In July 1937, the Great Depression had eased to the point where the U.S. unemployment rate had dropped below 11%, but the tight monetary policy by the Roosevelt administration is said to have tipped ...

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) Brief descriptions and ill. of displays at the General Motors exhibit at the New York World's Fair ...

On the Public Domain Review, you can watch nostalgic, amateur footage of The New York World's Fair (1939-40). The hour-long compilation of footage shows everything from performers backstage to crowds ...

A forgotten victim of the Second World War is the Belgian Friendship Building, the small European nation’s contribution to the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Unable to repatriate it after the fair’s ...

1 film reel : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ; 2 min., 27 sec. Workers are seen on scaffolding brushing off the excess mortar around the mosaics designed by Meière for the 1939 World's Fair. Signage reads: ...