Archives Center World Expositions Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Norton, Robert H.
label: Creator
content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
label: Creator
content: Kass, Marcia
label: Names
content: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New York World's Fair (1964-1965)
topic: label: Topic
content: Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)
label: Topic
content: World's fairs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection materials donated by Robert Norton, Marcia Kass, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (through Stephen Van Dyke, Craig P. Morton, John Anderson, and Capt. George and Ginger Vance,
creator: label: Creator
content: Norton, Robert H.
label: Creator
content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
label: Creator
content: Kass, Marcia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Archives Center World Expositions Collection
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Accruals continue to be received and will be added to the collection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .50 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1873-2010
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: This collection is a repository for miscellaneous World's Fair-related ephemera of insufficient quantity to warrant a separate collection. The material in the Archives Center American World Expositions Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources, including curatorial units, the public, and SI staff.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0825
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Guidebooks
label: Type
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Menus
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Souvenir programs
label: Type
content: Tickets
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Guidebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters
label: Genre/Form
content: Souvenir programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Tickets -- World's Fair, 1939 -- New York (N.Y.)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's Fairs. Eight of the items relate to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, including a poster, a map, a souvenir booklet, and several views of the Fair printed in Harper's Weekly; in addition to a cartoon depicting the Crystal Palace in New York in 1883, and two ads for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Also in the collection are souvenir books and pamphlets from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.