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1939 NEW YORK CITY WORLD's FAIR- General Motors Pavilion

Description: 1939 NEW YORK CITY WORLD's FAIR - General Motors Pavilion: The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow". Futurama was an exhibit and ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes, which presented a possible model of the world 20 years into the future (1959–1960). The installation was sponsored by the General Motors Corporation and was characterized by automated highways and vast suburbs. Geddes' "vision of the future" was rather achievable; the most advanced technology posited was the automated highway system of which General Motors built a working prototype by 1960. Futurama is widely held to have first introduced the general American public to the concept of a network of expressways connecting the nation. It provided a direct connection between the streamlined style which was popular in America between 1928 and 1938, and the concept of steady-flow which appeared in street and highway design in the same period. The modeled highway construction emphasized hope for the future as it served as a proposed solution to traffic congestion of the day, and demonstrated the probable development of traffic in proportion to the automotive growth of the next 20 years. Bel Geddes assumed that the automobile would be the same type of carrier and still the most common means of transportation in 1960, albeit with increased vehicle use and traffic lanes also capable of much higher speeds. Four general ideas for improvement were incorporated into the exhibition showcase to meet these assumptions. First, each section of road was designed to receive greater capacity of traffic. Second, traffic moving in one direction could be isolated from traffic moving in any other. Third, segregating traffic by subdividing towns and cities into certain units restricted traffic and allowed pedestrians to predominate. And fourth, traffic control included maximum and minimum speeds. Through this, the exhibition was designed to inspire greater public enthusiasm and support for the constructive work and planning of streets and highways. This Linen Era (1930-45) postcard, mailed in 1939, is in good condition. Natural Color Views. Grinell Co. NYC. No. A-29. Exposition Souvenir Corp. L. I. C., N. Y.

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Location: Brooklyn, New York

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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Unit of Sale: Single Unit

Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)

Material: Paper

Year Manufactured: 1939

City: New York City

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Brand/Publisher: Grinell Co.

Subject: 1939 NEW YORK CITY WORLD's FAIR

Continent: North America

Type: Printed (Lithograph)

Era: Linen (1930-1945)

Country: United States

Region: New York

Theme: Aerial View, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Exhibitions, Exposition, Landscapes, Occupational, Technology, Tourism, Travel, General Motors

Features: Panoramic

Time Period Manufactured: 1930-1939

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Postage Condition: Posted

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