New Yorkers in 1939 witnessing "the world of tomorrow."
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Following the NYC Department of Records' release of thousands of unseen photographs from the mid 1880s and 1900s, video by archivist Cyrus Pinkham surfaces of the 1939 Worlds Fair. The fair invited New Yorkers to see "the world of tomorrow," which included the architecture of Theme Center and General Motors.
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