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Ground Breaking Ceremony For the 1939 New York World's Fair - Mayor Laguardia Hoists Flag at the Fair Site

Collection: New York World’s Fair Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: June 29, 1936; 1936-06-29 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 6.7 x 5.3 inches; 105 ppi
Creator: unknown Identifier: aql:26624 wfc-000012 wfc-000012.tif

Description: 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Ground breaking ceremony on June 29, 1936 for the 1939 NY World's Fair. "Marking the Start of Work on the 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Mayor LaGuardia Hoists Flag at the Fair Site on Flushing Meadows, Queens. Behind the Mayor is Grover Whalen and Lt. Gov. M. William Bray..."

Collection : aql:26451

Creator : unknown

Date : June 29, 1936; 1936-06-29

Summary/Description : 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Ground breaking ceremony on June 29, 1936 for the 1939 NY World's Fair. "Marking the Start of Work on the 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Mayor LaGuardia Hoists Flag at the Fair Site on Flushing Meadows, Queens. Behind the Mayor is Grover Whalen and Lt. Gov. M. William Bray..."

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Ground breaking ceremonies; New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Corporation

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 6.7 x 5.3 inches; 105 ppi

Identifier : aql:26624 wfc-000012 wfc-000012.tif

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Ground breaking ceremonies; New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Corporation
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