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thank you for posting this Bill.

I'm glad it found a new home.

Thank you Bill. But sold!

Very nice. If I only had the space...

Hello, BTW, I have no intention of taking $99 - it I don't get a decent offer on eBay as I expect(ed) I will end the auction. If someone in here wants it for the $100 plus shipping and fees that is great 🙂

I have such a chair. And I think it is worth more than $60! That seller never knew prices and used to call me for them incessantly. Ugh!

All manner of events from FREE to $17 MAX! How can one go wrong?

Email to eklongo.1969@gmail.com if interested 🙂 Thank you, Eric

Hi All, I have this starting on eBay for $99.99 but will gladly pull if for any member - $140 plus shipping and fees: A superb poster designed in 1938 by John Carlton Atherton to promote the New York World's Fair of 1939, held in Flushing Meadows, NY. This original lithograph displays almost surrealist elements such the burnt orange background and the floating blue earth. The work features Lady Liberty or possibly Mithrana (Mithrana was the mythical "goddess" of the Fair as seen on the Administration Building; the Statue of Liberty was the first logo design), She is holding the symbols of the 1939 World’s Fair, the Trylon and Perisphere, as well as Earth, in her lap against a rich background. The Trylon and Perisphere were designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Jacques-Andre Foulioux and were used to showcase the futuristic design that this Fair intended to express as current. The official colors of the fair were blue and orange and were clearly utilized in Atherton’s beautiful poster. This one of a series of highly sought after posters. John Carlton Atherton (1900 – 1952) was an American graphic designer, painter and illustrator. Having studied at College of the Pacific and California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Atherton, as a student, worked in a number of art studios where he acquired the knowledge to further his career as a professional artist. Atherton is best known for his work featured on many covers of the The Saturday Evening Post from 1942 until his death at 52. The American artist is also well known for his World War II posters, including his award-winning "Buy a Share in America" poster from 1941. This is an original vintage poster; it is not a reproduction. I guarantee the authenticity of all my posters, memorabilia, photographs, autographs and movie stills. The poster measures app. 7" x 10" and is in AS NEW Condition - Excellent with brilliant colors, no flaws or creases, no pinholes, sharp corners and untrimmed. The poster is © NYWF and printed by the Grinnell Lithograph Company NYC. Atherton's signature is under the date in white. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Thank you Jim. I like that quote. It makes me want to post one of my favorite stills signed by one of my favorite directors.

https://www.6sqft.com/queens-theatre-60th-anniversary-1964-new-york-worlds-fair/

“Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.” -Samuel Fuller, film director Eric, the first shot is wonderful simply because it certainly appears to be that of an amateur, someone impressed by that mysterious sculpture over eighty years ago. The second photo is so ethereal, so haunting. The contrasts of dark and light, the shadows, the almost invisible Trylon and the glowing Astronomer and Perisphere all combine for a stunning photographic capture of the power the Great Fair had over the imagination of millions of visitors so eagerly drawn to the promise of a glorious tomorrow. Thank you for posting these photos. They are wonderful. -Jim

Thank you for the careful thoughts and observations Wayne! I agree - I am hoping some sort of auto something or other was used to scan the daytime image. It is not my scan. I did make the night scan. I have a new not to super scanner and when it is hooked up I will have a go. It will be delivered today! It may be here now... What I am unable to really do is visualize the night photograph in color...

Eric, to me it's apples and oranges. Both have notable aspects. My critique: Daytime shot: very flat lighting, too bad the sun wasn't more distinct - but the extreme angle says it all about the overwhelming monumentality. Night shot: interpretation and reaction will be heavily influenced by the viewer's knowledge of the fair - the heavy shadowing gives an impression today of an A.I. generated image with "dark, moody" as a prompt. The shadow on the perisphere is especially surreal looking. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Bill. Before this, my other contender was this. As a night image it may hold its ground with the above 5x7? This has an ethereal quality lacking in the daytime image. Who prefers which?

Very nice

Hi All, I hope you like it 🙂 Better than anything I have or have had. From the clues visible, this is indeed 1939;

Hi Bill, I have now seen them from just "anywhere" USA, the 1934 World's Fair...mine is unsigned - they are usually signed. Without an engraving I can not be certain so - not on display.

Interesting. Were they sold with personalized engraving/etching? A neat find.

Hi Folks, Here is another example of this supposed Zeller art glass sphere from 1939/40 NY (?), I have one and bought it 25 years ago as a 1939 NYWF item and could never prove it. Years ago there was another like this, engraved, but I lost the images. Glass sphere Does anyone have any further information? Thank you, Eric

Thanks, Wayne!

Happy Easter!

How wonderful it could have been if the monorail had been true Fair transportation around the entire Fair. With designated stops, it could have taken visitors to every part of the grounds. Instead, it was relegated to the lamest part of the Fair and offered as a carnival ride. Accordingly, those ridiculous metro busses were used steering through crowds and puffing exhaust. Absolutely no imagination. How different Expo 67 was just two years later. The Expo Express whisked millions right into the fair and the two Mini Rails took visitors everywhere—high above the crowds.

I agree with you on that Jim. I have even wondered why that would be in the transportation area, and not the AMF Monorail. The monorail was one of the best demonstrations of future transportation at the fair.

I wonder has many of those guys made it to social security. And why would anybody go to a world’s fair and then head to a cheap county fair attraction. I don’t get it.