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Title
Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]
Additional title: Federal Office Building.
Additional title: [George Washington statue.]
Additional title: Sculptural sundial of time and the fates of man.
Names
Sperr, Percy Loomis, 1890-1964 (Photographer)
Collection

Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library

Queens

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939
Library locations
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Shelf locator: AZ 12-2335
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
Sundials
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Statues
Government facilities
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
Time and the fates of man (Sculpture)
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Citation/reference: 1125-D2
Citation/reference: 1125-D3
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19806373
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 08af3010-c558-012f-a04b-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Creator Born
  • 1939: Created
  • 1964: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-70de-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-70de-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1939). Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-70de-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]