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Come to
the Fair! Stop by the Information Booth to see the 1964/1965
New York World's Fair at a glance.
Buy your tickets.
Pick up your Official Guidebook. Get your bearings and start
your visit to the Fair!
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Admission Tickets
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Schedules
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The Fair Seasons
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- April 22 - October 18,
1964
- April 21 - October 17,
1965
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Site
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Location
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The fairgrounds occupied
Flushing Meadow Park -- 646 acres in the New York City borough
of Queens on Long Island in Flushing, N.Y. (map it at Yahoo!) The site was originally constructed to host the
World's Fair in 1939/1940.
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Layout of the Fair
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The site was divided into
five areas: Industrial Area (orange), International Area (pink), State & Federal Area (yellow),
Transportation Area (red) and Amusement Area (blue). Exhibitors were, for the most part, classed
by area and exhibited within that area (ie: DuPont in the Industrial
Area, Avis in the Transportation Area, India in the International
Area etc.)
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Theme
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Official
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"Peace through Understanding" |
Unofficial
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"Man's Achievements on
a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe" |
Unofficial
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"Olympics of Progress" |
Symbol
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"Unisphere"
A 12-story high,
stainless steel model of the earth with three "orbital rings"
representing satellite tracks encircling it. Presented to the
Fair as a permanent gift by United States Steel.
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Status
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An
"unofficial" World's Fair not sanctioned by the Bureau of International
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Logos
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Unofficial Mascots
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Peter and Wendy
- The World's Fair Twins!
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Attendance
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Anticipated Total
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70,000,000 |
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1964 Season
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27,148,280 |
1965 Season
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24,518,020 |
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Actual Total
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51,666,300 |
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Crowds throng the grounds
on Closing Day October 17, 1965
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- Photos Source: "The
Mighty Fair" program catalogue of the 1985 New York World's
Fair Retrospecive FLUSHING GALLERY
- Photos Source: "Interim
Report" New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation
- Tckets Source: Presented
courtesy Ken Thalheimer Collection
- Maps Source: Presented
courtesy Bradd Schiffman Collection
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Peace through
Understanding
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With Peace Through Understanding
as its theme, the New York World's Fair will open its doors on
April 22, 1964. Here the arts and ideas, products and progress
of the nations and peoples of the world will be gathered in a
memorable assembly of friendship, humanity and hope.
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Artist W.
D. Shaw's interpretation of the Fair showing some of the pavilions
in the central exhibition area.
SOURCE: Pre-Fair
publicity pamphlet
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Come
to the Fair and see the world!
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Under
the symbol of the Unisphere, exhibits from all parts of the world
will be gathered for your delight! You'll visit gleaming pavilions
. . . wander through exotic temples and serene gardens . . .
tour towering fantasies of glass and steel. You'll stroll picturesque
promenades . . . view colorful fountains . . . sample foods from
every corner of the globe. You'll wonder at predictions of things
to come . . . gaze at re-creations of things past. You'll see
water shows . . . theater productions . . . circuses . . . sports
events . . . fireworks . . . symphonies and brass bands. In this
Olympics of Progress you will truly see the best from all the
world.
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