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Preliminary Design Report Model of New York City for World's Fair 1964-1965

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1961 Material: height: 11 x width: 8 inches, 44 pages
Creator: Lester Associates Inc. Identifier: aql:2242 T2014.3.6 QMOA

Description: Report dated September 1961 describing how visitors would experience and view the 12,000 square foot scale model of New York City created by Lester Associates for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The report includes design specifications, architectural notes, and information about maintenance and operations.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Lester Associates Inc.

Date : 1961

Summary/Description : Report dated September 1961 describing how visitors would experience and view the 12,000 square foot scale model of New York City created by Lester Associates for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. The report includes design specifications, architectural notes, and information about maintenance and operations.

Subject : Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Design; Exhibitions; 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 : reports

Format : height: 11 x width: 8 inches, 44 pages

Identifier : aql:2242 T2014.3.6 QMOA

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Subject:
Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Design; Exhibitions; 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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