The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair, which covered the 1,216 acres (492 ha) of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, was the second most expensive American world’s fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis’s Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.
Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of “Dawn of a New Day”, and it allowed all visitors to take a look at “the world of tomorrow”.
Within six months of the Fair’s opening, World War II began, a war that lasted six years and resulted in the deaths of tens million people.
Take a look at these found snaps to see activities of the the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
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