1939 NY World's Fair Masthead
Florida

Amusement Zone

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Located on the West Shore of Fountain Lake, Florida"s 110,000-square-foot area, the largest dedicated to any one of the states, was the re-creation of a tropical paradise.

Forty-five exhibits lined the walls of the building showing Florida"s points of interest, advances in art, science, and industry, and her natural recreational resources.

Florida in the Amusement Zone at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Florida - Photo D110 - from the private
collection of Dr. William R. Hanson

Florida in the Amusement Zone at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Florida - Photo D110 - from the private
collection of Dr. William R. Hanson

Florida panorama

Florida in the Amusement Zone at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Florida - photo 078

Florida in the Amusement Zone at the 1939 New York World's Fair
Florida in the Amusement Zone

Ponce de Leon in the Florida Pavilion - 1939 NY World's Fair
Florida at night
Courtesy World's Fair Historical Society - wf-416

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