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[United Steel Building]

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 3 3/8 x width: 5 inches
Creator: Gadaleta, Cosmo Identifier: aql:2198 2014.24.297WF39 QMOA

Description: Water fountain near the United States Steel Company Building. The building featured a large steel plated dome. The Parachute Jump is visible in the background.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Gadaleta, Cosmo

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Water fountain near the United States Steel Company Building. The building featured a large steel plated dome. The Parachute Jump is visible in the background.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Domes; Fountains; Visitors; Pavilions; Production and Distribution Zone; United States Steel Company

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: 3 3/8 x width: 5 inches

Identifier : aql:2198 2014.24.297WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Domes; Fountains; Visitors; Pavilions; Production and Distribution Zone; United States Steel Company
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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