1939 NY World's Fair Masthead
Eastman Kodak

Production & Distribution

Architect: Eugene Gerbereux
Designers: Walter Dorwin Teague and Stowe Myers
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Kodachrome View-master reels of the 1939 New York Wrold's Fair
View the Kodachrome photos of the Fair on the six View-Master reels.

Emphasis was on how chemical advancements had made photography possible and its effects on everyday life in amateur, professional, commercial, and industrial photography. A section was devoted to Tennessee Eastman and the manufacture of cellulose acetate products.


Read David Cope's Perisphere Ponderings on Kodak Link button

Trylon Tidbits

The most popular color photograph in the exhibition’s lobby showed a young boy in a bath tub gnawing contentedly on a huge cake of soap.

The only colored picture of a golfer was Craig Wood, the runner up at the National Open.


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Eastman Kodak - Courtesy World's Fair
Historical Society - wf-117r

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Eastman Kodak -photo MO123 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.

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Eastman Kodak - photo 127 by Arie van Dort>

Eastman Kodak Photo Opportunity. Art by Salvatore Dali.
Eastman Kodak at night -
Courtesy World's Fair Historical Society - wf-119r

Eastman Kodak Photo Opportunity. Art by Salvatore Dali.
Eastman Kodak Photo Opportunity.
photo MO30 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.

Eastman Kodak Photo Opportunity. Art by Salvatore Dali.
Eastman Kodak Photo Opportunity.
Art by Salvador Dali. Photo 128 by Arie van Dort

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