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[A.T.&T. Sculpture]

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 2 3/8 x width: 2 3/8 inches
Creator: Golby, Bob Identifier: aql:1560 1987.110.201b QMOA

Description: Black and white view of the sculpture "The Spirit of Electricity" on top of the A.T.&T. Building. The sculpture depicted Mercury, the Roman god of communication, holding lightning bolts.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Golby, Bob

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Black and white view of the sculpture "The Spirit of Electricity" on top of the A.T.&T. Building. The sculpture depicted Mercury, the Roman god of communication, holding lightning bolts.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); American Telephone and Telegraph Company; Sculpture; Gods; Mythology; Communications and Business Systems Zone

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 : negatives (photographic)

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

Identifier : aql:1560 1987.110.201b QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); American Telephone and Telegraph Company; Sculpture; Gods; Mythology; Communications and Business Systems Zone
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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