1964 World's Fair collection, 1959-1966

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1964 World's Fair collection, 1959-1966

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155480153

Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, charts, maps, news clippings, press releases, and minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the New York World's Fair Corporation. Most material relates to proposals for post-Fair demolition or continued use of facilities constructed for the Fair. Engineers of the Topographical Bureau advised borough president on highways and other construction related to the Fair.

2 cubic ft.

eng, Latn

Suffolk County Historical Society. Library and Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6875738

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New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)

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Queens (New York, N.Y.). Office of the President.

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Queens (New York, N.Y.). Topographical Bureau

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Monuments are points used to establish the horizontal control in surveying areas. From the description of Eighty foot monument sheets, [ca. 1910-1911]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155479977 Legal files concerned with transfer of private property to New York City. From the description of Title drawers, 1903-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155480889 Bench marks are points used to establish vertical control in surveying areas. From the d...

New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation

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The New York World's Fair of 1964-1965 was held at Flushing Meadows in the Borough of Queens on a site leased from the City of New York. It was conceived in 1958 by a group of New Yorkers who formed a non-profit corporation of some 300 members to provide the start-up capital. Eighty nations participated in the Fair which had the theme 'Man's Achievements in an Expanding Universe'. Robert Moses, who was associated with the earlier World's Fair in New York in 1939-1940, served as the president of ...