Image / Communication Building, New York World's Fair 1939

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Title: Communication Building, New York World's Fair 1939
Publication Information: Grinnell Litho Co
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: Symbolizing the progress made in communication through the ages, the mural by Eugene Savage on the facade of the Communications Building combines with the twin 150-foot free standing pylons to provide a striking entrance to the exhibit area. The interior of this building dramatically portrays all phases of communication and also contains the "Focal Exhibit" designed by Donald Desky.
Type: image
Format: 14.0 cm. x 9.0 cm.
Identifier: EXP939e.22pc
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/16864
Subject: New York Worlds Fair
Place: New York, New York
Source: Donald L. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs
Relation: World's Fair Collection

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