American World’s Fairs of the 1930’s bring to mind the great expositions of Chicago in 1933 / 1934, New York and San Francisco in 1939 / 1940. But there were other fairs that are often ignored today, such as the San Diego Fair of 1935 / 1936 and the fairs held in Cleveland and Dallas […]
Chris and I love to collect vintage magazines. The cover art can add a wonderful, period, decorative, Deco touch to a room. The advertisements are fun and informative, but it is the articles that are the real golden nuggets. I know it seems like everything is available on the World Wide Web, but that is not the case. Sometimes […]
On April 30, 1939 the New York World’s Fair opened on a 1,216 acre site of reclaimed dump that was described by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby as “the valley of ashes”. It was a monumental undertaking that was completed in less than five years. The fair was dominated by […]
Civic Deco Fair Park – Dallas, Texas The Hotel Edison – Art Deco refuge in Times Square Christmas at Radio City Happy Birthday Radio City Music Hall UNION TERMINAL – A Cincinnati Art Deco Masterpiece Chrysler Building Opened 85 Years Ago Today Downtown Manhattan Art Deco The Central Park Casino, Joseph Urban’s long, lost New […]
