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Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]
Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): The fifty-foot sundial, world's largest, by Paul Manship, at the World's Fair 1939-40. The sculpture depicts the three Fates passing Life's Thread back from Future to Present to Past under the Tree of Life. In view 2, viewing east across Washington Square, is the heroic figure of George Washington, with the United States Government Building in the background. May 29, 1939 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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