Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
label: Collector
content: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
label: Names
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)
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content: Appalachian Exposition. (Knoxville, Tennessee: 1911)
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content: Art and Techniques Exposition (Paris, France: 1937)
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content: British Empire Exhibition (Wembley, London, England: 1924-1925)
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content: British Empire Exposition (Glasgow, Scotland: 1938)
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content: Bronx International Exposition (New York, New York: 1917-1918)
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content: Brussels International (1910 )
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content: California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)
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content: California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego, California: 1935-1936)
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content: Canadian National Exposition (1937)
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content: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
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content: Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (1888 : Cincinnati, Ohio)
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content: Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
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content: Chicago Autumn Festival (1899)
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content: Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1882 : Cincinnati, Ohio)
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content: Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga)
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content: Esposizione Internationale (1911 : Turin, Italy)
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content: Esposizione Internationale D'Arte (Venice, Italy: 1910)
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content: Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte (1895 : Venice, Italy)
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content: Exhibition of Art Treasures (1857 : Manchester, England)
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content: Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1878 : Boston, Massachusetts)
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content: Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)
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content: Exposicion Centro-Americana (1897 : Guatemala City, Guatemala)
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content: Exposition International (1894 : Lyons, France)
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content: Exposition International Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flammand (Antwerp, Belgium: 1930)
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content: Exposition International de Liege (1930)
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content: Exposition Internationale Maritime (1887 : Le Havre, France)
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content: Exposition Nationale Belge (1880 : Belgium)
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content: Exposition Universelle (1885 : Antwerp, Belgium)
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content: Exposition Universelle de Paris (1855 : Paris, France)
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content: Exposition Universelle de Paris (1878 : Paris, France)
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content: Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
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content: Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
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content: Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
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content: Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)
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content: Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
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content: Fiera di Milano (1939)
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content: Foreign Exhibition (1883 : Boston, Massachusetts)
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content: Franco-British Exhibition (London, England: 1908)
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content: Franklin Institute Exhibition (1874 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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content: Gewerbe Austellung (1896 : Berlin, Germany)
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content: Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
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content: Great Exhibition of 1851 (London, England)
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content: Great Industrial Exhibition (1853 : Dublin, Ireland)
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content: Great Lakes Exposition (Cleveland, Ohio: 1936-1937)
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content: Hemisfair '68 (San Antonio, Texas: 1968)
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content: Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
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content: Imperial International Exhibition (London, England: 1909)
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content: International Exhibition (1897 : Brussels, Belgium)
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content: International Exhibition of 1862 (London, England)
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content: International Exhibition of 1871 (London, England)
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content: International Exhibition of 1872 (London, England)
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content: International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865: Dublin, Ireland)
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content: International Exposition (Barcelona, Spain: 1929-1930)
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content: International Exposition (Brussels, Belgium: 1935)
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content: International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries (1925 : Paris, France)
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content: International Exposition on the Environment (Spokane, Washington: 1974)
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content: International Fire Exhibition 1903 : London, England)
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content: International Marine Exhibition of Marine Hygiene and Exhibition of the Italian Glories (Genoa, Italy: 1914)
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content: International Ocean Exposition (Okinawa, Japan: 1975)
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content: Interstate and West Indian Exposition (Charleston, South Carolina: 1901-1902)
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content: Italian Exposition (1904 : London, England)
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content: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (Hampton Roads, Virginia: 1907)
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content: Japan World Exposition (Osaka, Japan: 1970)
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content: Japan-British Exhibition (London, England: 1910)
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content: Knoxville International Energy Exposition (1982)
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content: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)
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content: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)
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content: National Ecuadorian Exposition (Quito, Ecuador: 1909)
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content: National Export Exposition (1899 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
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content: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
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content: New York World's Fair (1964-1965)
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content: Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)
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content: Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
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content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
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content: Scottish National Exposition (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1908)
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content: Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
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content: Sydney International Exhibition (Sydney, Australia: 1879)
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content: Texas Centennial Central Exposition (Dallas, Texas: 1936)
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content: Universal Exhibition (1873 : Vienna, Austria)
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content: Western Pennsylvania Exposition (1915 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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content: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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content: World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.)
place: label: Place
content: Disneyland (California)
topic: label: Topic
content: Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)
label: Topic
content: Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection by bequest of Larry Zim.
creator: label: Collector
content: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
label: Collector
content: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
setName: label: See more items in
content: Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Larry Zim, whose actual name was Larry Zimmerman, was an industrial designer, a historian of World's Fairs who wrote extensively on the subject, and a collector of World's Fair memorabilia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 150 map-folders, 12 film reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841-1988
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was bequeathed to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, who transferred it to the Division of Community Life (now part of the Division of Cultural History), National Museum of American History in 1989. They transferred the archival component to the Archives Center in 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0519
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Motion pictures (visual works)
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content: Postcards
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content: Greeting cards
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content: Stationery
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content: Panoramas
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content: Sheet music
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content: Posters
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content: Shopping bags
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content: Photographs
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content: Stereographs
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content: Menus
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: World's Fair Materials, 1841-1988

Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials

Series 3: Larry Zim Materials

Series 4: Oversize Materials, 1909-1968
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Angela Baccala, 1999.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Greeting cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Stationery
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content: Panoramas
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content: Sheet music -- 20th century
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content: Posters
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content: Shopping bags
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.