garyW
mid-century modern
Registered: 04/19/02
Posts: 7060
"THE WORLD OF TOMORROW MUST BE BUILT WITH THE TOOLS OF TODAY."<br><br>This is the gospel we feel you will be compelled to preach as you return thoughtfully from the Fair to your various destinations, filled, yes, and perhaps even overcome by the simple grandeur of what you have seen, every bit of which tells you that a glorious future is at hand, that a new day, one in which mankind at last realizes the tremendous necessity for close cooperation, is dawning, and that science and industry will both serve you and in return demand your service, both simple and complex.<br><br>Views of The New York World'S Fair, 1939 <br><br>
greenme1
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/21/02
Posts: 6298
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
It was pretty good, i just kept forgetting it was on. <br><br>[color:blue]Who's more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him? -- Obi Wan Kenobi </font color=blue><br>
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 4452
Loc: New Hampshire
I just love seeing the Popular science back page, where they show stuff that was hi tech 50, 75, 100 years ago, by showing previous PS cover pages<br><br><br><br>[color:blue]Quitters never win, winners<br> never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.</font color=blue>
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 4452
Loc: New Hampshire
so do I!<br><br>I'm missing the amazing race, cause I keep forgeting it's on too!<br><br>[color:blue]Quitters never win, winners<br> never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.</font color=blue>
garyW
mid-century modern
Registered: 04/19/02
Posts: 7060
THEME OF FAIR IS SCIENCE<br><br>An epic theme! ... Science discovers, genius invents, industry applies, and man adapts himself to, or is molded by, new things ... Individuals, groups, entire races of men fall into step with the slow or swift movement of the march of science and industry ... "The Fair," wrote an observer, "considered as an electrical exposition only, would be well worth the attention of the world ... It is barely within the compass of any man's mind to conceive of what the future has in store for us."<br><br>Official Guide To A Century of Progress Exposition, 1933 <br><br>
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 4452
Loc: New Hampshire
gee, I haven't looked in awhile.<br><br>thanks for the update!<br><br>[color:blue]Quitters never win, winners<br> never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.</font color=blue>
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iRock
Livin' on the road my friend
Registered: 05/19/01
Posts: 10169
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
Here it's only 9:15 pm. Think I will make it by the end of July?<br><br>A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.<br>-LL Levinson
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 4452
Loc: New Hampshire
is there a good web site on the previous world's fair. I saw some stuff here and there and really love that part of history<br><br>[color:blue]Quitters never win, winners<br> never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.</font color=blue>