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General Motors Penny

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1964 Material: height: 2 x width: 1 19/20 inches Dimension: Height in, paper enclosure. Dimensions pertain, to enclosure.
Identifier: aql:5690 2010.12.66WF64 QMOA

Description: Elongated penny depicting the General Motors Building from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : 1964

Summary/Description : Elongated penny depicting the General Motors Building from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Transportation Area

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 : Elongated coins

Format : height: 2 x width: 1 19/20 inches; Height in, paper enclosure. Dimensions pertain, to enclosure.; Copper

Identifier : aql:5690 2010.12.66WF64 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Transportation Area
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.


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