1789-1939, The World of Tomorrow, New York World's Fair

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1 diorama : color illustrations. Pop-up souvenir of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Colored illustrations are cut-away views hinged top and bottom to unfold accordion-like to reveal a single perspective. A peep show with six cut-away views hinged top and bottom to unfold accordion-like to reveal a single perspective. It shows Trylon and Perisphere, the symbol of the Fair. On the front cover is a kneeling General George Washington and two colonial ladies and one standing man in colonial costume being shown the future (the central walk of the New York World's Fair) through the center peep hole by a Harlequin figure. Produced for the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building at the Fair. Color lithography.

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ChappellHare_1789-1939.mp4

Publication Date

1939

Imprint / Year

[New York] : E. Hare, W. Chappell, [1939]

Publisher

E. Hare; W. Chappell

City

New York

Keywords

pop-up books; toy books; movable books; exhibitions (events); tunnel books; New York, New York, United States; folded books; illustration (process); paper engineering; folding (process); folded books; peepshows; color lithography

Disciplines

Book and Paper

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

1789-1939, The World of Tomorrow, New York World's Fair

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