Off to the World’s Fair to see the sights and eat enough cotton candy to wreck anyone’s dinner. Imagery from “Pageant of the States,” the foreword having been written by the President of the New York World’s Fair of 1939.

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Front cover of The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_title-page-verso-to-pageant-of-the-states-by-dr-ernest-sutherland-bates-14244006
Title page of The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_title-page-to-pageant-of-the-states-by-dr-ernest-sutherland-bates-and-dr-14244005
Texas. Mural painting by Carlo Ciampaglia. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://dn710203.ca.archive.org/0/items/dr_text-page-to-texas-14244064/14244064.jpg
Washington State. “Paul Bunyan,” designed by Edmond Amateis. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_text-page-to-washington-14244092
North Dakota. “The Bounties of Nature.” Mural painting by Carlo Ciampaglia. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_text-page-to-north-dakota-14244086
California. Horticultural Exhibit, designed by William A. Delano. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_text-page-to-california-14244070
Alabama. “Man Employing Mind.” Sculpture by George H. Snowden for the Consumers Building. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://archive.org/details/dr_text-page-to-alabama-14244052

“American Womanhood.” Sculpture by Gaetano Cecere at entrance to Home Furnishings Building. New York World’s Fair, 1939. Taken from The Pageant of the States which was officially approved by the New York World’s Fair 1939. Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates and Dr. Herman S. Schiff, authors. Printed in 1938 in New York by Random House. Image credit David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://dn721903.ca.archive.org/0/items/dr_text-page-to-idaho-14244094/14244094.jpg

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