New York World's Fair Souvenir Button, 1939
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The 1939-40 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Souvenirs often reflected the exposition's utopian "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme. This button depicts the fair's futuristic architectural icons, the Trylon and Perisphere, amid various forms of modern transportation.
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair encouraged a depression-weary public that the future would be rosy. Souvenirs often reflected the exposition's utopian "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme. This button depicts the fair's futuristic architectural icons, the Trylon and Perisphere, amid various forms of modern transportation.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1939
Subject Date
1939
Keywords
United States, New York, New York
Buttons (Information artifacts)
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
85.68.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of John Wright.
Material
Metal
Color
Orange (Color)
Blue
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 0.25 in
Diameter: 1.25 in
Inscriptions
Obverse: NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR / 1939 / VISITOR
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