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Tag Archives: 1939 New York World’s Fair
1939: atomic age stirrings
In 1939 the United States was on the threshold of a new era, but to the experts the future looked like a fourteen ton typewriter…In the United States at the time of the New York World’s Fair, with its theme … Continue reading
1939: insolent chariots
At the time of the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, it can be said that a god many conditions that prevailed seem rather odd today. A silver-fox coat at Bonwit Teller for $165, a summer suit at Gimbel’s for … Continue reading
the future looked bright
…How did the world of tomorrow, as the New York World’s Fair of 1939 was dubbed, actually look to those who were trying to envisage a future world. The predictions were limited by the Great Depression and the shadow of … Continue reading
future shocks
How did the world of tomorrow as the 1939 World’s Fair in New York branded itself, look to those who were trying to envisage it? Do be honest, their best previsions of 1939 were weakened by a depression just behind, … Continue reading
1939: gone with the wind
An anatomy of change to be sure. What was America like in 1939? It was on the threshold of a new era, but the experts of the future were scarred by the Great Depression and blind to the impending World … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged 1939 New York World's Fair, America in 1939, Clark Gable, Clark Gable Gone With The Wind, Dorothy Lamour, Dorothy Lamour Her Jungle Love, Gone With the Wind movie, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Richard Dyer critic
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1939: fourteen ton typewriter
1939.The Year of the New York World’s fair and its theme of “the world of tomorrow.” The vision was aught between the end of the Depression and WWII; the Unired States was on the threshold of a new era, but … Continue reading
1939: ole times sake
America in 1939, stuck between the rear-view mirror of the Great Depression and the impending war. Idyllic times? The good ole’ days? The New York World’s Fair of 1939 had as its theme “the world of tomorrow,” one based on … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged 1939 America, 1939 New York World's Fair, Edward D. Stone, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, H.M. Lynd, International Style Building architecture, James reston, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Murray Kempton, Philip L. Goodwin
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1939: no mood for modern
…In America not very long ago, a good many conditions prevailed that seem rather odd today. Income tax exemptions and rates were such that the lawyer or doctor of average income, if married and with two children, had an annual … Continue reading
crystal ball
…How did the world of tomorrow look to those who were trying to envisage it in 1939 at the New York World’s Fair? The reality of change quickly outstripped the vision as it was embodied but… …The most graphic representation … Continue reading
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