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Postcard 1964 Chrome NY World's Fair Unisphere Vatican GM Futurama Dexter
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Postcard 1964 Chrome NY World's Fair Unisphere Vatican GM Futurama Dexter

Flushing Meadows, New York, USA1964ChromeGood

Five iconic images of the New York World's Fair 1964–1965 float within circles on a painter's palette awash in vivid oils — a witty artistic conceit that frames the Unisphere, the General Motors Futurama Building, the Vatican Pavilion, the Port of New York Authority exhibit, and the glittering New York State Pavilion in one dazzling souvenir. The theme "Peace Through Understanding" suffused an event that drew 51 million visitors over two seasons to Flushing Meadows, Queens, at a pivotal Cold War moment when the world yearned for exactly that sentiment. This is the official World's Fair postcard, produced by Dexter Press of West Nyack, N.Y., bearing the Unisphere® trademark of United States Steel — a card that millions of fairgoers like a young man named Gary or a family on their first trip to New York would have mailed home or tucked into a scrapbook. The "Peace through Understanding" ethos, the Unisphere's gleaming steel arcs, and the GM Futurama's vision of automated highways make this one of the most collectible American exposition cards of the 20th century.

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PC-04881 · Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y.
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