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Sculptures - "Time" A Giant Sundial By Joseph Kiselewski on the Exterior of the Business Systems and insurance Building

Collection: New York World’s Fair Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: 1939 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 2.9 x 5.1 inches; 130 ppi
Creator: unknown Identifier: aql:27346 wfc-000909 wfc-000909.tif

Description: 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Sculptures - "Time" a Giant Sundial by Joseph Kiselewski on the exterior of the Business Systems and Insurance Building. The theme "Sunrise and Sunset" is represented by a man arising as dawn touches heaven, and a woman sinking into the setting sun, the two connected with curving lines of time.

Collection : aql:26451

Creator : unknown

Date : 1939

Summary/Description : 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Sculptures - "Time" a Giant Sundial by Joseph Kiselewski on the exterior of the Business Systems and Insurance Building. The theme "Sunrise and Sunset" is represented by a man arising as dawn touches heaven, and a woman sinking into the setting sun, the two connected with curving lines of time.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Sculpture; Kiselewski, Joseph, 1901-1986 or 1988; 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; 2.9 x 5.1 inches; 130 ppi

Identifier : aql:27346 wfc-000909 wfc-000909.tif

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Sculpture; Kiselewski, Joseph, 1901-1986 or 1988; New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Corporation
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