A couple walk arm in arm toward a columned pavilion as other visitors pass, New York World's Fair, 1939.
1939 · New York World's Fair, New York, United States
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Fairgoers in period hats and coats reach the flagpole outside a columned pavilion, 1939 New York World's Fair — New York World's Fair, New York, 1939
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Fairgoers in late-1930s hats and coats near a flagpole outside a columned pavilion, Flushing Meadows, 1939.
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New York World'S Fair New York-1939: Fairgoers in Summer Hats Stroll Past a Columned Pavilion with a Flag
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1939 New York.
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Period detail
Straw boaters, brimmed women's hats, a print dress worn with white gloves, a long tan coat and the neoclassical exposition architecture all fit the late 1930s.
Film character
Handheld colour 8mm with fine grain, dust specks, soft focus and a warm magenta-leaning cast gives the shot an authentic small-gauge texture of the period.
Historical context
The shot comes from a reel section dated to the 1939 season, when the Soviet pavilion still stood before its removal ahead of the 1940 season, and it shows the dress of middle-class visitors that summer.
Research note
Copyright in the film and the likeness of the people shown are separate questions; visitors are unnamed and mostly seen from behind, and the pavilion architecture is not individually identified here.
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