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[Construction of Amphitheater]

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 8 x width: 10 inches Dimension: gelatin silver prints
Creator: Siodmak, Alex, 1917-2006 Identifier: aql:1689 1989.56.50WF39 QMOA

Description: Laborers near scaffolding putting final touches on the amphitheater used for Billy Rose's Aquacade.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Siodmak, Alex, 1917-2006

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Laborers near scaffolding putting final touches on the amphitheater used for Billy Rose's Aquacade.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Building; Construction workers; Amphitheaters; Amusement Area

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 prints (photographs)

Format : height: 8 x width: 10 inches; gelatin silver prints

Identifier : aql:1689 1989.56.50WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Building; Construction workers; Amphitheaters; Amusement Area
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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