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Unisphere Ashtray

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1964-1965 Material: height: 6 1/4 x width: 6 1/4 x depth: 1 1/4 inches Dimension: Brass (alloy)
Identifier: aql:5665 2010.12.20WF64 QMOA

Description: Large ashtray with Unisphere design in the middle and images of amorphous Neo-Classical figures at work on the borders.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : 1964-1965

Summary/Description : Large ashtray with Unisphere design in the middle and images of amorphous Neo-Classical figures at work on the borders.

Subject : Unisphere (New York, N.Y.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Flushing Bay 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 : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Ashtrays

Format : height: 6 1/4 x width: 6 1/4 x depth: 1 1/4 inches; Brass (alloy)

Identifier : aql:5665 2010.12.20WF64 QMOA

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Subject:
Unisphere (New York, N.Y.); New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Flushing Bay 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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