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New York World's Fair Collection

Collector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
Names: New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0134

P.T. Barnum Collection

Creator: Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
Names: Barnum and Bailey.; Bailey, James A.

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0068

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Fireworks

Creator: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Fireworks

Looking, Moving, Heavenward, World's Columbian Expoisiton Ferris Wheel black-and-white photoprint; stereograph

Publisher: B.W. Kilburn Company
Collector: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
Donor: Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
Names: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Collection Collector: Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

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