1939; 1940

Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits; Communications Building; National Cash Register Company; United States Steel Corporation.]

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): Three of the industrial exhibits at the New York World's Fair of 1939-40. View 1 shows the National Cash Register Company Building; view 2, the Communications Building, the architects of which are Francis Keally and Leonard Dean. A mural by Eugene Savage shows an Indian smoke signal and nude muses. Two 150-foot pylons adorn both sides of the entrance. View 3 is the United States Steel Corp. Building. It appropriately has its steel framework outside the shell of the structure. The architects are York and Sawyer. View 1: June 21, 1940 View 2: May 29, 1939 View 3: June 16, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection