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1939 New York World's Fair
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https://gptkb.org/entity/1939_New_York_World's_Fair
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:attendance
over 44 million
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate
1940-10-27
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1939 New York World's Fair
gptkbp:location
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Westinghouse_Time_Capsule_buried
gptkb:Con_Edison_City_of_Light
gptkb:Democracity_model_city
gptkb:Futurama_exhibit_by_General_Motors
gptkb:Railroads_on_Parade_pageant
gptkb:The_American_Jubilee_historical_pageant
gptkb:The_Lagoon_of_Nations_water_show
gptkb:The_World_of_Tomorrow_theme
Billy Rose's Aquacade popular show
First appearance of View-Master
First major use of color photography
First public demonstration of television
IBM Selectric Typewriter introduced
Introduction of nylon
Smell-O-Vision demonstrated
First use of air conditioning in large public spaces
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:Futurama
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Medicine
gptkb:View-Master
gptkb:Ford_Pavilion
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gptkb:Railroads_on_Parade
gptkb:Trylon_and_Perisphere
gptkb:Westinghouse_Time_Capsule
gptkb:AT&T_Pavilion
gptkb:Billy_Rose's_Aquacade
gptkb:Con_Edison_City_of_Light
gptkb:Democracity
gptkb:Elektro_the_Moto-Man
gptkb:IBM_Electric_Typewriter
gptkb:Smell-O-Vision
gptkb:The_American_Jubilee
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Art
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Communications
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Education
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Fashion
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Industrial_Science
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Music
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Nations
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Power
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Religion
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Science
gptkb:The_Hall_of_Sports
gptkb:The_Hall_of_States
gptkb:The_Helicline
gptkb:The_Lagoon_of_Nations
gptkb:The_World_of_Tomorrow
Air Conditioning
Color Photography
Nylon Stockings
Television Demonstrations
gptkbp:opened
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:1937_Paris_Exposition
gptkbp:startDate
1939-04-30
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:1964_New_York_World's_Fair
gptkbp:theme
gptkb:Building_the_World_of_Tomorrow
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
gptkb:The_White_Mana_Diner
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