[Building the Panorama]
Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1963
Material: height: 10 x width: 8 inches
Creator: Lester Associates Inc.
Identifier: aql:2121 T2004.1.181WF64 QMOA
Description: Female worker painting models of World's Fair pavilions to be installed on the Panorama of the City of New York, a scale model exhibited at the 1964-1965 World's Fair. The Panorama was built by a team of more than 100 people working for the architectural model makers Raymond Lester & Associates over the course of three years.
Creator :
Lester Associates Inc.
Date :
circa 1963
Summary/Description :
Female worker painting models of World's Fair pavilions to be installed on the Panorama of the City of New York, a scale model exhibited at the 1964-1965 World's Fair. The Panorama was built by a team of more than 100 people working for the architectural model makers Raymond Lester & Associates over the course of three years.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Painting; Federal and State 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 :
West Nyack (N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Format :
height: 10 x width: 8 inches
Identifier :
aql:2121 T2004.1.181WF64 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Painting; Federal and State Area
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Painting; Federal and State 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.
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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