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Three sections made up the GE pavilion. In Steinetz Hall, there was a ten-million-volt display of electricity over a 30-foot arc. In the House of Magic, there were whirling discs, a floating metal carpet, a solar motor, and a shadow that came and went independent of the person who was casting it.

The Exhibit Hall contained a complete television studio, a model electric appliance store with the full line of GE products and the General Electric X-Ray Corporation's display of an X-Ray machine and a 2,700-year-old mummy.

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General Electric - Courtesy World's Fair
Historical Society - wf-28r

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General Electric - Photo 086
Courtesy World's Fair Historical Society - wf-34r

General Electric at night
General Electric at night
Photo courtesy of David Halperin

General Electric Irons
Electric Irons
Photo courtesy Hall of History Foundation
Schenectaty, New York

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General Electric - Photo 086

General Electric Kodachrome photo
General Electric - Courtesy World's Fair
Historical Society - wf-30r

General Electric at night
General Electric at night - photo 091

GE- end of the Fairy Tale
Read the 24-page cartoon Fairy Tale about Cinderella.
General Electric 1940
1940-GE Brochure


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