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Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 2 3/8 x width: 1 7/8 inches
Creator: Fox, Sam Identifier: aql:2378 1981.7.83WF39 QMOA

Description: James Fraser's statue of George Washington in front of the Trylon and Perisphere at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Title : [Theme Center]

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Fox, Sam

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : James Fraser's statue of George Washington in front of the Trylon and Perisphere at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sculpture; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pools; Washington, George, 1732-1799; 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.

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

Type : black-and-white negatives

Format : height: 2 3/8 x width: 1 7/8 inches

Identifier : aql:2378 1981.7.83WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sculpture; Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pools; Washington, George, 1732-1799; 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.