The World of Tomorrow How it Will Look! New York World's Fair 1939
THF286091 / The World of Tomorrow How it Will Look! New York World's Fair 1939 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair assured a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. This booklet, created as an ad for the Royal Typewriter Company, featured the Trylon and Perisphere on its cover and showed an aerial view of the fairgrounds--claiming this is how the world of tomorrow would look.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Booklet
Date Made
03 August 1938
Subject Date
1939-1940
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
88.55.61
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11 in
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The 1939-40 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Souvenirs often reflected the exposition's utopian "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme. This button depicts the fair's futuristic architectural icons, the Trylon and Perisphere, amid various forms of modern transportation.