Cultural and Social Aspects of the New York World's Fair, 1939
Pamphlet
By: National Advisory Committee on Women's Participation
Date: 1939
Source: National Advisory Committee on Women's Participation. Cultural and Social Aspects of the New York World's Fair, 1939, 8, 9, 13–18, 19–51.
Introduction
The first world's fair was the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, England. The glass-and-iron structure housed exhibits from around the world, but, as might be expected, focused on the accomplishments of Great Britain and the British empire. Enormously popular, the London Exhibition set the tone for subsequent fairs in which a common theme was the celebration of technological achievement.
Two years later, New Yorkers opened their own Crystal Palace exhibition with a similar theme. Thereafter, a steady stream of "World's Fairs" and other significant exhibitions appeared every few years in Europe and the United States. In...
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