BGuthrie Photos: NY -- 1964 New York World's Fair

NY -- 1964 New York World's Fair:

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1. WF1964_640017_005.JPG: Unisphere
2. WF1964_640017_010.JPG: Unisphere
3. WF1964_640017_017.JPG: Unisphere
4. WF1964_640017_023.JPG: View of...
5. WF1964_640017_033.JPG: Fountain of Paris, Pool of Industry, Bell Pavillion
6. WF1964_640017_041.JPG: Pool of Industry, Bell Pavillion
7. WF1964_640017_045.JPG: Astral Fountain
8. WF1964_640017_049.JPG: Philippines Pavillion
9. WF1964_640017_053.JPG: Santa Maria
10. WF1964_640017_057.JPG: Thailand Pavillion -- Buddhist Shrine
11. WF1964_640017_061.JPG: New York Pavillion
12. WF1964_640017_065.JPG: Scout Exhibit
13. WF1964_640017_069.JPG: Space Exhibit
14. WF1964_640017_073.JPG: AMF Monorail
15. WF1964_640017_077.JPG: AMF Monorail
16. WF1964_640017_083.JPG: Pepsi-Cola Tower of the Four Winds Mobile
17. WF1964_640017_089.JPG: Mexican Indian Rope Pole
18. WF1964_640017_093.JPG: Mexican Indian Rope Pole
19. WF1964_640017_097.JPG: Solar Fountain
20. WF1964_640017_101.JPG: China Pavillion
21. WF1964_640017_107.JPG: Belgian Village
22. WF1964_640017_110.JPG: Fireworks
23. WF1964_640017_114.JPG: Fireworks
24. WF1964_640017_117.JPG: Fireworks
25. WF1964_640017_124.JPG: Fireworks
26. WF1964_640017_128.JPG: Fireworks
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Wikipedia Description: 1964 New York World's Fair
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The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was a world's fair that held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. The immense fair covered 646 acres (2.61 km2) on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake. However, the fair did not receive official support or approval from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE).

Hailing itself as a "universal and international" exposition, the fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding", dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe". American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors. The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high, stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere, built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 World's Fair. The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 – October 18, 1964, and April 21 – October 17, 1965. Admission price for adults (13 and older) was $2 in 1964 (equivalent to $16.69 in 2020) but $2.50 (equivalent to $20.53 in 2020) in 1965, and $1 for children (2–12) both years (equivalent to $8.34 in 2020).

The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise, was well represented. More than 51 million people attended the fair, though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million. It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers who visited the optimistic exposition as children, before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and many cultural changes.

In many ways the fair symbolized a grand consumer show covering many products produced in America at the time for transportation, living, and consumer electronic needs in a way that would never be repeated at future world's fairs in Nort ...More...
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