Volume 1, No. 1 through Volume 3, No. 3 - A Complete Set!

reproduced on CD-Rom

From June, 1962 through March,1964 the Communications and Public Relations Department of the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair Corporation published a newsletter to keep exhibitors and interested parties informed of the progress of the Fair.

Today these newsletters, numbering 21 issues in all, provide a wealth of information about how the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair came to be. There were 7 bulletins issued in 1962. A total of 11 bulletins were issued in 1963 and a final 3 were produced in 1964. They begin by reporting on the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Bell Telephone Pavilion in June, 1962 and finish with the report of the bustle of activities on the Fairgrounds one month prior to Opening Day. They report on new exhibits and exhibitors to the Fair (including many that never materialized), Walt Disney's involvement in the Fair, visits by important dignitaries including President Kennedy on the occasion of the groundbreaking for the US Pavilion and other red-letter events. They discuss licensing programs, advance ticket sales progress, labor union activities and so much more. They are loaded with photographs that document planning and construction progress. They contain a total of 92 pages of information about the building of the last great World's Fair in America.

These newsletters are extremely difficult to find on the collectibles market. This CD provides everyone with the opportunity to own reproductions of some vary rare, unique and important World's Fair historical documents.

Technical Specifications of Scanned Images

The page images were scanned at 100 DPI with screen-effect removal. When displayed full size they are more than large enough to read. The actual bulletins are 8.5 x 11 inches and they've been "cropped" about .1 inch in both dimensions to eliminate the edge lines. They are approximately 840 x 1090 pixels each and their print size is approximately 8.4 x 10.9 inches. Their color bit depth is 24, and the colors in the masthead are (as far as I can humanly determine) an exact match between print copy and the scanned image on my CRT. The only enhancement was to increase contrast in the text and photo areas 15 points in order to reduce the yellowing of the background and to wipe out some of the faded look of the half-tone photos. They are complete page scans that allow for a good deal of zoom-in.