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Title: Hall of Communications, New York World's Fair
Publication Information: Curt Teich & Co
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: Seventy-foot entrance facade of the Hall of Communications, which houses exhibits relating to means of communication. The mural by Eugene Savage is dedicated to means of communication. The structure contains a restaurant seating 500 and the communications "Focal Exhibit." Standing sentinel before it are two 160-foot pylons slotted with shafts of light. The statue "Speed," shown in the foreground, is the work of Joseph Renier.
Type: image
Format: 14.0 cm. x 8.9 cm.
Identifier: EXP939e.140pc
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/16998
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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