1939-1940 New York Worlds Fair Souvenir 100 Movie Views and Pathegrams
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
label: Associated Date
content: 1940
label: Associated Date
content: 1939
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Box for a set of souvenir film strips, and handheld photo viewing device, from the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The box features images of the Fair's dominant architectural features, the Trylon and the Perisphere.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The set advertises over 100 movie views and Pathegrams. "Pathegrams" were the home movie division of Pathe, the pioneering newsreel company. A smaller set of 75 images could also be bought at the Fair.
label: Description (Brief)
content: During its run, the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair attracted nearly 45 million people to its site in Flushing Meadows. At the Fair, visitors were introduced to advancements in such technologies as television, color photography, synthetic materials and robotics, as well as a wide variety of consumer goods and entertainments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Queens
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: New York World's Fair (1939)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1743.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1743.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: NY1939PE04.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Container (Box)
label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm