1939 World's Fair, New York

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1939_World's_Fair,_New_York

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 44 million
gptkbp:area	1,216 acres
gptkbp:category	gptkb:World's_Fair History of Queens, New York 20th-century world's fairs 1939 in New York City 1939 in science 1939 in technology 1939 in the United States Events in New York City
gptkbp:city	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:closed	October 27, 1940
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Expo_1958_(Brussels)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1939 World's Fair, New York
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:television gptkb:nylon color photography fluorescent lighting air conditioning automatic dishwasher smoking robot (Elektro)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Westinghouse_Time_Capsule_buried First appearance of View-Master First public demonstration of television Opening by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Albert Einstein speech First appearance of Smurfs (Belgian Pavilion) Nylon stockings first shown Pepsi-Cola Pavilion introduced
gptkbp:notablePavilion	gptkb:Belgian_Village gptkb:IBM_Pavilion gptkb:Ford_Pavilion gptkb:Railroads_on_Parade gptkb:Trylon_and_Perisphere gptkb:USSR_Pavilion gptkb:Westinghouse_Time_Capsule gptkb:General_Motors_Futurama Nylon debut
gptkbp:officialName	New York World's Fair 1939–1940
gptkbp:opened	April 30, 1939
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:New_York_World's_Fair_Corporation
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:1937_Paris_Exposition
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Grover_Whalen
gptkbp:state	gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:1964_New_York_World's_Fair
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:The_World_of_Tomorrow
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Five_Variants_of_Dives_and_Lazarus
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7