it

In the winter of 1962, my Cub Scout den had taken a field trip to the top of the Smith Tower, then one of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi. We went to the observation deck, where we had an unobstructed view across downtown to a strange spire that was rising near Queen Anne…

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a painting of people walking around in front of a large building with a dome on top

The Greatest Crowd This is Part 13 of our series “Opening Day of the World’s Fair,” which explores the events of May 1, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The full series can be found here. They saw

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an advertisement for the ferris wheel in chicago, illinois from 1932 - 1950's

Postcard with a lithograph of a Ferris Wheel from Chicago's World Columbian Exposition of 1893. I bought this card when our family visited Chicago in 2018. Sent to a Postcrossing member in the United States.

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an aerial view of a park with trees and water features in the foreground, including a circular fountain

The New York State Pavilion is a grand historic structure, or to be more precise three separate buildings, The Tent of Tomorrow, The Observation Towers and The Theaterama. It was built for the purposes of the 1964 world’s fair. A world’s fair is a large international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of all creeds and …

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