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U.S. Rubber - New York World’s Fair 1964-65

Visitors may ride four to a gondola on an 80-foot Ferris Wheel disguised as a giant tire. The tire, which is floodlighted at night. Stands in a landscaped area; at the entrance to the ride are interesting displays of the company’s products. This ride offers a spectacular view of the fairgrounds.

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Unisphere - New York World’s Fair 1964-65

The Unisphere is the theme symbol of the Fair, its top is 140 feet above the ground level and the globe is 120 feet in diameter with an open grid of latitudes and longitudes supporting the land masses. The reflecting pool beneath is 310 feet in diameter, it dramatizes the interrelation of the peoples of the world and their yearning for “Peace through Understanding.”

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Festival of Gas - 1964-65 New York World’s Fair

“First at the Fair” - the gas industry’s exhibit helped set the festive mood of the Fair with its Carousel, Fun House, Puppet Show, and the Festival restaurant, which uses gas for cooking, cooling and to generate electric power.

Mailed from Long Island, NY to Mr. & Mrs. Arle Boltz or Dighton, Kansas on November 2, 1964:

Greetings from N.Y. -
We enjoyed the fair. Now we are making a Hallowe’en costume (clown) for our 2. year old.
Everyone is busy here - even us - we baby sit and run errands.
In about a week we’ll be on our way home. Love, H.B. & Nellie

cardboardamerica:

The Crown Restaurant at the Sheraton Motor Inn - New York, New York

New York’s most elegant restaurant features “Concerto Dining: presenting distinguished harpists Where each meal is an epicurean delight at the
SHERATON MOTOR INN
42nd Street at 12th Avenue - N.Y.C.
“Overlooking the Hudson River”
OX 5-6500

Mom in silhouette by epicharmus on Flickr.

June 16, 1962

Mom in reflection by epicharmus on Flickr.

December 1960