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New York World’s Fair of 1939–40

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  • Illustration of the opening of London's Great Exhibition of 1851.
    In world’s fair: Modernism and Cold War rivalries

    …in Chicago (1933–34) and the New York World’s Fair (1939–40) were both exciting examples of Art Deco architecture and fairs designed to take fairgoers’ minds off the Great Depression by suggesting the wonderful future that awaited them once the hard times were over. While the hopefulness of the New York…

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