Trylon and Perisphere Scale Model from New York World's Fair, 1939
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The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
Artifact
Scale model
Date Made
1939
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
85.127.240
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Stanley H. Cousineau.
Material
Metal
Chromium
Dimensions
Height: 7.625 in
Diameter: 4.5 in
: 14.75 in (Circumference of base)
Inscriptions
On base: NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 On bottom of base: NYWF / J.B. 1209
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