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["Seal of Protection" Sculpture]

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 4 7/8 x: 3 3/8 inches
Creator: Gadaleta, Cosmo Identifier: aql:2193 2014.24.266WF39 QMOA

Description: View of the sculpture "Seal of Protection" by Quincy Ward depicting a Greek woman holding a shield over a woman and a child. The sculpture was located in the "Garden of Security" provided by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The General Electric Building is visible in the background.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Gadaleta, Cosmo

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : View of the sculpture "Seal of Protection" by Quincy Ward depicting a Greek woman holding a shield over a woman and a child. The sculpture was located in the "Garden of Security" provided by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The General Electric Building is visible in the background.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sculpture; Insurance companies; Pedestals; Production and Distribution Zone

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 negatives

Format : height: 4 7/8 x: 3 3/8 inches

Identifier : aql:2193 2014.24.266WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sculpture; Insurance companies; Pedestals; Production and Distribution Zone
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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