The Aviation building

Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: New York World's Fair (1939-1940)Aerial views ( lcsh )
Exhibitions -- Pictorial works -- United States -- New York (State) ( lcsh )
Exhibitions -- United States -- New York (State) -- 1930-1940 ( lctgm )
Exhibition buildings -- United States -- New York (State) -- 1930-1940 ( lctgm )
Pavilions -- United States -- New York (State) -- 1930-1940 ( lctgm )
Airplanes -- 1930-1940 ( lctgm )
Airports -- Design and construction -- Pictorial works ( lcsh )
Genre:: conference publication ( marcgt )
festschrift ( marcgt )
postcard ( lcgft )

General Note:: Title from recto.
General Note:: 1 postcard, untraveled, with a color illustration of a model airplane terminal and hanger.
General Note:: "The Aviation Building. This exhibit has been designed to give visitors the impression of their arrival at a large and busy airport. In the central portion will be shown the latest type planes and even the plane of tomorrow. The dome-like rear portion holds an invisibly suspended transport plane with propellers moving as if in flight, with a cloud illusion projected against the curved background. Architects: William Lescaze and J. Gordon Carr."--verso.
General Note:: "64998"--verso.
General Note:: "New York World's Fair, Officially Licensed, NYWF Lic. 2974"--verso.
General Note:: English.
General Note:: Wolfsonian Library display: Streamlined: From Airplanes to Architecture, April 15, 2009-July 15, 2009, (XC1991.170.405), postcard of The Aviation Building.

Source Institution:: The Wolfsonian-Florida International University
Holding Location:: The Wolfsonian FIU Library Collection ( NEW YORK 1939-1940 )
Rights Management:: All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:: XC1991.170.405 ( accession number )
17063409 ( dti )