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Westinghouse Building at Night

Collection: New York World’s Fair Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: 1939 -1940; 1939 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 3.9 x 6.9 inches; 96 ppi
Creator: unknown Identifier: aql:27053 wfc-000692 wfc-000692.tif

Description: 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Production and Distribution Zone - Westinghouse Building at night. The Westinghouse Time Capsule was located at the base of the sculpture in front of the building. The time capsule was buried in Flushing Meadows September 1938 and is set to be opened 5000 years after that date.

Collection : aql:26451

Creator : unknown

Date : 1939 -1940; 1939

Summary/Description : 1939-40 NY World's Fair - Production and Distribution Zone - Westinghouse Building at night. The Westinghouse Time Capsule was located at the base of the sculpture in front of the building. The time capsule was buried in Flushing Meadows September 1938 and is set to be opened 5000 years after that date.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Corporation

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 3.9 x 6.9 inches; 96 ppi

Identifier : aql:27053 wfc-000692 wfc-000692.tif

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Exhibitions; Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; New York World's Fair 1939-1940 Corporation
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