[Trylon and Perisphere from Oval Window]
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1940
Material: height: 29 x width: 20 inches
Creator: Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Identifier: aql:1978 2011.5.6wf39 QMOA
Description: Black and white view of the Trylon and Perisphere through an oval window. The United States Steel Company pavilion is also visible in the background. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the Fair.
Creator :
Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Date :
1940
Summary/Description :
Black and white view of the Trylon and Perisphere through an oval window. The United States Steel Company pavilion is also visible in the background. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the Fair.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; 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 :
Digital Photographs
Format :
height: 29 x width: 20 inches
Identifier :
aql:1978 2011.5.6wf39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; United States Steel Company
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.); Pavilions; 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.
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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