In July 1937, the Great Depression had eased to the point where the U.S. unemployment rate had dropped below 11%, but the tight monetary policy by the Roosevelt administration is said to have tipped ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 1939 World's Fair lapel pin; top ...

Helicline Fine Art will debut at The Salon: Art + Design at the Park Avenue Armory, November 6–10, 2025, presenting rare works from its 1939 World’s Fair and WPA-era collections. The exhibition, ...

Covering 1,216 acres of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park section of Queens — a former garbage dump — the New York World's Fair of 1939 presented a glorious vision of "The World of Tomorrow." In the ...

We’ve been celebrating the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the World’s Fairs all month, but today’s actually the opening day of the 1939 World’s Fair 75 years ago. The Parks Department posted some ...

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc Foreward / Jonathan ...

Editor's note: Readers of This Story in History may recall "Crusader," the subject of today's selection, from the July 24 story highlighting his victory in the turtle derby at the Blue Anchor Club, a ...