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Peter and Wendy Coin Bank

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1964-1965 Material: height: 5 x width: 4 1/2 x depth: 2 1/2 inches Dimension: Ceramic
Identifier: aql:5662 2010.12.19WF64 QMOA

Description: One side of the bank depicts fair mascots Peter and Wendy holding blue and orange balloons dressed in World's Fair colors. The opposite side depicts the Unisphere and New York State Pavilion with fireworks.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : circa 1964-1965

Summary/Description : One side of the bank depicts fair mascots Peter and Wendy holding blue and orange balloons dressed in World's Fair colors. The opposite side depicts the Unisphere and New York State Pavilion with fireworks.

Subject : Unisphere (New York, N.Y.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Fireworks; Federal and State 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.

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

Type : banks (containers)

Format : height: 5 x width: 4 1/2 x depth: 2 1/2 inches; Ceramic

Identifier : aql:5662 2010.12.19WF64 QMOA

Related Items

Subject:
Unisphere (New York, N.Y.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Fireworks; Federal and State 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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