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Model of World's Fair Greyhound Bus

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1964 Material: height: 1 7/8 x width: 6 5/8 x depth: 1 1/2 inches Dimension: Metal/Rubber
Creator: Arcade Manufacturing Company Identifier: aql:2543 2006.15.959WF39 QMOA

Description: "Greyhound Lines New York World's Fair" is printed along the top; each side has an image of a greyhound leaping over the Trylon and Perisphere. Imprinted "An Arcade Toy Made in U.S.A."

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Arcade Manufacturing Company

Date : circa 1964

Summary/Description : "Greyhound Lines New York World's Fair" is printed along the top; each side has an image of a greyhound leaping over the Trylon and Perisphere. Imprinted "An Arcade Toy Made in U.S.A."

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Greyhound Lines, Inc.

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 : United States

Type : toys (recreational artifacts)

Format : height: 1 7/8 x width: 6 5/8 x depth: 1 1/2 inches; Metal/Rubber

Identifier : aql:2543 2006.15.959WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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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