1940

Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits.]

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): Three of the industrial exhibits at the New York World's Fair 1939-40, situated in the southeast corner of the main exposition center. View 1 shows the Du Pont Building, "The Wonder World of Chemistry," the designer of which is Walter Dorwin Teague; view 2, the General Electric Company Building. Voorhees, Walker, Foley and Smith are the architects; view 3, the Petroleum Industry Building, the roof of which is painted blue and is illuminated at night with fluorescent tubes. June 16, 1940 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection