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Trylon and Perisphere Powder Box

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 2 1/8 x width: 1 3/8 x depth: 1 3/8 inches Dimension: Metal/wood/Brass (Alloy)
Identifier: aql:2562 2006.15.979WF39 QMOA

Description: Art Deco style powder box featuring image of the Trylon and Perisphere on the lid. The bottom of the powder box is on brass pedestals.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Art Deco style powder box featuring image of the Trylon and Perisphere on the lid. The bottom of the powder box is on brass pedestals.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); 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 : New Jersey

Type : cosmetic boxes

Format : height: 2 1/8 x width: 1 3/8 x depth: 1 3/8 inches; Metal/wood/Brass (Alloy)

Identifier : aql:2562 2006.15.979WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); 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.


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