Blueprint for Perisphere's Upper Hemisphere Framing
Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1937
Material: height: 30 1/2 x width: 43 3/4 inches
Creator: Waddell and Hardesty
Identifier: aql:5610 T2014.5.3WF39 QMOA
Description: Divided into two cross sectional views of the Perisphere alongside three plans of catwalks and projector area. Includes information regarding wind conditions. Drawing scale is 1/8 of an inch to one foot. Part of a series of drawings for the construction of the Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Dated August 13, 1937.
Creator :
Waddell and Hardesty
Date :
1937
Summary/Description :
Divided into two cross sectional views of the Perisphere alongside three plans of catwalks and projector area. Includes information regarding wind conditions. Drawing scale is 1/8 of an inch to one foot. Part of a series of drawings for the construction of the Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Dated August 13, 1937.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Building; Engineering; Theme Center
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Type :
technical drawings
Format :
height: 30 1/2 x width: 43 3/4 inches
Identifier :
aql:5610 T2014.5.3WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Building; Engineering; Theme Center
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Building; Engineering; Theme Center
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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