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The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, New York, Images of America, Paperback

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Brand
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MPN
9780738565347
ISBN
9780738565347
Book Title
1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year
2009
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.3in
Author
Not Available
Genre
Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Inventions, Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & events, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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Bill Cotter is a longtime world's fair enthusiast and his collection of world's fairs photographs, the world's largest, has been featured in museum exhibits. After enduring 10 harrowing years of the Great Depression, visitors to the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair found welcome relief in the fair's optimistic presentation of the World of Tomorrow. Pavilions from America's largest corporations and dozens of countries were spread across a 1,216-acre site, showcasing the latest industrial marvels and predictions for the future intermingled with cultural displays from around the world. Well known for its theme structures, the Trylon and Perisphere, the fair was an intriguing mixture of technology, science, architecture, showmanship, and politics. Proclaimed by many as the most memorable world's fair ever held, it predicted wonderful times were ahead for the world even as the clouds of war were gathering. Through vintage photographs, most never published before, The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair recaptures those days when the eyes of the world were on New York and on the future.

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Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738565342
ISBN-13
9780738565347
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72403793

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Book Title
1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Author
Not Available
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Inventions, Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & events, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Photography, Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Number of Pages
128 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
0.7 Oz

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Title: New book captures era Author: Nicholas Hirshon Publisher: Queens Daily News Date: 4/21/09 EVEN THOUGH the 1964 World's Fair captivated 12-year-old Bill Cotter, who was awestruck by the seemingly endless array of attractions, his enthusiasm failed to rub off on his mom and dad. "They felt it was more commercial," said Cotter, 57, of Los Angeles. "They felt if you lived through the '39 fair, during the Depression, it was such a breath of fresh air." His parents' stories of the first fair - held, like the 1964 expo, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - fascinated Cotter, whose book "Images of America: The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair," will be released June 15. Featuring more than 200 never-before-published photos that Cotter bought online and at auctions and souvenir shows, the book separates sites into sections of the fair - called "centers" or "zones" - where they sat. Perhaps the best remembered is the Theme Center, home to the fair's side-by-side icons, the 610-foot-tall Trylon and 180-foot-wide Perisphere, surrounded by fountains and walkways. One of the book's most memorable images shows the Perisphere lit as a giant jack-o'-lantern on Halloween 1939, the final day of the fair's first season. Cotter notes the occasion was bittersweet because it was unclear if the fair would return in 1940. In another shot, crowds are packed into the Amusement Area's New York State Amphitheater - torn down in 1996 - for a popular music, dance and swimming show called "Billy Rose's Aquacade." "I wanted to use candid photos, and that's what 99.9% of them are," Cotter said. "I want to do this from the view of, 'What would the average person find special about the fair?'" Visitors who couldn't afford admission to "Aquacade" or the Perisphere's futuristic diorama, called "Democracity," could still enjoy outdoor sights, including an 80-foot-tall sundial or a 60-foot-tall statue of George Washington.
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Series
Images of America Ser.
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Yes

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  • by reon
    Oct 05, 2009

    1939-40 NYWF- a time capsule of photos

    Another in the Arcadia series, The 1939-40 NYWF is a great book for all world's fair enthusiasts. The pages are full of b&w photos, mostly candid shots, showing pavilions, crowds, and even aerial views. The commentary is bright and full of interesting facts. Going through the book is as close as one can get today to visiting the fair! My only suggestion to the author is to publish a second volume quickly and include more interior views. I will be the first in line to buy it!!

  • by albyinusa
    Mar 20, 2011

    1939-1940 New York World's Fair by Bill Cotter, 2009

    As a collector of the 1939 New York World’s Fair I bought Bill Cotter’s book on the New York 1939 – 1940 Fair and I was pleased to see the Fair in a whole new and different perspective. Mr Cotter’s book has so many new sights and views of the fair; it had to take a great deal of time to gather all of these photos together. Each photo has a write-up and some have extra interesting tidbits included. The book is split into the different zones and areas of the fair. The final chapter is on the 1940 season and the different problems the Fair had due to World War II starting and countries getting pulled into the war.

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