The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940: In 155 Photographs by Richard Wurts and Others

by Richard Wurts and Stanley Appelbaum

Book Overview

The New York World's Fair 1939/1940 may not have been the greatest of all world's fairs, but it is probably the most fondly remembered of all of them, a spectacle that no one who was there has forgotten. The 700-foot-tall Trylon and the 200-foot-wide Perisphere are still vivid symbols and memories of a wonderful and lost time for millions of people.
Do you remember seeing or being told about the vast diorama of Democracity representing the theme...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486234940
• ISBN13: 9780486234946
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The World of Tomorrow....

The New York World's fair, in 1939 and 1940, was New York's crack at selling itself and the nation's industry to the world. 3-D movies, robots, buildings designed to be the homes and business centers of the future fill the photos of this book. The idea of the fair, to give New York a new image was overwhelmed by the imagination and energy put into the fair by the artists, architects, industrial designers, and millions of others. The fair was about science and business and a better tomorrow. The book is almost like a guide to the fair, starting with a very detailed map and than exploring every area of the fair, building by building, exhibit by exhibit. New cars, radios, televisions, phones and the promise of a wonderful future was the theme. The fact that war was just around the corner just makes these dreams seem all the more fragile and lovely, like flowers we know are about to be crushed.

To the reader from Rockville

Dear Reader - I've been searching for books on World's Fairs and Expositions without much success. Can you tell me of some of the titles in your collection, the publishers and where you purchased them. Nice to know someone else has a passion for these events.

This book started my love with the World's Fair

I received this book not long after it came out in the 1970's. It is a book of photographs from the Wurts Brothers who were famous architectural photographers of the period. It has many photos that are not in other world's fair books, including a number that were taken during the construction of the fair. Most of the photographs are very beautiful (but no color photos) and many pictures of architectural details are included. Very nice book. It was the first item in what became my world's fair collection.