New York World's Fair ... [model]. [1939?]

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Hoffman Collection

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Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.)

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Harrison & Fouilhoux

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It is likely that this scheme was part of the Rockefeller Center plan. Rockefeller Center was one of the proposed sites for relocating the Metropolitan Opera House when preliminary schemes for the site were developed in the 1920's. Nelson Rockefeller continued to pursue this relocation until the Lincoln Center site was chosen. From the description of Scheme E & F Sixth Ave., [of the Metropolitan Opera, Sixth Avenue Plaza, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [rendering of a perspective vi...