Billed as "The Official
Souvenir Flash Card Set" of the Fair, ED-U-Cards' heavy-stock
cards are a popular collectible and often mistaken for post cards.
With text in English, French and Spanish, the cards are chock-full
of facts and figures on the pavilions and exhibits they feature.
ED-U-Cards were produced in the 50s and 60s with children's topics
and themes. The ED-U-Card Manufacturing Corporation is often remembered
as the producer of arithmetic flash cards to aid in the memorization
of multiplication tables and other math functions. (Ahh! So that's
the reason why so many of the descriptions of the exhibits contain
references to height, length and square footage?) By licensing
these designs to ED-U-Cards for use on this merchandise, the Fair
Corporation was able to recoup some of the investment that went
into producing renderings and models for publicity purposes. The
cards are presented for you at nywf64.com courtesy of the collections of Al Soltesz and Steve
Perley.
Study them carefully --
there'll be a quiz at the end!
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 7-Up International
- Sandwich
- Gardens
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- This
oasis at the heart of the Fair is identified from afar by its
graceful 107-foot clock tower. As visitors approach, the truly
international nature of these unique gardens is revealed. Soil
transported from the 57 foreign lands where 7-Up is bottled,
supports shrubs, flowers and trees landscaping the pavilion.
Sandwiches created by the Brass Rail from a world-wide collection
of authentic recipes are served.
Sitting
in the shade of the airy shells, guests are charmed as one after
another of the four sparkling fountains are transformed into
stages-in-the-round featuring international performers! These
performers are engaged by John Krimsky, manager-producer of the
Strollers Theater-Club, New York.
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- American-
- Israel
- Pavilion
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- The
American-Israel Pavilion, rising like a spiral to a height of
45 feet, with a facade of African redwood mahogany, an entrance
with stones and boulders from Jerusalem and King Solomon's Mines
and a wall with the symbols of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, embodies
the culture and history of the land in its natural surroundings.
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exhibits will depict the history and culture of the Jewish people
in relation to the Holy Land, the era of the Old Testament and
the Old Testament itself. The main exhibit will take you through
4,000 years of history. You will get the feeling of "being
there", starting with a walk through the streets of Biblical
City and seeing the rich and varied past of the Holy Land.
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- The
- World's
Fair
- Monorail
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- The
AMF Monorail ride at the New York World's Fair provides Fair-goers
with an exciting new experience in modern transportation. While
riding in silent, air-conditioned comfort three stories above
the ground, passengers are able to see many of the colorful exhibits
during the eight minute trip. Seven two-car trains continually
and automatically pick up and discharge some 50,000 passengers
each day at the spectacular eighty-foot high station.
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- The
- Astral
- Fountain
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- The
overall beauty of the New York 1964-1965 World's fair is enhanced
with the cascading beauty of several fountains placed at strategic
points on the 646 acres of the Fair. The Astral Fountain spouts
a 70-foot column of water enclosed in an open-work cylinder,
studded with stars and rotating within a framework of jetted
water spouts.
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- The Bell
- System
- Exhibit
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- The
Bell System exhibit is located on a 2 1/2 acre site on the Pool
of Industry opposite the Unisphere. Its gleaming white upper
section -- a 400-foot-long floating wing that stands 24 feet
above the ground -- houses an exciting ride, which tells the
story of human communications. Moving chairs -- equipped with
loudspeakers -- take fair-goers through a series of theaters
that combine three-dimensional settings, motion pictures and
still projections. During the 12-minute trip, the passengers
see communications expand from primitive drum signaling to the
operation of global and space networks.
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- Animated
displays, demonstrations and visitor-participation exhibits in
the lower section of the Pavilion explain the evolution of communications
systems, and the science and technology on which they depend.
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- The Christian
- Science
- Pavilion
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- The
Christian Science Pavilion offers a colorful presentation of
the teachings of this denomination. The exhibits make use of
photographs, films, and contemporary stained glass and design
elements to highlight the discussion of the meaning of God in
the modern world, the possibilities of man, and the practicality
of healing by spiritual means.
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by Edward Durrell Stone, the main exhibit building and adjacent
Reading Room occupy a 40,000 square foot site in the International
Section of the Fairgrounds. The translucent skydome atop the
building is illuminated at night. Adjoining the building is a
French park with grouping of individual chairs in shaded areas.
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- The
- Coca-Cola
- Exhibit
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- In
the dramatic elliptical pavilion of the Coca-Cola Company, the
visitor enjoys a free Global Holiday as he steps into re-creations
of exotic foreign locales. By utilizing the senses of touch,
hearing, smell and sight, the designers have added anew dimension
to realism. The visitor has the sensation he is actually there
. . . he feels the humidity of the jungle, the dry heat and desert
sand beneath his feet, and other fascinating impressions at such
renowned spots as Cambodia's temple of Angkor Wat and Rio's Copacabana
Beach.
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unique "experience areas" encircle a 120-foot Tower
of Music which features music from the worlds' largest and finest
electronic carillon. Programs range from full symphony to rock-and-roll
and music of countries round the world.
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