Japanese Rugs at the 1939 World's Fair

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Date: July 29, 1939; 1939-07-29 Material: postcard Dimension: 5.9 x 3.9 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Rose Daloisio Identifier: aql:18593 qmp-rd-000001 qmp-rd-000001.tif

Description: This postcard from the 1939-40 World's Fair advertises a rug manufacturer that exhibited at the Japanese Pavilion. Printed on Reverse: The Story of Kanebo Rugs of Silk.; Hand-written on the reverse: "Dear Rose, I went to World's Fair. It's grand, don't miss it. Guess who I saw at the Fair. Your boyfriend's sister, the one that's [a] pharmacist. Drop me a card. Getting lonesome for some home news. My father is coming home Sunday and I will come home the week after." It is postmarked July 29, 1939, from Staten Island, N.Y.

Title : Japanese Rugs at the 1939 World's Fair

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Rose Daloisio

Date : July 29, 1939; 1939-07-29

Summary/Description : This postcard from the 1939-40 World's Fair advertises a rug manufacturer that exhibited at the Japanese Pavilion. Printed on Reverse: The Story of Kanebo Rugs of Silk.; Hand-written on the reverse: "Dear Rose, I went to World's Fair. It's grand, don't miss it. Guess who I saw at the Fair. Your boyfriend's sister, the one that's [a] pharmacist. Drop me a card. Getting lonesome for some home news. My father is coming home Sunday and I will come home the week after." It is postmarked July 29, 1939, from Staten Island, N.Y.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Rugs

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

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 : Digital image

Format : postcard; 5.9 x 3.9 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:18593 qmp-rd-000001 qmp-rd-000001.tif