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MEDALLION CITY

 

a glimpse of the all-electric promise of Today

Whatever your particular interest, you'll find Medallion City an exciting, challenging place to visit and visit again.

Pavilion layout - Medallion City

Pass through the arch to the ground floor . . . and you see a city spread before you -- Medallion City! Here is impressive evidence of the way in which General Electric and the electrical industry intersect the lives of all of us . . . today.

Intriguing homes, stores, a town hall, civic and industrial buildings, and even a newsreel theater invite your inspection. The magic of Progressland bewitches you -- behind the exciting stylized facades are all the electrical products now changing the world we live in.

Look around at your leisure. Here is what electric living could be for all of us -- in our homes, in offices or factories, in our cities -- today. If you are interested in home care and comfort products, look in the homes or the stores. If you want to inspect business and industrial equipment there's the steel mill and the electric utility. If you want to know more about the opportunities for civic improvement, visit the town hall or school or hospital, if you're concerned about the nation's space effort, drop by the space exhibit.

Artist's rendering of entrance to Medallion City
Artist's rendering of Medallion City

(Top) Factory "front" under construction in Medallion City. (Bottom) Workmen prepare the Steel Mill diorama for Medallion City.

Source: General Electric publicity photographs presented courtesy Mike Kraus Collection.

Factory Front in Medallion City

Workmen prepare Steel Mill diorama in Medallion City

Source: Progressland Commemorative Brochure © The Walt Disney Company

 THIS IS PROGRESSLAND -- at the New York World's Fair. An attractive, popular exhibit. But more than that, a shining tribute to electrical living and the many contributions of the electrical industry. Equally, it is the story of a company that believes 'progress is our most important product' -- General Electric. Map highliting Progressland's location

 

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