Item: 1939-1940 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR NEW YORK, NY H&K 494
Description and image by: lilklumpp
New York world’s fair
1939-1940
New York, NY
Purpose: To commemorate 150th anniversary of Inauguration of George Washington as our First President by “presenting a…comprehensive picture of the epochal achievements of a century and a half of modern civilization…” and to “show the way toward improvement of all factors contributing to human welfare.”
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Obverse. In upper half are mountains with auto parked in observation area at base; above Great Smoky Mts. Natl. Park; in lower half For Information Write / Governor’s / Hospitality Committee / Raleigh, N. C. / North Carolina; at r. border is Indian head in profile.
Reverse. In upper half is replica of first airplane; above First Flight / Orville and Wilbur Wright; below plane Kitty Hawk 1903; in lower half is female bust facing r. with island in background; above Roanoke Island; to l. of bust Birthplace / of, to r. of bust Virginia / Dare; to l. border, microscopic W. & H. Co. Aluminum. 38mm