{"title":"World's Fairs \u0026 Expositions","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"worlds-fair-new-york-1939-new-york-worlds-fair-at-night-with-the-lagoon-of-nations-trylon-and-perisphere","title":"[WORLD'S FAIR—NEW YORK, 1939]. NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR AT NIGHT WITH THE LAGOON OF NATIONS, TRYLON AND PERISPHERE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[WORLD'S FAIR—NEW YORK, 1939]. NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR AT NIGHT WITH THE LAGOON OF NATIONS, TRYLON AND PERISPHERE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. Original black-and-white gelatin-silver press photograph. Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York, May 1939. Approximately 8 × 10 inches. Wide World Photos image of the 1939 New York World's Fair after dark, with illuminated fair buildings and suspended lights leading toward the Lagoon of Nations; the Trylon and Perisphere, the fair's central architectural symbols, are visible in the distance. The image is composed as a broad nighttime vista, its pools of light and dark silhouettes conveying the fair's theatrical modernity. Visible condition includes a pronounced vertical crease or fold through the lower central image, surface scuffing and handling wear, and edge and corner wear; the glossy surface also shows reflective abrasion and localized loss of finish. Approximate physical print dimensions: 10 × 8 in. (254 × 203 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe verso bears an original typed caption headed “PHOTO: PLEASE WATCH CREDIT” and “THE WORLD OF TOMORROW AT NIGHT.” The caption identifies a view of the New York World's Fair at night and refers to the Romanian Building or buildings in the foreground, the Lagoon of Nations, Constitution Mall, and the Trylon and Perisphere, which make up the Theme Center; portions are partly obscured or difficult to read. A purple “Wide World Photos” stamp appears near the center, with additional agency\/editorial markings and a blue “RECEIVED MAY 4 1939” stamp. Red pencil editing marks cross the caption, consistent with contemporary newspaper or wire-service handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New York World's Fair opened at Flushing Meadows on April 30, 1939, under the theme “Building the World of Tomorrow.” Its planned landscape gathered national and corporate pavilions around the Trylon, a monumental obelisk, and the Perisphere, a large spherical theme building containing the Democracity exhibit. The Lagoon of Nations and Constitution Mall formed part of the fair's carefully staged civic and international setting. Night views were especially effective press subjects because floodlighting and illuminated architecture transformed the temporary exposition into a vision of technological futurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis photograph is significant as a surviving newsroom artifact of the fair's opening season: its agency stamp, caption, receipt date, and editorial markings preserve the route by which a spectacular public image was prepared for contemporary publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Distributed by Wide World Photos; From the Eric C. Caren Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Photo Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50224921903242,"sku":"RP-000008","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/4218\/3306\/files\/media-front_077456db-98a8-4abd-9722-23c6f6760e1f.jpg?v=1789688101"}],"url":"https:\/\/therarephotogallery.com\/collections\/worlds-fairs-expositions.oembed","provider":"TheRarePhotoGallery.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}