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Mr. Peanut

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1940 Material: height: 6 3/8 x width: 3 1/6 inches
Creator: Planters Peanuts (Firm) Identifier: aql:2825 91.91.2 MCNY

Description: Shape of Mr. Peanut made out of cardboard material in yellow and black. Front also depicts the Trylon and Perisphere, text "For Peace and Freedom", and "Greetings from the World's Fair 1940".

Title : Mr. Peanut

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Planters Peanuts (Firm)

Date : 1940

Summary/Description : Shape of Mr. Peanut made out of cardboard material in yellow and black. Front also depicts the Trylon and Perisphere, text "For Peace and Freedom", and "Greetings from the World's Fair 1940".

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Planters Peanuts (Firm)

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 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 Queens Museum and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact research@mcny.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 : Bookmarks

Format : height: 6 3/8 x width: 3 1/6 inches

Identifier : aql:2825 91.91.2 MCNY

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Planters Peanuts (Firm)
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 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 Queens Museum and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact research@mcny.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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