The Cunard Lines' poster for the New York World's Fair, 1939. Artist unknown.

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Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

World's Fair 1940. New York. Your World's Fair, From May 11, 1940

For #WorldPenguinDay check out this delightful Art Deco penguin cocktail shaker/jug!

Emile Arthur Schuelke (1901–86) for the Napier Company Cocktail shaker or jug special edition for the 1939 New York World's Fair (originally designed 1936) silver plate, 31.6 x 13.2 x 11.5cm Royal Collection Trust

"A silver plated cocktail shaker or jug in the shape of a penguin, with hinged beak as pourer, wings to side, S-shape handle and claw base. The base is stamped with the Napier patent mark D-101559.

Designed by Emile Arthur Schuelke (1901–86), an art deco penguin cocktail shaker was first produced for the Napier Company in September 1936. This special edition for the New York World’s Fair, complete with octagonal blue emblem on the penguin’s head, may have been produced to complement an exhibit called Admiral Byrd’s Penguin Island. Taking its name from the American explorer Rear Admiral Richard Byrd Jr (1888–1957), who had made several expeditions to Antarctica, Penguin Island featured fifty live penguins, the largest number ever shown. Alongside them was Admiral Byrd’s personal team of five Huskies, born and reared at Little America, Antarctica; and Advance Base, the hut in which Byrd had stayed during his most recent expedition to Antarctica in 1934–5.

Provenance: From the New York World's Fair, 1939. Probably acquired by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to the Fair on 10 June 1939, as part of their tour of US and Canada. Later recorded in the collection of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at Clarence House."

Artifact Road Trip - Washington

This print by Richard Correll depicts "Paul Bunyan Making Puget Sound" in Washington State. It was created for the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. It was displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1940.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip print on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/7855

Follow along each week as we feature a different artifact in our Museum Collection from each of the United States.

1939 World's Fair by night.

(source: LIFE archives)

Gala and Dalí in the ticket booth of the pavilion “Dream of Venus” by Dalí for the New York World Fair (1939)

Facade of the pavilion “Dream of Venus” conceived by Salvador Dalí for the New York World Fair (1939). Ph. Julien Levy (AIC)

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The pavilion featured a spectacular facade full of protuberances, vaguely reminiscent of the Pedrera building by Antoni Gaudí. The main door was flanked by two pillars representing two female legs wearing stockings and high-heeled shoes. Through the openings of  the irregular façade, visitors could see reproductions of the Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci and The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Between the painter's initial ideas and the [...]

Heinz Exhibit catalog - 1939 New York World’s Fair.

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Inside the Food Building. New York World's Fair. 1939. Fair guide in French.

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Lagoon of Nations, New York World's Fair, 1939.

 Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux, architects

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Gregory Peck spent his first summer in New York as a barker at the World's Fair. Later, he got a job as a guide at Radio City. His father and stepmother visited him and got a special guided tour.

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1939 World’s Fair on San Francisco Bay - Golden Gate International Exposition // Design by Shawl, Nyeland and Seavey

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*dusts blog off* so it's been a hot minute... here take some old-ish drawings of my oc stevie at the start of his part of the story featuring one of my guilty pleasures, decorated denim jackets

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Photos of Salvador Dali's Dream of Venus installation in the amusement area of the 1939 New York World's Fair, in the July 3, 1939 LIFE.

(source: LIFE archives)