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Title: First piece of Unisphere being placed
Date Created and/or Issued: 1963-03
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: Caption, "In a downpour of rain and with a cold March wind blowing, the first steel for Unisphere is placed into position at the site of the coming New York World's Fair, in Flushing, L.I., New York. United States Steel American Bridge Division, builders of the Unisphere, hoist the first 'leg' of the tripod which will support the 120ft. globe"
Type: image
Format: 25.5 cm. x 20.7 cm.
Identifier: EXP964.51a
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/18715
Subject: New York World's Fair
Place: New York, New York
Source: Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs
Relation: World's Fair Collection

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