A World’s Fair brought the nations of the globe together for a celebration of culture, technology and commerce. Like the Olympics, cities and countries would lobby and fight for the opportunity to ...

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, ...

The New York World’s Fair, with its “World of Tomorrow” theme, inspired a legacy of cultural references, from the 1941 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, to Charlie Chan’s film Murder over New York, to an essay ...

The 1939 World Fair's theme was "The World of Tomorrow." The long-lost Rockwell Kent oil painting will be at the Salon Art + Design fair in New York. Rockwell Kent, Power (1939). Photo Courtesy of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Looking Back at the Future, a book of photographs and text about the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, commemorates the 85th anniversary of the 1939 New York World's Fair and the 60th anniversary of 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 ...