Postcard, "New York World's Fair 1939, Vanity Fair Building"
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Artifact Overview
Postcards from the 1939 New York World's Fair depicted colorful images of exposition buildings or other scenes. Tourists purchased these and mailed them back to family and friends. This postcard was part of a series produced by the Miller Art Company of Brooklyn, New York, that all featured the iconic fair symbols, the Trylon and Perisphere, on their left-hand side.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
1939
Subject Date
1939
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
85.127.815.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Stanley H. Cousineau.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
On front:
New York World's Fair 1939 | 104:--Vanity Fair Building
On back:
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR | Officially Licensed | N.Y.W.F. LIC.2965.
Aug 7 | Hello frank-Will and doctor of hear having a Time -- | B. Lewis
VANITY FAIR BUILDING. | NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, 1939 |
Designed to resemble a container for the products it houses, the Cosmetics Building at the New York World's Fair 1939 is one of the most unusual of the Fair built structures. One of its entrances is by means of a ramp from the Long Island Railroad Station. An auditorium in the building is used for the presentation of motion pictures, pageants and cosmetic shows.
MILLER ART CO. INC. BROOKLYN N.Y.
POST CARD | FOR ADDRESS
B. V. Winslow | 2800 Dumesnil[?] | Louisville | K.Y.
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