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[Panel for Panorama]

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1963 Material: height: 8 x width: 10 inches
Creator: Lester Associates Inc. Identifier: aql:2133 T2004.1.165Wf64 QMOA

Description: Dolly holding a partially completed panel to be installed on the Panorama, a scale model of New York City constructed for 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.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Lester Associates Inc.

Date : circa 1963

Summary/Description : Dolly holding a partially completed panel to be installed on the Panorama, a scale model of New York City constructed for 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.); Miniature cities and towns; Building; 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.)

Type : black-and-white prints (photographs)

Format : height: 8 x width: 10 inches

Identifier : aql:2133 T2004.1.165Wf64 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Miniature cities and towns; Building; 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.


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