New York World's Fair (1939)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_York_World's_Fair_(1939)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 44 million
gptkbp:borough gptkb:Queens
gptkbp:city gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1940-10-27
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New York World's Fair (1939)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Flushing_Meadows–Corona_Park
gptkbp:notableEvent First public demonstration of television
Debut of nylon
Debut of color photography
First appearance of the Batman comic character
Introduction of the View-Master
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:IBM_Pavilion
gptkb:Futurama
gptkb:Trylon_and_Perisphere
gptkb:Westinghouse_Time_Capsule
gptkb:Elektro_the_Moto-Man
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gptkb:French_Pavilion
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gptkb:Chrysler_Pavilion
gptkb:DuPont_Pavilion
gptkb:IBM_Pavilion
gptkb:Vatican_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Brake_Shoe_Pavilion
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gptkb:American_Chain_and_Cable_Pavilion
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gptkb:American_Thread_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Tobacco_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Viscose_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Window_Glass_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Woolen_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Writing_Paper_Pavilion
gptkb:American_Zinc_Pavilion
gptkb:Borden_Pavilion
gptkb:Con_Edison_Pavilion
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gptkb:Belgian_Pavilion
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gptkb:Polish_Pavilion
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Pavilion
gptkb:Ford_Pavilion
gptkb:General_Motors_Pavilion
gptkb:Italian_Pavilion
gptkb:Railroads_on_Parade
gptkb:Soviet_Pavilion
gptkb:AT&T_Pavilion
gptkb:Pepsi_Pavilion
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:New_York_World's_Fair_Corporation
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Century_of_Progress_(1933)
gptkbp:president gptkb:Grover_Whalen
gptkbp:startDate 1939-04-30
gptkbp:successor gptkb:New_York_World's_Fair_(1964)
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Building_the_World_of_Tomorrow
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Empire_Exhibition,_Scotland_1938
gptkb:Great_Lakes_Exposition
gptkb:Expo_1937_Paris
gptkb:Golden_Gate_International_Exposition_(1939)
gptkb:Paris_World’s_Fair_1937
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7