1939 New York World's Fair (English Wikipedia)

Kuznick, Peter (September 1994). "Losing the World of Tomorrow: The Battle over the Presentation of Science at the 1939 World's Fair". American Quarterly. 46 (3): 341–73. doi:10.2307/2713269. JSTOR 2713269.
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fultonhistory.com

"Ride to Fair to Cost 10 Cents: City to Set Rate for Independent Branch Line to Cover Expense of Building It". The New York Sun. February 18, 1939. p. 21. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2016 – via Fultonhistory.com.

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"New York World's Fair 1939". LOC's Public Domain Archive. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

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"Appendix: The History of Flushing Meadows Corona Park" (PDF). New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
Siegel, Sarah (2006). "Flushing the Meadows – Relaxing a post-World's Fair Urban Landscape" (PDF). International Federation of Landscape Architects. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
Siegel, Sarah (2006). "Flushing the Meadows – relaxing a post-World's Fair urban landscape" (PDF). International Federation of Landscape Architects. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2017.

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Roskam, Cole (Fall 2010). "The Golden Temple at Harvard" (PDF). Harvard-Yenching Institute Newsletter. harvard-yenching.org: 2–4. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

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Jackson, Nicholas (February 21, 2011). "Elektro the Moto-Man, One of the World's First Celebrity Robots". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Elektro the Moto-Man Had the Biggest Brain at the 1939 World's Fair". IEEE Spectrum. September 28, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

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Siegel, Sarah (2006). "Flushing the Meadows – Relaxing a post-World's Fair Urban Landscape" (PDF). International Federation of Landscape Architects. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
Siegel, Sarah (2006). "Flushing the Meadows – relaxing a post-World's Fair urban landscape" (PDF). International Federation of Landscape Architects. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2017.

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Kuznick, Peter (September 1994). "Losing the World of Tomorrow: The Battle over the Presentation of Science at the 1939 World's Fair". American Quarterly. 46 (3): 341–73. doi:10.2307/2713269. JSTOR 2713269.
Franklin, H. Bruce (1982). "America as Science Fiction: 1939 (L'Amérique Comme Science-Fiction: 1939)". Science Fiction Studies. 9 (1): 38–50. ISSN 0091-7729. JSTOR 4239455.

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"Vermeer's Masterpiece The Milkmaid". Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2009.

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"New York Plans 'Greatest' Fair in '39 and '40: Committee of Notables Formed; Site Picked". Chicago Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 15. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 181674779; "Great World Fair for City in 1939 on Site in Queens; Cost to Be $40,000,000". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024; "World's Fair on Flushing Bay Planned for 1939". Times Union. September 23, 1935. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Site in Flushing Definitely Picked for Exposition". Times Union. March 5, 1936. p. 9. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Moses Attacks Delay in Fund for Fair Land". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 25, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Moses Again Warns of World Fair Delay; Wants to Know Whether He Shall Prepare Flushing Site for Exposition or a Park". The New York Times. January 25, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Marine Park is Urged as Ideal Location for Proposed World's Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 29, 1936. pp. 49, 50. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "World Fair Site in Boro is Urged in Albany Debate". Times Union. March 25, 1936. p. 11. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"City Asks Right to Sell World's Fair Bonds". The Wall Street Journal. April 28, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128892929; "$7,000,000 Is Voted by City for Fair; Action Is Based on Assumption State Will Give $4,125,000 Toward Project". The New York Times. April 28, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "$7,000,000 Voted by City for Fair". Times Union. April 28, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$308,020 Voted To Begin Work On World's Fair: Estimate Board Assures '39 Opening With Fund Toward Preparing Site". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1936. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257818931; "World's Fair Funds Voted by Board; $308,020 Appropriated to Begin Work – Moses's Plans to Fill Swamp Land Approved". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "City and Whalen Join Hands to Speed World Fair Project". Times Union. May 2, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Visions 50,000,000 at World's Greatest Fair". Times Union. September 17, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Whalen Promises New Kind of Fair; Plan and Theme Nearly Ready, He Announces at Luncheon of Advertising Club". The New York Times. September 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World's Fair Theme To Be The World of Tomorrow: Plans for $125,000,000 1,200-Acre Blueprint of Future of Mankind Are Approved by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1936. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240271438; "Fair of 1939 Will Depict The 'World of Tomorrow'". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; Weer, William (October 9, 1936). "Model of Exposition Shown to Directors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Goddess of Liberty Design Is Chosen for '39 Fair Seal: Like Statue, Holding Torch; Engineers Insist Site's Foundations Are Safe". New York Herald Tribune. October 31, 1936. p. 38. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240474110; "World Fair Adopts Seal of Liberty". Times Union. October 30, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Philip Benson Named to Board of World's Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1936. p. 21. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "France to Exhibit at 1939 World Fair: Her Announcement Through an Official at Dinner Here is First by Any Nation". The New York Times. November 6, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Roosevelt Invites Nations to '39 Fair". Times Union. November 16, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Nations of World Are Bidden to Fair; President Issues Proclamation Inviting All Countries to Join 1939 Event Here". The New York Times. November 17, 1936. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Whalen Predicts Flushing to Gain by World's Fair". Times Union. November 19, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Lehman Invites States to Join in World's Fair". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 1, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "All States Invited to Join 1939 Fair; Lehman Urges Exhibit by Each in Letters to Governors, Asking Their Participation". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Notables See First Stone Laid for '39 Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 28, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Cornerstone Laid for First Fair Unit; 1,000 Ignore Rainy Weather to Attend Ceremony Starting Administration Building". The New York Times. April 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Ships to Serve as Fair Hotels". Times Union. May 19, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "59 Nations Likely to Aid World Fair; Whalen, Home From Abroad, Predicts an Unprecedented Foreign Participation". The New York Times. May 19, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Theme Center's Site Dedicated for World Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 17, 1937. p. 26. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Fair Building Nucleus Rapidly Takes Shape". Daily News. November 7, 1937. p. 130. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Acres, Acres of Men at Work". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 6, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"$31,000,000 Road Building Under Way for Fair". Daily News. November 3, 1937. p. 705. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"World Fairs Will Show Science in Action". Dunkirk Evening Observer. March 12, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Restricted Zoning in Fair Area Urged; Queens Leader Moves to Balk Underhand Speculation and Irregular Building". The New York Times. January 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Zone Hearing Set for Fair Area". Times Union. February 2, 1936. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

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Sheraton, Mimi (December 17, 2007). "The Frog at Forty-five". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

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"Appendix: The History of Flushing Meadows Corona Park" (PDF). New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
"Steeplechase Park Highlights". Parachute Jump: NYC Parks. June 26, 1939. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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"World's Fair Hat Design". The New York Public Library. Retrieved June 13, 2024.

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"World's Fair: Enter the World of Tomorrow". Biblion: the boundless library. New York Public Library. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

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"First World's Fair Opened at London; Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 Was a Notable Financial Success". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"New York Plans 'Greatest' Fair in '39 and '40: Committee of Notables Formed; Site Picked". Chicago Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 15. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 181674779; "Great World Fair for City in 1939 on Site in Queens; Cost to Be $40,000,000". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024; "World's Fair on Flushing Bay Planned for 1939". Times Union. September 23, 1935. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"City Grants Use Of Flushing Site For World Fair: Estimate Board Speedily Backs Move to Bring 40 Million Project Here". New York Herald Tribune. September 24, 1935. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330222757; "City's Fair Assured of Widespread Aid; Business is Elated; Board of Estimate Votes Full Backing for 1939 Project – Financial Help Likely". The New York Times. September 24, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Surveying is Begun at World Fair Site; Moses Details Staff to the 1,003-Acre Tract in Queens – May Start Swamp Job". The New York Times. September 25, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
Bernstein, Victor H. (July 5, 1936). "World's Fair Project in Construction Stage; Though Financing and Planning Have Still to Be Arranged, Workmen Are Preparing the Site". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Mayor Fledges City's Cash Aid To World's Fair: Wants 1939 Exposition to Stress Re-establishment of Port's Foreign Trade". New York Herald Tribune. October 4, 1935. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1223259322; "Mayor to Mobilize All City for Fair; Says He Will Call on Every Business, Art and Scientific Centre for Aid in 1939". The New York Times. October 4, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$7,000,000 Set As Initial Cost Of World's Fair: That Sum Needed to Put Flushing Site in Shape, Moses Writes McAneny". New York Herald Tribune. October 2, 1935. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222258878; "Moses Asks an Early Decision On Site of the 1939 World Fair; If Flushing Area Is to Be Used, He Wants to Coordinate Park and Triborough Bridge Work – Estimates $5,000,000 Will Be Needed for Land and Improvements". The New York Times. October 2, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Sponsors File To Incorporate: Six Directors Designated, but Board Will Later Be Increased to Twenty-one 109 City Leaders Sign Financial Plans Are To Be Adopted at Early Meeting". New York Herald Tribune. October 23, 1935. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243474284; "1939 World's Fair Now a Legal Fact; Court Approves Incorporation Papers With Names of 109 Prominent New Yorkers". The New York Times. October 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"World Fair Corporation Elects M'Aneny as Head: Woll's Nominee Is Chosen Unanimously by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. November 21, 1935. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222035615; "M'Aneny Elected World's Fair Head; Directors, at First Meeting, Also Make H. D. Gibson Finance Chairman". The New York Times. November 21, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Contract Is Let For Survey of World Fair Site: Madigan & Hyland, Under Fire at Relief Inquiry, Gets $90,000 City Job Action Starts Board Clash Mayor, Lyons and Harvey in Warm Argument". New York Herald Tribune. December 7, 1935. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330116412; "Mayor in Flare-up Over World's Fair; Misunderstands a Remark and Threatens to Call It All Off – And Then Cools Down". The New York Times. December 7, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Fair Stirs Wide Interest; Foreign Groups Make Inquiries for Exhibition Space". The New York Times. November 12, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World Fair to Aid Arts; 'A Lasting Display of American Architecture' Is Planned". The New York Times. November 19, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Unified Art Scheme Urged in World's Fair; New York Societies Ask That Finest Talent Be Selected to Develop General Layout". The New York Times. December 1, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Transit Plans Laid for the World's Fair; Bus, Surface Car, Subway, Train and Water Facilities Are to Be Provided". The New York Times. January 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Brownell Offers a Bill For World Fair in City: Albany Measure Provides Leasing of Park Lamb in 1939". New York Herald Tribune. January 3, 1936. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330118482; "Bill for World's Fair Offered in Assembly; Measure Allows Leasing of Park Lands and Control of Tourist Camps Near Flushing". The New York Times. January 3, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Moses Attacks Delay in Fund for Fair Land". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 25, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Moses Again Warns of World Fair Delay; Wants to Know Whether He Shall Prepare Flushing Site for Exposition or a Park". The New York Times. January 25, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"McAneny Tells Women Of World's Fair Art Plans". New York Herald Tribune. February 9, 1936. p. 6A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1221765583; "Architectural Unity is Stressed for Fair; McAneny Reveals Committee to Coordinate Beauty – Highways to Have Special Lights". The New York Times. February 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Aid of Lehman In World's Fair Project Sought: Asked to Send Delegate to Conference on Plans for Financing '39 Exposition Backers Would Start Job Brownell Letter Cites Need of Funds for Improvements". New York Herald Tribune. February 20, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237405606; "Appeal to Lehman on Funds for Fair; Brownell, Ives and Moffat Join in Suggesting That He Call a Conference". The New York Times. February 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"'39 World's Fair Halted as Board Awaits Grants: No Money, No Action, Say Directors, in Effect, Deploring Official Delays". New York Herald Tribune. March 24, 1936. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222069230; "New York Fair Board Awaits Public Funds". The Christian Science Monitor. March 24, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 513970700; "Fair Plans Halted by Delay in Grants: Directors of Project Vote to Hold No More Sessions Till State and City Act". The New York Times. March 24, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101915501. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Harrington, John W. (April 5, 1936). "World Fair Plans Pushed at Albany; Legislature Authorizes Lease of Flushing Meadows Park and Weighs State Aid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Appointed Chairman of N.Y. World Fair Group". The Christian Science Monitor. April 23, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514123340; "Whalen at Helm of World's Fair; Elected Chairman of Board – Number of Directors Is Increased From 21 to 35". The New York Times. April 23, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Named To Presidency Of World's Fair: Quits as Schenley Chairman to Give Full Time to Preparing 1939 Exposition". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1937. p. 29. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243577880; "Whalen Elected World's Fair Head; Becomes President on Full Time Basis-Resigns AH Outside Executive Posts". The New York Times. October 9, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"City Asks Right to Sell World's Fair Bonds". The Wall Street Journal. April 28, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128892929; "$7,000,000 Is Voted by City for Fair; Action Is Based on Assumption State Will Give $4,125,000 Toward Project". The New York Times. April 28, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "$7,000,000 Voted by City for Fair". Times Union. April 28, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"7 Are Chosen As Designers Of World Fair: Voorhees, Clarke, Delano, Downer, Teagne, Shreve and Kohn Become Board". New York Herald Tribune. May 22, 1936. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237468680; "Board of Design is Named for Fair; S.F. Voorhees Chosen Chairman of Group of 7 Experts to Map and Direct Construction". The New York Times. May 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$308,020 Voted To Begin Work On World's Fair: Estimate Board Assures '39 Opening With Fund Toward Preparing Site". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1936. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257818931; "World's Fair Funds Voted by Board; $308,020 Appropriated to Begin Work – Moses's Plans to Fill Swamp Land Approved". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "City and Whalen Join Hands to Speed World Fair Project". Times Union. May 2, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World Fair Site Duly Dedicated In Champagne: Whalen Breaks '23 Bottle on Observation Tower in Presence of Directors". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1936. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330794602; "Site is Dedicated for World's Fair; 11 Officials, Atop Tower in Meadows, Accept Ash-Laden Tract at Ceremony". The New York Times. June 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Commission Votes World Fair Lease; Sinking Fund Group Approves Transfer of Flushing Land to New Corporation". The New York Times. June 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Work at Fair Site Begins Without Ceremony; 700 Job-Seekers On Hand, 500 to Be Hired". The New York Times. June 16, 1936. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
"Lease Is Signed For World Fair, Ground Broken: LaGuardia and Bray Use Ancient Spade, Modern Shovel at Ceremonies". New York Herald Tribune. June 30, 1936. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222125791; "New York Breaks Ground For 1939 World's Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514102906; "La Guardia Runs a Steam Shovel As Work Starts on World's Fair". The New York Times. June 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"New York Seeks Aid of Every State In 1939 World Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. December 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514301549; "World Fair Asks Aid of All States; Advisory Committees Named to Organize Exposition on National Basis". The New York Times. December 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Hughes Nearing Moscow On a World Flight After 16½-Hour Dash to Paris". New York Herald Tribune. July 12, 1938. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244377360; "Route of Hughes is Disclosed Here; 3 Stops Are Planned on Trip From Moscow to New York Via Alaska and Canada". The New York Times. July 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Holds World Fair Tag Invalid". The New York Times. January 28, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fashions to Show World Fair Motif; Wide Range of Themes". The New York Times. March 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Task of Filling World's Fair Site Will Be Pushed Night and Day; Moving of 7,000,000 Cubic Yards of Ashes and Soil Will Be in Full Swing Next Week – Two Lakes to Be Dug as Part of Work to Last till Next March". The New York Times. July 8, 1936. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
"Vast Queens Park Rising on Fair Site". The New York Times. December 6, 1936. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
"Fair's Use of Soil Irks Westchester; Harrison Sues to Enjoin Group of Contractors From Shifting Loam to Flushing". The New York Times. September 29, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Bernstein, Victor H. (August 16, 1936). "Dump and Swamp Areas Reclaimed for Fair; Steam Shovels and Trucks Work Day and Night in Giant Effort to Prepare a 1,130-Acre Site for the 1939 Exposition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Lehman Makes Appointments For World Fair: Names 6 Commissioners to Fill Group of 16 on State's Participation". New York Herald Tribune. August 4, 1936. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237414061; "Evicters' Big Day Ends in Waterloo; Sheriff's Men Oust Tavern, Gas Station and Houseboat From World's Fair Site". The New York Times. August 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contest Starts For World Fair Building Design: $4,250 in Prizes Is Offered in Attempt to Bring to Light Unknown Talent". New York Herald Tribune. September 10, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222092642; "Fair Opens Contest; Architects Are Invited to Offer Designs for $1,000 Prize". The New York Times. September 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Building Contest Awards Made: G. L. Paine, Jr., Gets First Prize For Design Typifying 1939 Fair". Women's Wear. Vol. 53, no. 94. November 11, 1936. p. 6. ProQuest 1653943149; "World Fair Awards Made for Designs; G.L. Paine Jr. Gets $1,000 – First Prize Withheld Because of Collaboration". The New York Times. November 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Whalen Visions 50,000,000 at World's Greatest Fair". Times Union. September 17, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Whalen Promises New Kind of Fair; Plan and Theme Nearly Ready, He Announces at Luncheon of Advertising Club". The New York Times. September 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World's Fair Theme To Be The World of Tomorrow: Plans for $125,000,000 1,200-Acre Blueprint of Future of Mankind Are Approved by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1936. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240271438; "Fair of 1939 Will Depict The 'World of Tomorrow'". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; Weer, William (October 9, 1936). "Model of Exposition Shown to Directors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Investment Total to Be $125,000,000; Federal, State and City Aid $35,000,000 for Buildings and Other Improvements". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contract Signing Marks Start Of 1939 World's Fair: Preview of the New York World's Fair of 1939". The Christian Science Monitor. October 22, 1936. p. 7. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514199372; "First Contract Let for Fair Building; Whalen Signs for Erection of Administration Structure to Cost $900,000". The New York Times. October 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Philip Benson Named to Board of World's Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1936. p. 21. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "France to Exhibit at 1939 World Fair: Her Announcement Through an Official at Dinner Here is First by Any Nation". The New York Times. November 6, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Roosevelt Invites Nations to '39 Fair". Times Union. November 16, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Nations of World Are Bidden to Fair; President Issues Proclamation Inviting All Countries to Join 1939 Event Here". The New York Times. November 17, 1936. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Sale Of World's Fair Bonds In N.Y. Under Way: 2,000, Comprising "Who's Who" Of New York's Retail, Financial, Industrial Worlds, Attend Formal Launching". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 53, no. 103. November 24, 1936. pp. 2, 31. ProQuest 1653967501; "New Yorkers Urged to Buy $27,829,500 World Fair Bonds". The Christian Science Monitor. November 24, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514206321; "City Drive Opened for Bonds of Fair; Leaders Declare Investment Sound Financially and in Community Spirit". The New York Times. November 24, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"N.Y. World Fair Named as Official Exposition in 1939: Invitations Go Abroad Building Requirements Nations Signify Plans". The Christian Science Monitor. December 5, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514250483; "World's Fair Wins International Aid; Gets a Clear Field for 1939 From Bureau of 21 Nations, Whalen Announces". The New York Times. December 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Lehman Invites States to Join in World's Fair". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 1, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "All States Invited to Join 1939 Fair; Lehman Urges Exhibit by Each in Letters to Governors, Asking Their Participation". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Designs Asked for Four World's Fair Buildings: Architectural Contracts Now Total $4.350.000". New York Herald Tribune. February 2, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222255704; "4 Fair Contracts Made for Designs; Whalen Signs With Firms of Architects to Draw Plans for $1,475,000 Buildings". The New York Times. February 2, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Uniforms May Come And Go—But The World's Fair Already Has Model Selected". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 54, no. 58. March 25, 1937. p. 24. ProQuest 1653733297; "World's Fair Opens in Miniature Form; Complete Model of Grounds and Building Exhibited at Empire State Corner". The New York Times. March 30, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"3 Sycamores First Trees Set For World Fair: 30-Foot Specimens From Bird in Hand, Pa., Here in Special Motor Trucks Group of 30 Purchased 10,000 To Be Planted Before Exposition Opens". New York Herald Tribune. April 3, 1937. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337028922; "3 Rare Sycamores Set at Site of Fair; 40-Year-Old Trees Brought From Pennsylvania Are First of 10,000 to Be Planted". The New York Times. April 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World Fair Space Leased by A. T. & T.; Gifford Turns Over $48,790 Check on First Contract for an Exhibit Site". The New York Times. April 27, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Notables See First Stone Laid for '39 Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 28, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Cornerstone Laid for First Fair Unit; 1,000 Ignore Rainy Weather to Attend Ceremony Starting Administration Building". The New York Times. April 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"New York Fair Plans Auction For Concessions". The Christian Science Monitor. April 13, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514310117; "World Fair to Let Vast Concessions; $50,000,000 Enterprises to Be Awarded to High Bidders 5,000 Seek Space". The New York Times. April 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Ships to Serve as Fair Hotels". Times Union. May 19, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "59 Nations Likely to Aid World Fair; Whalen, Home From Abroad, Predicts an Unprecedented Foreign Participation". The New York Times. May 19, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Patronage Charge Made Against Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 11, 1937. p. 14. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514347636; "Civil Service Ban on Fair Proposed; Commission to Close Lists to Corporation Until It Gives Names of Appointees". The New York Times. June 11, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fair Will Offer Carnival Zone Of 280 Acres: Amusement Facilities for 250,000 at One Time Planned at Queens Site". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1937. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1322398659; "Fair Amusements to Cover 280 Acres: Vast Loop Will Enclose Lake and Midway Atmosphere of Past Will Be Barred". The New York Times. June 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Parking Meld For Trailers At Fair Urged: Moses Sure No Commercial Tourist Camp Could Be Operated at a Profit". New York Herald Tribune. June 14, 1937. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248714615; "Auto Trailer Zone at Fair is Planned; Moses Urges City to Acquire 43-Acre Tract and Start Work at Once". The New York Times. June 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Site is Dedicated for Peace Temple; Ground Broken at the World Fair for First Building for Cultural Purpose". The New York Times. July 23, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Office Building Opens For World's Fair Today: 600 of Administration Staff Start Work There Monday World's Fair Administration Building Ready for Occupancy on Monday". New York Herald Tribune. August 13, 1937. p. 36. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247045732; "Structure at Fair Dedicated Today; Administration Building, First to Be Completed, to Be Scene of Noon Ceremony". The New York Times. August 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"'Theme Center' Site Dedicated For World Fair". New York Herald Tribune. August 17, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1323023566; "World Fair Space is 86% 'Spoken for'; Whalen Reveals Wide Backing at Dedication of the Plaza for Theme Center". The New York Times. August 17, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Utah First to Take Space In Fair's Hall of States: Italians Among Visitors to Flushing Meadows Site". New York Herald Tribune. September 26, 1937. p. 30. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318551425; "Utah First State to Take Fair Space; Signs Contract With Whalen--$37,500 Already Voted for Its Exhibition". The New York Times. September 26, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Missouri Signs N.Y. Fair Contract". The Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 1937. p. 5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514452994; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Earle Believes Europeans Do Not Want War". New York Herald Tribune. September 14, 1937. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222260948; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"World's Fair Work Listed As Month Ahead of Time: Whalen Reports Commitments Total $10,500,000". New York Herald Tribune. October 18, 1937. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254411243; "$10,500,000 Spent on the World Fair: Whalen Says Contracts Still to Be Let This Year Will Add $8,000,000". The New York Times. October 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Ford Reserves Plot for Exhibit at Fair; Auto Company Contracts for 298,718 Square Feet, the Most for One Concern". The New York Times. December 8, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N.Y. Fair Space Taken By 60 Nations Already". The Christian Science Monitor. December 21, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514506362; "60 Nations Accept World's Fair Bids; League Is Included in Those Signing Contracts or Asking for Space Reservations". The New York Times. December 20, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Nickel Drinks Will Be a Nickel At World's Fair: Coca-Cola Contracts for 59 Stands and Will Serve Other Soft Beverages". New York Herald Tribune. January 17, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337043993; "World's Fair Lets First Concession; Coca-Cola Company Rents 59 Carbonated Beverage Stands and Big Exhibit Space". The New York Times. January 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"World's Fair To Mass Troops Of All Nations: Whalen Says 50,000 Will Parade; Exposition Will Have Preview in' 3 Months". New York Herald Tribune. February 3, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242864859; "World Fair Opening to Rival Coronation; Whalen Outlines Plans to Make Ceremony Here Example of Pomp and Grandeur". The New York Times. February 5, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"1st Rivet Driven In Perisphere At World's Fair: Whalen, Stettinius, Aided by Catcher and Backer-Upper, Work Machinery to Start Theme Structure". New York Herald Tribune. April 9, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242883982; "Fair Starts Work on Theme Center; Construction of Perisphere Begun as E. R. Stettinius Rivets First Bolt". The New York Times. April 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"64 Nations to Exhibit: Several Designs Approved A Carillon Tower". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514813608; "Four More Nations Join Worlds Fair; Eire, Venezuela, Lithuania and Sweden Sign Contracts for Exhibition Space". The New York Times. April 15, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Million Watch Motorcade in Preview for World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242903554; "1,000,000 Watch Preview Parade; Line Route as the Motorcade Winds From Battery Place to World Fair Site". The New York Times. May 1, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"300,000 View Fair Fireworks, Week Late, Without Traffic Jam". New York Herald Tribune. May 9, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244635602; "Fireworks Dazzle 600,000 at Fair Site; Throng Quarter-Mile Deep Is Described as One of Largest Ever to Assemble Here". The New York Times. May 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Fair Grounds Now Open Only On Week Ends: Admission To Be Charged to Pay Cost of Handling Visitors on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays". New York Herald Tribune. May 14, 1938. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244193559; "Westchester Soil is Stripped by Fair; Village Officials Protest at Making Potential 'Dust Bowl' of Wide Tracts". The New York Times. May 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Robbins, L. H. (May 1, 1938). "It Begins to Look Like a Great Fair!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Strike at World's Fair Settled; Men Will Return to Jobs Today". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244413859; "Strike Settled at World's Fair; 6,000 Men in Electrical and Construction Unions to Return to Jobs Today". The New York Times. July 19, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Truckmen Return Under Truce Today; Strikers Give Four Days to Settle Row, But Threaten General Tie-Up". The New York Times. September 22, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
"First Display Unit Completed at Fair; H. J. Heinz Company Hails Construction of 150-Foot Dome in Flushing". The New York Times. October 16, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"62 Foreign Flags Flown At Site of World's Fair". The New York Times. January 1, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair to Provide Free First Aid Medical Care: Intoxicated visitors to Get Hangover-less Remedy 6 Stations Will Be Ready for Emergency Cases". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1938. p. 42. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1256797402; "Long Island Plans 10c Ride to Fair; Facilities to Be Taxed". The New York Times. October 20, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"6 First-aid Units on Guard at Fair; Free Treatment Is Ready for Victims of Accidents--Five Ambulances on Duty". The New York Times. April 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Conklin, William R. (July 10, 1938). "New Sights at Fair; Visitors Now See, in Rising Structures, the Suggestions of Beauty That Is to Be Color Effects Police Are Guides Exhibition Buildings The Theme Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Valentine Sets Up New Police Precinct for Fair Area: Detail Reports Saturday for Duty in Corona Quarters in Schoolhouse; Exposition's Own Force to Onerate on Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. April 13, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263346746; "Police-precinct Set Up for Fair; To Be Known as 110-A, It Will Occupy Former Corona School --Opening Set for Saturday". The New York Times. April 13, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Mayor Sets Up Special Body of Fair Firemen". New York Herald Tribune. September 2, 1938. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244525037; "Fire Unit to Serve Fair Grounds Only; Battalion of Four Companies Will Have 20 Officers and 98 City Firemen". The New York Times. September 2, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Free Tickets to Fair for Pupils Opposed; Proposal by Isaacs Draws Fire of Moses and Lyons". The New York Times. June 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"75 Cents Admission to the Fair For Adults; Children 25 Cents". New York Herald Tribune. February 16, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247094172; "Admission to Fair Fixed at 75 Cents; Cost to Children Will Be 25 Cents, With One Day a Week Set Aside at a Dime". The New York Times. February 16, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Advance Ticket Goal of Fair Set At $3,000,000: Reporting Wide Interest, Whalen Plans to Extend Sale Outside of New York". New York Herald Tribune. February 17, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244701126; "$3,000,000 'Advance' is Expected by Fair; Whalen Sets That as Goal for Special Type Tickets at Bargain Rates". The New York Times. February 17, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"1,000 Stores Offer Tickets for Fair; Advance Sale Extended to Retail Outlets Throughout Metropolitan Area". The New York Times. March 4, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Advance Sale of Fair Tickets Ends Today Except $15 Ones". New York Herald Tribune. April 22, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255482888; "Advance Sale Extended On World Fair Tickets". The New York Times. April 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"La Guardia Sees Success Assured; the Arrival of the President and Other Notables for the Opening of the New York World's Fair". The New York Times. May 1, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
"Washington Gave Slogan for Fair; Inaugural Speech in 1789 Spoke of 'Pursuit of Public Good,' Chosen as Theme". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (May 4, 1939). "Poland's Pavilion at the Fair Dedicated by Count Potocki". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (June 29, 1939). "Jersey Dedicates Fair Exhibit Recalling Revolution Role". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Show Men to Press Fight for Price Cut; Ask 50-Cent Fee for Admission After 9 P.M.--Meet Today". The New York Times. May 9, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (May 18, 1939). "Russian Envoy Open Nation's Pavilion at Fair as a 'Good Neighbor' of U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Nevada Drops Out of Fair Over Union Trouble: Official Says Electricians Demanded Rewiring Here of Work Done in West". New York Herald Tribune. June 9, 1939. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247101731; "Nevada Cancels Exhibit; High Cost Is the Reason". The New York Times. June 6, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Fair Offers $1 Bargain Ticket, Worth $2.25". New York Herald Tribune. July 18, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1252147099; Adams, Frank S. (July 18, 1939). "$1 Bargain Ticket is Offered by Fair; Has $2.25 Week-End Value in Gate Fee, Food, Concessions --Plan on Trial This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"World's Fair to Decide Monday on Cutting Admission Price to 50 Cents: Slash Favored By Concessions And Exhibitors Attendance, Despite Bargain Tickets, Is Disappointing; Maryland Has Its Day". New York Herald Tribune. July 29, 1939. p. 5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324019681; Porter, Russell B. (July 29, 1939). "Action Expected Monday on Cut in Fair's Rates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Whalen Reports Satisfaction at Result of Plan". New York Herald Tribune. July 25, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1321995346; Adams, Frank S. (July 25, 1939). "Utah at Fair Hails Mormon Pioneers; Observing Utah's Day at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"World's Fair Crowds Reflect War Influence by Flocking to Foreign Ceremonies: First Exhibitor Renews Space For Next Year". New York Herald Tribune. September 11, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324138965; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 11, 1939). "1940 Fair Receives Its First Renewal From Trade Area; Delighted by Increased Sales, Carrier Corporation Plans to Expand Its Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"Rhodesia Shuts Fair Exhibit as Result of War: France Curtails Operation of Her Pavilion 3 Hours Daily in Economy Move". New York Herald Tribune. September 12, 1939. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1325006175; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 12, 1939). "Southern Rhodesia Quits World's Fair; Pavilion Is Closed on Orders From Government as the First 'War Casualty'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Rumania's Call To Arms Closes Fair Restaurant: Romania House Suspends as 34 of Staff Go Back; Pavilion Remains Open". New York Herald Tribune. August 31, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247122951; Bracker, Milton (August 31, 1939). "War Crisis Closes Fair Restaurant; 38 Employes Are Recalled by Rumania in Fear They Would Be Stranded". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"World's Fair Cuts Rentals for State Exhibits by Half for 1940". New York Herald Tribune. October 10, 1939. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254042233; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 10, 1939). "Fair Rent Cut 50% for States in 1940; Exhibitors' Association Wins Demand—Move Is Held a Sign of Other Slashes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Fair Closes, 79,482 in Rain Say Au Revoir: Last Hardy Sightseers and Bargain Hunters TurnOut at Quiet Finale". New York Herald Tribune. November 1, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267842853; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 1, 1939). "1939 Fair Closes; Seen by 26,000,000; Plans Laid for '40; Last Day is Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"15 Big Exhibitors Sign for 1940 Fair; the World's Fair Gets Off to a Flying Start for the 1940 Season". The New York Times. November 14, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"World's Fair to Charge 50 Cents When It Reopens for '40 Season". New York Herald Tribune. November 2, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319988416; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 2, 1939). "50-cent Fair Rate is Fixed for 1940; Brazil to Return; Gibson Formally Announces Plan After a Conference With Concessionnaires". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Finland Renews Fair Contract, First Nation to Sign Up for '40". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243020377; "Finland Joins the Fair, First From Abroad; Dec. 19 Agreement Withheld Because of War". The New York Times. January 31, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"West Virginia Renews Lease on Fair Pavilion: Enlargement to Care for 12 Additional Exhibits". New York Herald Tribune. January 24, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242942722; "West Virginia Signs 1940 Fair Contract; First State to Take Advantage of 50 Per Cent Rent Cut". The New York Times. January 24, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Shalett, Sidney M. (October 22, 1939). "Fair Loses Sweden as 1940 Exhibitor; Precarious Position in War Forces Withdrawal—League of Nations to Return". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Russia Quits Fair, Costly Pavilion To Be Razed, Moved to Moscow". New York Herald Tribune. December 2, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1326773085; "Russia Quits Fair; Finns to Stay; Reds to Raze $4,000,000 Pavilion; Moscow Orders Withdrawal Without Giving Explanation—Building Must Be Down in 90 Days—No Comment by Fair". The New York Times. December 2, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Finns' Pavilion Opened at Fair, War the Theme: Procope and Hoover Decry Conflict at Ceremonies; Attendance at New Low". New York Herald Tribune. May 17, 1940. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247155659; Shalett, Sidney M. (May 17, 1940). "Finland Dedicates Her Fair Pavilion; Hoover Says Nation's Ordeal of Blood Has Earned It Full Right to Freedom in Peace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Turkey Not to Take Part in Fair This Year; Argentina and Chile Also Are Withdrawing". The New York Times. February 16, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"'Great White Way' New Fair Feature; Center of Fun in Amusement Zone to Be Brighter, More Colorful, Gibson Says". The New York Times. March 9, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
"Fair Amusement Zone Sold Out, 90 Concessions on Its New List: Director Reports All Space Taken; Area Will Offer 3 Major Shows, 18 Smaller Ones and 15 Rides Among Other Attractions". New York Herald Tribune. April 29, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1266874326; "Play Zone at Fair is '100% Sold Out'; Revitalized Great White Way Offers Livelier and Gayer Section Than Last Year". The New York Times. April 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Boy Scouts to Aid at the Fair Again; Will Maintain Own Service Camp on Two-Acre Plot at the Exposition". The New York Times. March 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Rush to the Fair Taxes All City's Traffic Systems: Subways and L. I. Road Tag 5,175 Through in 1st 10 Minutes Parking Lots Busy Snip and the World's Fair of 40 Is Officially Open". New York Herald Tribune. May 12, 1940. p. 31. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242959008; Porter, Russell B. (May 12, 1940). "'40 Fair Gets Off to Lively Start; 191,196 on Hand; The World's Fair of 1940 Opens, Dedicated to Peace and Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (May 12, 1940). "'40 Fair Gets Off to Lively Start; 191,196 on Hand; The World's Fair of 1940 Opens, Dedicated to Peace and Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Auto Is Offered As Daily Prize To Fair Visitors: N. Y. Hotels and Business Organizations Sponsors of 'Golden Key' Contest". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1940. p. 9A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320021240; "Fair to Give Away 170 Cars, One Daily; Biggest Crowd-Luring Device So Far to Use Millions of Keys as Prize 'Tickets'". The New York Times. April 27, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Venezuela, Cuba Lost to 1940 Fair; Caracas Government Reverses Decision to Stay—Pavilion May Be Shipped Home". The New York Times. May 4, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Shalett, Sidney M. (June 4, 1940). "Belgium Reopens Her Fair Pavilion; Government in Exile Cables Order to Maintain Display-- Leopold's Bust Still Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Police Die in Blast – Timed Device Explodes After It Is Taken Out of Pavilion". The New York Times. July 5, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
Pollak, Michael (August 3, 2008). "Death at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"World's Fair Debenture Holders Agree to Waive Payments Under New Fiscal Plan". New York Herald Tribune. August 30, 1939. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319968323; "Bondholders Back Fair's Fiscal Plan; 54% Waive Rights to Profits, and Proposal Goes Into Effect Immediately". The New York Times. August 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
Bracker, Milton (August 1, 1940). "Fair's Equipment Put on Sales Block; Wealth of Unusual Material Cost $2,000,000 and Took 4 Years to Assemble". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Mall at the Fair to Remain in Park; Esplanade From Theme Center to the Court of Peace Will Not Be Demolished". The New York Times. October 4, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"British Fleet Aid On Way: , 580,721 Bid the Fair Good By In Record Day of Its 2-Year Run". New York Herald Tribune. October 28, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320064105; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 28, 1940). "Rush as Fair Ends Brings Out 537,952, Its Biggest Crowd; Farewell to the Fair: Closing Scenes at the End of a Two-Year Run". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"500 Large Trees Due This Spring On Site of Fair: Corporation Opens Bids for Moving, Replanting Job to Cost $100,000 55-Foot Elms on List Specimens Within 100 Miles Are Catalogued for Site". New York Herald Tribune. February 25, 1937. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222252601; "10,000 Live Trees Sought for Fair; Vast Forest to Be Transported to Barren Flushing Site Within Next 2 Years". The New York Times. February 25, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
Harrington, John W. (March 27, 1938). "Flowers at World's Fair; Although Opening Date Is Far Off, Trees, Shrubs and Bulbs Are Being Planted Gift From the Netherlands To Accent Building Colors Material for Formal Gardens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Johnston, J. W. (May 14, 1939). "Million Tulips in Fair Rainbow". New York Herald Tribune. p. A18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243152807; "Tulips in Fair Gardens Burst Into Bloom in Time". The New York Times. April 25, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"Holland Tulip Bulbs at Fair Being Burned; As Plants Are Taken Up They Are Replaced by Other Plants". The New York Times. May 26, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
McLaughlin, Kathleen (May 3, 1939). "50 Gardens Lure Throngs at Fair; Gardens on Parade in the Horticultural Exhibition at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"World's Fair Uses Manhattan Street Names: But There Will Re a Main as Well as Broadway and Times Square; Also Plaza of Light and Peace Court". New York Herald Tribune. June 21, 1938. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244331675; "Fair Adopts Names of Noted Streets; Broadway and Petticoat Lane Among Those Representative of Old New York". The New York Times. June 21, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Mile-long Mall Feature of Fair; $60,000,000 Central Walk in Flushing to Pass Lagoons, Statuary and Flower Beds". The New York Times. December 12, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Bold and Streamlined Beauty for the Fair; The Buildings Reveal Strange, New Designs". The New York Times. August 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Fair's Perisphere Stripped of Glory; Workman Start Tearing Down Huge Structure—Trylon to Be Taken Down Next". The New York Times. December 11, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"60 Nations Accept World's Fair Bids; League Is Included in Those Signing Contracts or Asking for Space Reservations". The New York Times. December 20, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Fair Defies Nazis on Czech Pavilion; Center Will Open as Planned in Spite of Prague Order to Dispose of Building". The New York Times. April 14, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Markland, John (July 9, 1939). "Tour of the States at the World's Fair; Diversified American Scene, Its Beauties, Arts and Crafts, Awaits the Visitor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Court of States is Being Advanced; South Carolina Reconsiders Tabled Plan to Take Part in Exhibition Here". The New York Times. April 9, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"World's Fair Amusement Zone To Be Laid Out in 13 Sections". New York Herald Tribune. December 6, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222355795; "New York of Old Will Rise at Fair; Village Depicting the Life of Century Ago Will Be Part of Amusement Area". The New York Times. December 6, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"World Fair Group to Glorify Health; $1,000,000 Project Planned to Show Wonders of Body and Medicine's Aids". The New York Times. June 17, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"State Banking Rulings; Manufacturers Trust to Open Branch at World's Fair". The New York Times. September 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Work Is Begun On I. R.T. Station At World's Fair: Willets Point Structure in Flushing Being Rebuilt at Cost of $494.000 To Serve 40 Trains an Hr. $260,000 Signal System Is Planned for Expresses". New York Herald Tribune. January 9, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240588402; "New I.R.T. Station for Fair Started; Willets Point Structure on Flushing Line to Be Rebuilt at Cost of $494,000". The New York Times. January 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Traffic Plans For World Fair Are Announced: Present Lines to Transport' 250,000 to 800,000 Daily Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. October 26, 1936. p. 18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248170581; "Fair Traffic Studied; Whalen Says Problem Equals That of a City Like Cleveland". The New York Times. October 26, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"B. M. T., I. R. T. Express Trains Start April 24: Subways Will Make Run to Willets Point Boulevard Station in 24 Minutes". New York Herald Tribune. April 17, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254731448; "New Subway Spur Is Ready to Open: First Train to Start Four Minutes Before the Fair Officially Begins". The New York Times. April 17, 1939. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
"City Subway Spur to the Fair Urged: Delaney and Fullen Jointly Propose Extension From Queens Boulevard. Cost Put At $1,200,000 Enlargement of Willets Point I. R. T.-B. M. T. Station Also Is Recommended. Expenses Are Estimated Two Tracks Are Provided". The New York Times. January 15, 1937. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
"I. R. T. Will Buy 50 New Cars for Express to Fair: Bids Asked on Equipment for Special Service on Line Running to Flushing". New York Herald Tribune. March 3, 1938. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243080430; "50 New Subway Cars to Be Added for Fair; I. R. T. Asks Bids for Equipment for Service From Times Square and Grand Central". The New York Times. March 3, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Buses for World's Fair". The Wall Street Journal. March 3, 1937. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129839745; "Buys 55 Buses for Fair; Queens-Nassau Lines to Replace Jamaica-Flushing Trolleys". The New York Times. March 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"How to Get Around the Fair; Pick-up Buses". The New York Times. April 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Huge Buses to Run at World's Fair; Greyhound Intramural System to Operate 100 of the Largest Ever Built". The New York Times. July 20, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"New Fair Highway Opened to Traffic; Horace Harding Boulevard, Vital Entrance to the Exposition, Ready for 2-Mile Stretch". The New York Times. September 19, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Whitestone Span to Open Saturday; Mayor and Other City Officials Will Attend Exercises at Bronx End of Bridge". The New York Times. April 27, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Fair Parkway Bids of $1,000,000 Filed; Estimates Provide for Grading and Paving of the Grand Central Extension". The New York Times. November 10, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Tunnel Held Need For World's Fair". The New York Times. October 18, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
"President the 'First' to Use Midtown Tube". The New York Times. November 9, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
"World's Fair Area Is Barred to Planes by Aeronautics Authority to Promote Safety". New York Herald Tribune. April 26, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244877009; "Flying Over World Fair Banned by Air Authority". The New York Times. April 26, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"'39 World's Fair Flag Dedicated; Colors Flown by Early Settlers: Orange, White and Blue Emblem Recalls Standard That Waved Over Homes of New Amsterdam; Mrs. Astor, Aldrich to Pick 10,000 Aids". New York Herald Tribune. January 5, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222210826; "Truck Driver Buys $100 Share in Fair; Whalen Sells Bond to Employe at Ceremony as Symbol of Wide Public Support". The New York Times. January 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Musical Plans For World Fair Are Confirmed; Full Committee Is Listed by Whalen; Mrs. Astor and Marshall Field Included". New York Herald Tribune. July 4, 1937. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250042230; "Music Plans Made for World's Fair; Allen Wardwell Heads Large Committee of Musicians and Music Patrons". The New York Times. July 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Music Festival Is Planned for '39 World Fair: Auditorium on Grounds Proposed by Committee for Artists of All Nations". New York Herald Tribune. June 27, 1937. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318088972; Downes, Olin (June 27, 1937). "Plans for the Fair in 1939; a Mozart Rondo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World's Fair Theme Song To Be Recorded By Duke Ellington". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 10, 1938. p. 20. ProQuest 202039322; "World Fair March is Gershwin Tune; ' Dawn of a New Day, Among Last of the Composer's Works, Adopted -as Anthem Song a "Fortunate Accident"". The New York Times. April 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Billy Rose Plans Extravaganza At World's Fair: $500,000 Production, With 1,000 in Cast, to Employ Modern American Theme in Five Showings Daily". New York Herald Tribune. July 2, 1938. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257833449; Atkinson, Brooks (May 5, 1939). "The Play; Billy Rose's Aquacade Opens With a Splash in the Lake at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Jubilee and Aquacade Open With Big Audiences". The New York Times. May 12, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Color and Murals Figure in Fair". The New York Times. June 15, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Whalen Reveals Art Center Plan At World's Fair: Studio Displays, to Present Stages in Production of Works, Are Proposed". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243712934; "1939 Fair to Take Art 'Off Olympus'; Painting and Sculpture to Be Blended in Surroundings for All to See, Says Whalen". The New York Times. January 31, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair to Display All Types of Art; Every Artist in Nation Is Invited; To Assure Fair Play, Groups in Various Regions Will Select 800 Works". The New York Times. August 15, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Murals for Fair Mark New Epoch; Exterior Decorating Program Planned to Give New Note to American Architecture". The New York Times. September 11, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"Union Warns Mural Painters At World's Fair: Artists Are Told They Must Join Local Before They Can Start Work; They Plan to Turn Down Offer". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254086461; "Peril to Art Seen in Row With Union; Guild of Mural Painters Holds A. F. L. Group Endangers Work at World's Fair". The New York Times. July 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Brenner, Anita (April 10, 1938). "American Creates American Murals; To Bid for the Favor of a New Mass Public". The New York Times. pp. 10–11, 18–19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
"Fair Will Exhibit Heroic Statuary; More Than 60 Pieces to Adorn Various Buildings, Thoroughfares and Plazas". The New York Times. December 11, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"Contract Made For Television Station at Fair: Large-Scale Demonstration of New Radio Science To Be Offered for Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. June 18, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248130206; "Television to Be Presented at Fair". The Wall Street Journal. June 19, 1937. p. 10. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129798234; "R. C. A. to Exhibit in Fair Building; Signs Contract to Build a 'Temple of Magic' to Show Developments in Radio". The New York Times. June 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
Loeb, August (May 28, 1939). "Menus and Prices Vary Widely at Fair; Simple Refreshment Stands and De Luxe Foreign Restaurants Draw Crowds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Herzberg, Joseph G. (April 22, 1964). "Yesterday's World of Tomorrow; A Nostalgic Look at 1939 Extravaganza That Ended an Era; Gastronome Recalls the Lavish Feasts of Whalen's Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
"Food Price Trend High at Fair; A Few Restaurants Keep Cost Low; Places With Only a la Carte Menus Listing Dishes Up to $2.50--'Hot-Dog' Stands Boon to Average Workingman". The New York Times. May 3, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Pollak, Michael (April 2, 2006). "The Beyond-This-World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Bracker, Milton (July 4, 1940). "Turnstiles at Fair Click Record Tune; 'Supergirl and Superboy' at the Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
MacGregor, Donald (October 20, 1940). "Taking the World's Fair Apart: the Last Visitor Walks Out. The Wreckers Stalk in – to Turn a World of Fantasy Into a Playground for All Time". New York Herald Tribune. p. SM8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247324294; Loeb, August (October 27, 1940). "Fine Park From Fair; Flushing Meadow's New Play Area Will Be 'Second to None'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
"Nazi Victims Offer Fair's Riches to Us; Britain Also is Among Nations That Will Donate or Lend Treasures After Oct. 27". The New York Times. September 6, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Franey, Pierre (October 18, 1989). "De Gustibus; Innocence Abroad: Memories of '39 Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
Compere, Thomas (October 13, 1940). "Fair Exhibits From Abroad Pose Problem: Disposal of $20,000,000 Displays Is Complicated by Hitler's Conquests". New York Herald Tribune. p. A1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243055097; "Bill Would Let Alien Employes at the Fair Stay in U.S. if War Bars Them From Home". The New York Times. October 8, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Mayor Accepts Fair Park Unit, Gibes at Moses: Includes Japanese Pavilion in 'Mosesification' of Flushing Meadows Area". New York Herald Tribune. September 19, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1261393056; "Japan's Pavilion at Fair Now City's; Mayor Accepts the $250,000 Structure, Hoping It Will Aid Accord of Nations". The New York Times. September 19, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"U. N. Closes Down Operations at Flushing Meadow". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1951. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337265889; "U.N. Ends Its Sojourn at Flushing Meadow; Security Council Sitting Wind-Up of 5 Years". The New York Times. October 20, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
Chapman, Ralph (April 18, 1960). "Permanent Buildings Barred at World's Fair: Moses Report to Mayor Cites Law Calling for Restoration as a Park". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327176485; Grutzner, Charles (April 18, 1960). "Moses Sees Fair Lasting 2 Years; Report to Wagner Includes a Reference to 1964–65 Without Qualification". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
Berliner, David C. (November 12, 1972). "New Queens Art Museum Offers First Exhibit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
"7 Buildings at Fair to Remain in Park; Goodrich Center, the House of Jewels, Japan's Pavilion and Polish Tower Will Stay". The New York Times. July 23, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022; "The City Smooths Way for More Recreation at the World's Fair: Skating Rinks Open Sunday at Fair Grounds Mayor to Join Ceremony for Flushing Meadow's First Recreational Unit". New York Herald Tribune. January 10, 1941. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263415458.
"Heaviest Concentration of Traffic Policemen in City's History to Be on Duty Today". The New York Times. April 22, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
"Restricted Zoning in Fair Area Urged; Queens Leader Moves to Balk Underhand Speculation and Irregular Building". The New York Times. January 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Zone Hearing Set for Fair Area". Times Union. February 2, 1936. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Protests Delay Zoning Near World's Fair: Board of Estimate Holds Up Restrictions on Signs, Parking, Amusements Discriminations Charged Resolution Prohibits High Buildings Near Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. June 5, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243535262; "Harvey is Set Back in Fair Zone Fight; Estimate Board Votes to Put Restrictions on Part of Area Adjacent to Flushing Site". The New York Times. June 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"City Votes to Restrict Grounds Surrounding '39 World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. September 28, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1251158864; "World's Fair Zone is Created by City; Commercial Activities Within 1,000 Feet of Present Site Subject to Regulation". The New York Times. September 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N. Y. Fair Will Aid Recovery, Says Whalen: 50,000,000 Visitors Due to Spend Huge Sums, He Tells Sales Executives". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1936. p. 41. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327553027; "Fair Seen as Spur in Big Trade Area; Whalen Says Other States as Well as New York Will Gain by 50,000,000 Influx". The New York Times. October 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Surplus Likely For World Fair, Backers Find: Prospectus for Debentures Sees $1,024,158 Profit if 50,000,000 Attend 2d Year Is Considered Capital Investment of 125 Million Figured On". New York Herald Tribune. November 27, 1936. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240529164; "Profit on Fair Sure if 50,000,000 See It; Prospectus for Bond Buyers Holds 'Reasonable Hope' That Such Will Be the Case". The New York Times. November 27, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Mayor Vetoes World Fair Tax Exemption Bill: Finds Faulty Drafting in Measure to Which He Had Given Personal Approval and It Will Be Rewritten". New York Herald Tribune. June 7, 1938. p. 8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244318560; "City Sales Tax Saved by La Guardia Veto; Fair Bill So Worded as to End Relief Levy". The New York Times. June 7, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Fair is Expected to Aid State Trade; 150 Legislators at Preview-- 25,000 Will Go on Job to Rush the Work". The New York Times. April 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

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"'Cut and Fill' Grading of World's Fair Site Reported More Than One-Third Complete". The New York Times. October 11, 1936. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

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Renaud, Ralph E. (December 13, 1936). "New York Lays Plans For 1939 World's Fair". The Washington Post. p. B7. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 150752879.
Cramer, Robert S. (April 24, 1938). "Two American Gateways Set Elaborate Stages for 1939 Fairs". The Washington Post. p. B6. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151083799.
"Huge World's Fair Planned for 1939 On Site at Flushing: McAneny Heads Group to Map 40-Million Celebration of First Inaugural of Washington 1,000-Acre Park Tract Is Proposed Roosevelt, Lehman and LaGuardia Approve It". New York Herald Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1329290149.
"New York Plans 'Greatest' Fair in '39 and '40: Committee of Notables Formed; Site Picked". Chicago Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 15. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 181674779; "Great World Fair for City in 1939 on Site in Queens; Cost to Be $40,000,000". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024; "World's Fair on Flushing Bay Planned for 1939". Times Union. September 23, 1935. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"City Grants Use Of Flushing Site For World Fair: Estimate Board Speedily Backs Move to Bring 40 Million Project Here". New York Herald Tribune. September 24, 1935. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330222757; "City's Fair Assured of Widespread Aid; Business is Elated; Board of Estimate Votes Full Backing for 1939 Project – Financial Help Likely". The New York Times. September 24, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Mayor Fledges City's Cash Aid To World's Fair: Wants 1939 Exposition to Stress Re-establishment of Port's Foreign Trade". New York Herald Tribune. October 4, 1935. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1223259322; "Mayor to Mobilize All City for Fair; Says He Will Call on Every Business, Art and Scientific Centre for Aid in 1939". The New York Times. October 4, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$7,000,000 Set As Initial Cost Of World's Fair: That Sum Needed to Put Flushing Site in Shape, Moses Writes McAneny". New York Herald Tribune. October 2, 1935. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222258878; "Moses Asks an Early Decision On Site of the 1939 World Fair; If Flushing Area Is to Be Used, He Wants to Coordinate Park and Triborough Bridge Work – Estimates $5,000,000 Will Be Needed for Land and Improvements". The New York Times. October 2, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Sponsors File To Incorporate: Six Directors Designated, but Board Will Later Be Increased to Twenty-one 109 City Leaders Sign Financial Plans Are To Be Adopted at Early Meeting". New York Herald Tribune. October 23, 1935. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243474284; "1939 World's Fair Now a Legal Fact; Court Approves Incorporation Papers With Names of 109 Prominent New Yorkers". The New York Times. October 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"City Officially Approves Fair Site in Flushing: Aels to Acquire Additional Land to House Exhibits". New York Herald Tribune. October 24, 1935. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243760816; "City Votes $200,000 for Early Fair Work: Estimate Board Authorizes the Preparation of Maps of the Flushing Site". The New York Times. October 24, 1935. p. 39. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101327772.
"World Fair Corporation Elects M'Aneny as Head: Woll's Nominee Is Chosen Unanimously by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. November 21, 1935. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222035615; "M'Aneny Elected World's Fair Head; Directors, at First Meeting, Also Make H. D. Gibson Finance Chairman". The New York Times. November 21, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Contract Is Let For Survey of World Fair Site: Madigan & Hyland, Under Fire at Relief Inquiry, Gets $90,000 City Job Action Starts Board Clash Mayor, Lyons and Harvey in Warm Argument". New York Herald Tribune. December 7, 1935. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330116412; "Mayor in Flare-up Over World's Fair; Misunderstands a Remark and Threatens to Call It All Off – And Then Cools Down". The New York Times. December 7, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"May Have Cosmetics Show At World's Fair". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 51, no. 106. November 27, 1935. p. 27. ProQuest 1654160299.
"Brownell Offers a Bill For World Fair in City: Albany Measure Provides Leasing of Park Lamb in 1939". New York Herald Tribune. January 3, 1936. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330118482; "Bill for World's Fair Offered in Assembly; Measure Allows Leasing of Park Lands and Control of Tourist Camps Near Flushing". The New York Times. January 3, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Not His Affair Moses Asserts: Says Park. Department Is Responsible Only for the Basic Improvements Galls Plan Unimpressive McAneny Sees Flushing Exposition in '39 a Success They Sound a Discordant Note in W. P. A. Theater Project". New York Herald Tribune. January 25, 1936. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267757042.
"McAneny Tells Women Of World's Fair Art Plans". New York Herald Tribune. February 9, 1936. p. 6A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1221765583; "Architectural Unity is Stressed for Fair; McAneny Reveals Committee to Coordinate Beauty – Highways to Have Special Lights". The New York Times. February 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Aid of Lehman In World's Fair Project Sought: Asked to Send Delegate to Conference on Plans for Financing '39 Exposition Backers Would Start Job Brownell Letter Cites Need of Funds for Improvements". New York Herald Tribune. February 20, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237405606; "Appeal to Lehman on Funds for Fair; Brownell, Ives and Moffat Join in Suggesting That He Call a Conference". The New York Times. February 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"'39 World's Fair Halted as Board Awaits Grants: No Money, No Action, Say Directors, in Effect, Deploring Official Delays". New York Herald Tribune. March 24, 1936. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222069230; "New York Fair Board Awaits Public Funds". The Christian Science Monitor. March 24, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 513970700; "Fair Plans Halted by Delay in Grants: Directors of Project Vote to Hold No More Sessions Till State and City Act". The New York Times. March 24, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101915501. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Political Buck Passing, Lack of Authority Delay N. Y. World Fair". The Billboard. Vol. 48, no. 14. April 4, 1936. pp. 3, 63. ProQuest 1032089018.
"Whalen Appointed Chairman of N.Y. World Fair Group". The Christian Science Monitor. April 23, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514123340; "Whalen at Helm of World's Fair; Elected Chairman of Board – Number of Directors Is Increased From 21 to 35". The New York Times. April 23, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Named To Presidency Of World's Fair: Quits as Schenley Chairman to Give Full Time to Preparing 1939 Exposition". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1937. p. 29. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243577880; "Whalen Elected World's Fair Head; Becomes President on Full Time Basis-Resigns AH Outside Executive Posts". The New York Times. October 9, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"City Asks Right to Sell World's Fair Bonds". The Wall Street Journal. April 28, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128892929; "$7,000,000 Is Voted by City for Fair; Action Is Based on Assumption State Will Give $4,125,000 Toward Project". The New York Times. April 28, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "$7,000,000 Voted by City for Fair". Times Union. April 28, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"'39 World Fair Begins to Take Shape on Paper: Col. J. F. Bell Draws Up Preliminary Suggestions on Buildings and Layout". New York Herald Tribune. May 3, 1936. p. J1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1352660273.
"7 Are Chosen As Designers Of World Fair: Voorhees, Clarke, Delano, Downer, Teagne, Shreve and Kohn Become Board". New York Herald Tribune. May 22, 1936. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237468680; "Board of Design is Named for Fair; S.F. Voorhees Chosen Chairman of Group of 7 Experts to Map and Direct Construction". The New York Times. May 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$308,020 Voted To Begin Work On World's Fair: Estimate Board Assures '39 Opening With Fund Toward Preparing Site". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1936. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257818931; "World's Fair Funds Voted by Board; $308,020 Appropriated to Begin Work – Moses's Plans to Fill Swamp Land Approved". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "City and Whalen Join Hands to Speed World Fair Project". Times Union. May 2, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Condemnation Of World's Fair Land Is Begun: Lockwood Authorization for City Action on 372 Acres Sets Record for Speed". New York Herald Tribune. May 15, 1936. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222071615; "Lets New York Condemn Land For World's Fair". The Sun. May 15, 1936. p. 8. ProQuest 540703601.
"World Fair Site Duly Dedicated In Champagne: Whalen Breaks '23 Bottle on Observation Tower in Presence of Directors". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1936. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330794602; "Site is Dedicated for World's Fair; 11 Officials, Atop Tower in Meadows, Accept Ash-Laden Tract at Ceremony". The New York Times. June 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Lease Is Signed For World Fair, Ground Broken: LaGuardia and Bray Use Ancient Spade, Modern Shovel at Ceremonies". New York Herald Tribune. June 30, 1936. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222125791; "New York Breaks Ground For 1939 World's Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514102906; "La Guardia Runs a Steam Shovel As Work Starts on World's Fair". The New York Times. June 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Harrington, John Walker (November 8, 1936). "The 1939 Fair Rises Bit by Bit: Dreamers Plot, Engineers Build And Gradually It Takes Shape". New York Herald Tribune. p. A5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222354319.
"New York Seeks Aid of Every State In 1939 World Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. December 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514301549; "World Fair Asks Aid of All States; Advisory Committees Named to Organize Exposition on National Basis". The New York Times. December 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Hughes Nearing Moscow On a World Flight After 16½-Hour Dash to Paris". New York Herald Tribune. July 12, 1938. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244377360; "Route of Hughes is Disclosed Here; 3 Stops Are Planned on Trip From Moscow to New York Via Alaska and Canada". The New York Times. July 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Women Planning Widespread Part In New York Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. July 14, 1937. p. 5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514430153.
"Board Starts to Issue New Car License Plates: All Bear 'New York World's Fair 1939' Sign". New York Herald Tribune. December 21, 1937. p. 21A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1223337076.
Patterson 1939, p. 20. Patterson, Sterling (April 1939). "Miracle of the Marshes: Two short years ago a metropolitan dis grace. Today a beautiful and startling ex travaganza. That's the story of a two-mile square area of Long Island that's become the setting for the New York World's Fair". Better Homes and Gardens. Vol. 17, no. 8. pp. 20–21, 87–91. ProQuest 1715496162.
"Fair Designers Roam Cosmos For Ideas on 1939 Ground Plan". New York Herald Tribune. July 16, 1936. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237424340.
"Lehman Makes Appointments For World Fair: Names 6 Commissioners to Fill Group of 16 on State's Participation". New York Herald Tribune. August 4, 1936. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237414061; "Evicters' Big Day Ends in Waterloo; Sheriff's Men Oust Tavern, Gas Station and Houseboat From World's Fair Site". The New York Times. August 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contest Starts For World Fair Building Design: $4,250 in Prizes Is Offered in Attempt to Bring to Light Unknown Talent". New York Herald Tribune. September 10, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222092642; "Fair Opens Contest; Architects Are Invited to Offer Designs for $1,000 Prize". The New York Times. September 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Building Contest Awards Made: G. L. Paine, Jr., Gets First Prize For Design Typifying 1939 Fair". Women's Wear. Vol. 53, no. 94. November 11, 1936. p. 6. ProQuest 1653943149; "World Fair Awards Made for Designs; G.L. Paine Jr. Gets $1,000 – First Prize Withheld Because of Collaboration". The New York Times. November 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World's Fair to Cost About $125,000,000". The Wall Street Journal. October 9, 1936. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128793649.
"World's Fair Theme To Be The World of Tomorrow: Plans for $125,000,000 1,200-Acre Blueprint of Future of Mankind Are Approved by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1936. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240271438; "Fair of 1939 Will Depict The 'World of Tomorrow'". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; Weer, William (October 9, 1936). "Model of Exposition Shown to Directors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contract Signing Marks Start Of 1939 World's Fair: Preview of the New York World's Fair of 1939". The Christian Science Monitor. October 22, 1936. p. 7. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514199372; "First Contract Let for Fair Building; Whalen Signs for Erection of Administration Structure to Cost $900,000". The New York Times. October 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Goddess of Liberty Design Is Chosen for '39 Fair Seal: Like Statue, Holding Torch; Engineers Insist Site's Foundations Are Safe". New York Herald Tribune. October 31, 1936. p. 38. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240474110; "World Fair Adopts Seal of Liberty". Times Union. October 30, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Sale Of World's Fair Bonds In N.Y. Under Way: 2,000, Comprising "Who's Who" Of New York's Retail, Financial, Industrial Worlds, Attend Formal Launching". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 53, no. 103. November 24, 1936. pp. 2, 31. ProQuest 1653967501; "New Yorkers Urged to Buy $27,829,500 World Fair Bonds". The Christian Science Monitor. November 24, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514206321; "City Drive Opened for Bonds of Fair; Leaders Declare Investment Sound Financially and in Community Spirit". The New York Times. November 24, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"N.Y. World Fair Named as Official Exposition in 1939: Invitations Go Abroad Building Requirements Nations Signify Plans". The Christian Science Monitor. December 5, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514250483; "World's Fair Wins International Aid; Gets a Clear Field for 1939 From Bureau of 21 Nations, Whalen Announces". The New York Times. December 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Heavy Demand for World's Fair Space". The Billboard. Vol. 49, no. 3. January 16, 1937. p. 3. ProQuest 1032130797.
"Designs Asked for Four World's Fair Buildings: Architectural Contracts Now Total $4.350.000". New York Herald Tribune. February 2, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222255704; "4 Fair Contracts Made for Designs; Whalen Signs With Firms of Architects to Draw Plans for $1,475,000 Buildings". The New York Times. February 2, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Uniforms May Come And Go—But The World's Fair Already Has Model Selected". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 54, no. 58. March 25, 1937. p. 24. ProQuest 1653733297; "World's Fair Opens in Miniature Form; Complete Model of Grounds and Building Exhibited at Empire State Corner". The New York Times. March 30, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"New York World Fair Site Filling and Grading Done". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514311583.
"3 Sycamores First Trees Set For World Fair: 30-Foot Specimens From Bird in Hand, Pa., Here in Special Motor Trucks Group of 30 Purchased 10,000 To Be Planted Before Exposition Opens". New York Herald Tribune. April 3, 1937. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337028922; "3 Rare Sycamores Set at Site of Fair; 40-Year-Old Trees Brought From Pennsylvania Are First of 10,000 to Be Planted". The New York Times. April 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"A. T. & T. Signs 1st Contract for Fair Exhibit Site: Gifford Gives Whalen Check for $48,790 for Parcel Fronting on Theme Plaza". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1937. p. 17A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240320660.
"New York Fair Plans Auction For Concessions". The Christian Science Monitor. April 13, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514310117; "World Fair to Let Vast Concessions; $50,000,000 Enterprises to Be Awarded to High Bidders 5,000 Seek Space". The New York Times. April 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
Patterson 1939, p. 87. Patterson, Sterling (April 1939). "Miracle of the Marshes: Two short years ago a metropolitan dis grace. Today a beautiful and startling ex travaganza. That's the story of a two-mile square area of Long Island that's become the setting for the New York World's Fair". Better Homes and Gardens. Vol. 17, no. 8. pp. 20–21, 87–91. ProQuest 1715496162.
"Patronage Charge Made Against Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 11, 1937. p. 14. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514347636; "Civil Service Ban on Fair Proposed; Commission to Close Lists to Corporation Until It Gives Names of Appointees". The New York Times. June 11, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fair Will Offer Carnival Zone Of 280 Acres: Amusement Facilities for 250,000 at One Time Planned at Queens Site". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1937. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1322398659; "Fair Amusements to Cover 280 Acres: Vast Loop Will Enclose Lake and Midway Atmosphere of Past Will Be Barred". The New York Times. June 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Parking Meld For Trailers At Fair Urged: Moses Sure No Commercial Tourist Camp Could Be Operated at a Profit". New York Herald Tribune. June 14, 1937. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248714615; "Auto Trailer Zone at Fair is Planned; Moses Urges City to Acquire 43-Acre Tract and Start Work at Once". The New York Times. June 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Office Building Opens For World's Fair Today: 600 of Administration Staff Start Work There Monday World's Fair Administration Building Ready for Occupancy on Monday". New York Herald Tribune. August 13, 1937. p. 36. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247045732; "Structure at Fair Dedicated Today; Administration Building, First to Be Completed, to Be Scene of Noon Ceremony". The New York Times. August 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"'Theme Center' Site Dedicated For World Fair". New York Herald Tribune. August 17, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1323023566; "World Fair Space is 86% 'Spoken for'; Whalen Reveals Wide Backing at Dedication of the Plaza for Theme Center". The New York Times. August 17, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Utah First to Take Space In Fair's Hall of States: Italians Among Visitors to Flushing Meadows Site". New York Herald Tribune. September 26, 1937. p. 30. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318551425; "Utah First State to Take Fair Space; Signs Contract With Whalen--$37,500 Already Voted for Its Exhibition". The New York Times. September 26, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Missouri Signs N.Y. Fair Contract". The Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 1937. p. 5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514452994; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Earle Believes Europeans Do Not Want War". New York Herald Tribune. September 14, 1937. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222260948; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"World's Fair Work Listed As Month Ahead of Time: Whalen Reports Commitments Total $10,500,000". New York Herald Tribune. October 18, 1937. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254411243; "$10,500,000 Spent on the World Fair: Whalen Says Contracts Still to Be Let This Year Will Add $8,000,000". The New York Times. October 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N.Y. Fair Space Taken By 60 Nations Already". The Christian Science Monitor. December 21, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514506362; "60 Nations Accept World's Fair Bids; League Is Included in Those Signing Contracts or Asking for Space Reservations". The New York Times. December 20, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Nickel Drinks Will Be a Nickel At World's Fair: Coca-Cola Contracts for 59 Stands and Will Serve Other Soft Beverages". New York Herald Tribune. January 17, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337043993; "World's Fair Lets First Concession; Coca-Cola Company Rents 59 Carbonated Beverage Stands and Big Exhibit Space". The New York Times. January 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"World's Fair To Mass Troops Of All Nations: Whalen Says 50,000 Will Parade; Exposition Will Have Preview in' 3 Months". New York Herald Tribune. February 3, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242864859; "World Fair Opening to Rival Coronation; Whalen Outlines Plans to Make Ceremony Here Example of Pomp and Grandeur". The New York Times. February 5, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"10,000 to Get Work Soon at World's Fair: 100 Buildings To Be Under Construction by End of April in Speed-Up Plan". New York Herald Tribune. February 15, 1938. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250603314.
"New York's Great Fair Rising In Setting of Lavish Artistry: Preview of New York World's Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514781950.
"1st Rivet Driven In Perisphere At World's Fair: Whalen, Stettinius, Aided by Catcher and Backer-Upper, Work Machinery to Start Theme Structure". New York Herald Tribune. April 9, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242883982; "Fair Starts Work on Theme Center; Construction of Perisphere Begun as E. R. Stettinius Rivets First Bolt". The New York Times. April 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"1 st Cornerstone Of Foreign Unit At Fair Is Laid: Farouk's Uncle Officiates at Egyptian Pavilion Ceremonies; Work Starts Today on Perisphere and Trylon". New York Herald Tribune. April 8, 1938. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242970268.
"64 Nations to Exhibit: Several Designs Approved A Carillon Tower". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514813608; "Four More Nations Join Worlds Fair; Eire, Venezuela, Lithuania and Sweden Sign Contracts for Exhibition Space". The New York Times. April 15, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Million Watch Motorcade in Preview for World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242903554; "1,000,000 Watch Preview Parade; Line Route as the Motorcade Winds From Battery Place to World Fair Site". The New York Times. May 1, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"300,000 View Fair Fireworks, Week Late, Without Traffic Jam". New York Herald Tribune. May 9, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244635602; "Fireworks Dazzle 600,000 at Fair Site; Throng Quarter-Mile Deep Is Described as One of Largest Ever to Assemble Here". The New York Times. May 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Fair Grounds Now Open Only On Week Ends: Admission To Be Charged to Pay Cost of Handling Visitors on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays". New York Herald Tribune. May 14, 1938. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244193559; "Westchester Soil is Stripped by Fair; Village Officials Protest at Making Potential 'Dust Bowl' of Wide Tracts". The New York Times. May 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"World's Fair Body's Contract Okehs Presage Fun Zone Start". The Billboard. Vol. 50, no. 25. June 18, 1938. p. 3. ProQuest 1032159863.
"Strike at World's Fair Settled; Men Will Return to Jobs Today". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244413859; "Strike Settled at World's Fair; 6,000 Men in Electrical and Construction Unions to Return to Jobs Today". The New York Times. July 19, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Fairs-Expositions: Much Midway Space Is Taken At World's Fair". The Billboard. Vol. 50, no. 35. August 27, 1938. pp. 46, 48. ProQuest 1032161767.
"World's Fair Building Progress From Blueprints to All Colors". New York Herald Tribune. September 11, 1938. p. A3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243091894.
"Whalen Says World's Fair Is 90% Ready: To Open 15 Weeks From Today; Exhibit Area Is Just About Complete". New York Herald Tribune. January 15, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243107723; "N. Y. World's Fair is 90% Completed: All Space in Main Exhibit Area is Allocated, Grover Whalen Reports Costs of Construction Cut 20% Under Original Estimates, He Says". The Sun. January 15, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1943-9504. ProQuest 543092013.
Whalen, Grover A. (January 1939). "The New York World's Fair of 1939: Fair Progress in a Nutshell". Bankers' Magazine. Vol. 138, no. 1. p. 27. ProQuest 124369078.
Compere, Thomas (March 12, 1939). "Fair Will Pep Up Its Amusements With $1,000,000: Adopts More Liberal Policy Plans Foreign Villages". New York Herald Tribune. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257476186.
"$156,000,000 Show: Eleven Gates Ready to Swing at the N. Y. World's Fair: Spectacle". Newsweek. Vol. 13, no. 18. May 1, 1939. pp. 46, 49. ProQuest 1796267678.
"Pictures: Newsreels to Bally N.Y.'s '39 World Fair". Variety. Vol. 127, no. 4. July 7, 1937. p. 4. ProQuest 1505646066.
Robertson, Bruce (May 1, 1939). "Television Motif Marks New York Fair". Broadcasting, Broadcast Advertising. Vol. 16, no. 9. pp. 20–21. ProQuest 1014928343.
"Unfair at Fair?: New York Unions Are Accused of Shaking Down Exhibitors". Newsweek. Vol. 13, no. 25. June 19, 1939. pp. 21–22. ProQuest 1796831853.
"Fair to Provide Free First Aid Medical Care: Intoxicated visitors to Get Hangover-less Remedy 6 Stations Will Be Ready for Emergency Cases". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1938. p. 42. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1256797402; "Long Island Plans 10c Ride to Fair; Facilities to Be Taxed". The New York Times. October 20, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Valentine Sets Up New Police Precinct for Fair Area: Detail Reports Saturday for Duty in Corona Quarters in Schoolhouse; Exposition's Own Force to Onerate on Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. April 13, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263346746; "Police-precinct Set Up for Fair; To Be Known as 110-A, It Will Occupy Former Corona School --Opening Set for Saturday". The New York Times. April 13, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Mayor Sets Up Special Body of Fair Firemen". New York Herald Tribune. September 2, 1938. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244525037; "Fire Unit to Serve Fair Grounds Only; Battalion of Four Companies Will Have 20 Officers and 98 City Firemen". The New York Times. September 2, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"75 Cents Admission to the Fair For Adults; Children 25 Cents". New York Herald Tribune. February 16, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247094172; "Admission to Fair Fixed at 75 Cents; Cost to Children Will Be 25 Cents, With One Day a Week Set Aside at a Dime". The New York Times. February 16, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Advance Ticket Goal of Fair Set At $3,000,000: Reporting Wide Interest, Whalen Plans to Extend Sale Outside of New York". New York Herald Tribune. February 17, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244701126; "$3,000,000 'Advance' is Expected by Fair; Whalen Sets That as Goal for Special Type Tickets at Bargain Rates". The New York Times. February 17, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"New York World's Fair Bans Free Tickets". The Christian Science Monitor. February 25, 1939. p. 4. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515014104.
"Advance Sale of Fair Tickets Ends Today Except $15 Ones". New York Herald Tribune. April 22, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255482888; "Advance Sale Extended On World Fair Tickets". The New York Times. April 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Address Opens World's Fair: 600,000 Attendance Is Disappointing Exposition Theme Hailed in Talk". Daily Boston Globe. May 1, 1939. p. 1. ProQuest 817042199.
"Play Area's Gala Opening Put Off For Two Weeks: Whalen Decides on Second Try After Tour Reveals It Still Far From Complete". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1939. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247103281.
Schoenfeld, Joe (April 26, 1939). "Outdoors: Analysis of the Midway Slows That Phase of N. Y. Fair Furthest Behind". Variety. Vol. 134, no. 7. p. 47. ProQuest 1505713328.
"Fair to Admit School Pupils Of City Free". New York Herald Tribune. April 25, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255498158.
"Fair Is Seeking To Cut Costs to Mollify Nevada: New Construction Bids Will Be Asked; Connecticut Joins Protest on Strikes". New York Herald Tribune. May 24, 1939. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263426317.
"Nevada Drops Out of Fair Over Union Trouble: Official Says Electricians Demanded Rewiring Here of Work Done in West". New York Herald Tribune. June 9, 1939. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247101731; "Nevada Cancels Exhibit; High Cost Is the Reason". The New York Times. June 6, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"World's Fair Announces '5 and 10 Cent Days' for Children, Beginning Tomorrow". New York Herald Tribune. June 20, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247836545.
"Fair Offers $1 Bargain Ticket, Worth $2.25". New York Herald Tribune. July 18, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1252147099; Adams, Frank S. (July 18, 1939). "$1 Bargain Ticket is Offered by Fair; Has $2.25 Week-End Value in Gate Fee, Food, Concessions --Plan on Trial This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"World's Fair to Decide Monday on Cutting Admission Price to 50 Cents: Slash Favored By Concessions And Exhibitors Attendance, Despite Bargain Tickets, Is Disappointing; Maryland Has Its Day". New York Herald Tribune. July 29, 1939. p. 5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324019681; Porter, Russell B. (July 29, 1939). "Action Expected Monday on Cut in Fair's Rates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Whalen Reports Satisfaction at Result of Plan". New York Herald Tribune. July 25, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1321995346; Adams, Frank S. (July 25, 1939). "Utah at Fair Hails Mormon Pioneers; Observing Utah's Day at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"World's Fair Crowds Reflect War Influence by Flocking to Foreign Ceremonies: First Exhibitor Renews Space For Next Year". New York Herald Tribune. September 11, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324138965; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 11, 1939). "1940 Fair Receives Its First Renewal From Trade Area; Delighted by Increased Sales, Carrier Corporation Plans to Expand Its Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"Rhodesia Shuts Fair Exhibit as Result of War: France Curtails Operation of Her Pavilion 3 Hours Daily in Economy Move". New York Herald Tribune. September 12, 1939. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1325006175; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 12, 1939). "Southern Rhodesia Quits World's Fair; Pavilion Is Closed on Orders From Government as the First 'War Casualty'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Rumania's Call To Arms Closes Fair Restaurant: Romania House Suspends as 34 of Staff Go Back; Pavilion Remains Open". New York Herald Tribune. August 31, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247122951; Bracker, Milton (August 31, 1939). "War Crisis Closes Fair Restaurant; 38 Employes Are Recalled by Rumania in Fear They Would Be Stranded". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"World's Fair Cuts Rentals for State Exhibits by Half for 1940". New York Herald Tribune. October 10, 1939. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254042233; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 10, 1939). "Fair Rent Cut 50% for States in 1940; Exhibitors' Association Wins Demand—Move Is Held a Sign of Other Slashes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Fair Closes, 79,482 in Rain Say Au Revoir: Last Hardy Sightseers and Bargain Hunters TurnOut at Quiet Finale". New York Herald Tribune. November 1, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267842853; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 1, 1939). "1939 Fair Closes; Seen by 26,000,000; Plans Laid for '40; Last Day is Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"World's Fair to Charge 50 Cents When It Reopens for '40 Season". New York Herald Tribune. November 2, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319988416; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 2, 1939). "50-cent Fair Rate is Fixed for 1940; Brazil to Return; Gibson Formally Announces Plan After a Conference With Concessionnaires". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair Will Have 45 Exhibitors In Foreign Area: League and Pan American Union Included Europe Is Sending War Displays". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1940. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1264087284.
"Finland Renews Fair Contract, First Nation to Sign Up for '40". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243020377; "Finland Joins the Fair, First From Abroad; Dec. 19 Agreement Withheld Because of War". The New York Times. January 31, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"West Virginia Renews Lease on Fair Pavilion: Enlargement to Care for 12 Additional Exhibits". New York Herald Tribune. January 24, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242942722; "West Virginia Signs 1940 Fair Contract; First State to Take Advantage of 50 Per Cent Rent Cut". The New York Times. January 24, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Russia Quits Fair, Costly Pavilion To Be Razed, Moved to Moscow". New York Herald Tribune. December 2, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1326773085; "Russia Quits Fair; Finns to Stay; Reds to Raze $4,000,000 Pavilion; Moscow Orders Withdrawal Without Giving Explanation—Building Must Be Down in 90 Days—No Comment by Fair". The New York Times. December 2, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Finns' Pavilion Opened at Fair, War the Theme: Procope and Hoover Decry Conflict at Ceremonies; Attendance at New Low". New York Herald Tribune. May 17, 1940. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247155659; Shalett, Sidney M. (May 17, 1940). "Finland Dedicates Her Fair Pavilion; Hoover Says Nation's Ordeal of Blood Has Earned It Full Right to Freedom in Peace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"31 Nations Accept World's Fair Bid". The Christian Science Monitor. February 25, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515525230.
"Fair Confident Big Exhibitors Will All Return: 95% of Those Having Own Buildings Already Signed; New Play Area Planned". New York Herald Tribune. January 13, 1940. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242911542.
"Flanigan Says Exhibits at Fair Will Surpass '39: Announces New Attractions and Improvements Upon Displays and Buildings". New York Herald Tribune. March 9, 1940. p. 13A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1335119347.
"Fair Amusement Zone Sold Out, 90 Concessions on Its New List: Director Reports All Space Taken; Area Will Offer 3 Major Shows, 18 Smaller Ones and 15 Rides Among Other Attractions". New York Herald Tribune. April 29, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1266874326; "Play Zone at Fair is '100% Sold Out'; Revitalized Great White Way Offers Livelier and Gayer Section Than Last Year". The New York Times. April 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
Le Tour, M. (April 19, 1940). "New York World's Fair Soon to Reopen: Greenery in 'The World of Tomorrow'". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515558146.
"Rush to the Fair Taxes All City's Traffic Systems: Subways and L. I. Road Tag 5,175 Through in 1st 10 Minutes Parking Lots Busy Snip and the World's Fair of 40 Is Officially Open". New York Herald Tribune. May 12, 1940. p. 31. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242959008; Porter, Russell B. (May 12, 1940). "'40 Fair Gets Off to Lively Start; 191,196 on Hand; The World's Fair of 1940 Opens, Dedicated to Peace and Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
"Auto Is Offered As Daily Prize To Fair Visitors: N. Y. Hotels and Business Organizations Sponsors of 'Golden Key' Contest". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1940. p. 9A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320021240; "Fair to Give Away 170 Cars, One Daily; Biggest Crowd-Luring Device So Far to Use Millions of Keys as Prize 'Tickets'". The New York Times. April 27, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"World's Fair Debenture Holders Agree to Waive Payments Under New Fiscal Plan". New York Herald Tribune. August 30, 1939. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319968323; "Bondholders Back Fair's Fiscal Plan; 54% Waive Rights to Profits, and Proposal Goes Into Effect Immediately". The New York Times. August 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"British Fleet Aid On Way: , 580,721 Bid the Fair Good By In Record Day of Its 2-Year Run". New York Herald Tribune. October 28, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320064105; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 28, 1940). "Rush as Fair Ends Brings Out 537,952, Its Biggest Crowd; Farewell to the Fair: Closing Scenes at the End of a Two-Year Run". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
Patterson 1939, pp. 87–88. Patterson, Sterling (April 1939). "Miracle of the Marshes: Two short years ago a metropolitan dis grace. Today a beautiful and startling ex travaganza. That's the story of a two-mile square area of Long Island that's become the setting for the New York World's Fair". Better Homes and Gardens. Vol. 17, no. 8. pp. 20–21, 87–91. ProQuest 1715496162.
"500 Large Trees Due This Spring On Site of Fair: Corporation Opens Bids for Moving, Replanting Job to Cost $100,000 55-Foot Elms on List Specimens Within 100 Miles Are Catalogued for Site". New York Herald Tribune. February 25, 1937. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222252601; "10,000 Live Trees Sought for Fair; Vast Forest to Be Transported to Barren Flushing Site Within Next 2 Years". The New York Times. February 25, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
Johnston, J. W. (October 20, 1939). "World's Fair Already at Work On Its Floral Displays for 1940". New York Herald Tribune. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1258523692.
Patterson 1939, p. 88. Patterson, Sterling (April 1939). "Miracle of the Marshes: Two short years ago a metropolitan dis grace. Today a beautiful and startling ex travaganza. That's the story of a two-mile square area of Long Island that's become the setting for the New York World's Fair". Better Homes and Gardens. Vol. 17, no. 8. pp. 20–21, 87–91. ProQuest 1715496162.
Johnston, J. W. (May 14, 1939). "Million Tulips in Fair Rainbow". New York Herald Tribune. p. A18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243152807; "Tulips in Fair Gardens Burst Into Bloom in Time". The New York Times. April 25, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Hughes, Alice (March 26, 1939). "A Woman's New York: Gardens and Flowers Abound at World's Fair Landscaping Expenditures Amount to $150,000". The Washington Post. p. 11. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151216843.
"World's Fair Uses Manhattan Street Names: But There Will Re a Main as Well as Broadway and Times Square; Also Plaza of Light and Peace Court". New York Herald Tribune. June 21, 1938. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244331675; "Fair Adopts Names of Noted Streets; Broadway and Petticoat Lane Among Those Representative of Old New York". The New York Times. June 21, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"70 Feet of Mud Found Beneath World Fair Site: Floating Steel 'Saucers' Planned to Support Some of Projected Structures Huge Caissons Proposed Important Buildings Due to Rest on 'Bridge' Piers". New York Herald Tribune. October 26, 1936. p. 18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222131162.
"Whalen Describes New Lighting Developed For World's Fair". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 55, no. 88. November 3, 1937. pp. 23–24. ProQuest 1699951135.
"World's Fair Lights Turned On, Make Site a Dreamland of Color". New York Herald Tribune. April 11, 1939. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244864830.
"$156,000,000 Show: Eleven Gates Ready to Swing at the N. Y. World's Fair: Spectacle". Newsweek. Vol. 13, no. 18. May 1, 1939. pp. 46, 49. ProQuest 1796267678.
"State Exhibits Take Visitor To Scenes of Home: Pennsylvania Exhibit Maine Tells Story". The Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 1939. p. 9. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515092332.
"Financial News: Consumer Interests Bldg. For World's Fair". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 55, no. 105. November 29, 1937. p. 6. ProQuest 1653244943; "Fair to Show Buyers How to Stretch Dollars". New York Herald Tribune. November 28, 1937. p. 35A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222274659.
"The World's Fair Today: Facts And Figures". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 56, no. 22. February 1, 1938. pp. 5, 31. ProQuest 1653752142.
"World's Fair Amusement Zone To Be Laid Out in 13 Sections". New York Herald Tribune. December 6, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222355795; "New York of Old Will Rise at Fair; Village Depicting the Life of Century Ago Will Be Part of Amusement Area". The New York Times. December 6, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"New York World's Fair Votes To Undress Its Attractions: Nudity And Gayety To Be Stressed In Spending Of New $1,000,000 Appropriation". The Sun. March 12, 1939. p. 1. ProQuest 538442241.
"Work Is Begun On I. R.T. Station At World's Fair: Willets Point Structure in Flushing Being Rebuilt at Cost of $494.000 To Serve 40 Trains an Hr. $260,000 Signal System Is Planned for Expresses". New York Herald Tribune. January 9, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240588402; "New I.R.T. Station for Fair Started; Willets Point Structure on Flushing Line to Be Rebuilt at Cost of $494,000". The New York Times. January 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Traffic Plans For World Fair Are Announced: Present Lines to Transport' 250,000 to 800,000 Daily Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. October 26, 1936. p. 18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248170581; "Fair Traffic Studied; Whalen Says Problem Equals That of a City Like Cleveland". The New York Times. October 26, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"B. M. T., I. R. T. Express Trains Start April 24: Subways Will Make Run to Willets Point Boulevard Station in 24 Minutes". New York Herald Tribune. April 17, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254731448; "New Subway Spur Is Ready to Open: First Train to Start Four Minutes Before the Fair Officially Begins". The New York Times. April 17, 1939. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
"I. R. T. Will Buy 50 New Cars for Express to Fair: Bids Asked on Equipment for Special Service on Line Running to Flushing". New York Herald Tribune. March 3, 1938. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243080430; "50 New Subway Cars to Be Added for Fair; I. R. T. Asks Bids for Equipment for Service From Times Square and Grand Central". The New York Times. March 3, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Buses for World's Fair". The Wall Street Journal. March 3, 1937. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129839745; "Buys 55 Buses for Fair; Queens-Nassau Lines to Replace Jamaica-Flushing Trolleys". The New York Times. March 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Buses to Cover 10-Mile Route Within Grounds: Tractor Trains and Chair 'Taxis' Also Will Carry Visitors Over 1,216 Acres". New York Herald Tribune. April 30, 1939. p. 34. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244862453.
"Fair Postpones Formal Start of Its Play Area: Fete Set for Next Saturday; Attendance Holds Up in Face of All-Day Drizzle Ireland's Pavilion Officially Opened After Dedication". New York Herald Tribune. May 14, 1939. p. 24. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243118184.
"Fine Weather Increases Crowd; Children Parade on Special Day". New York Herald Tribune. July 13, 1939. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319982825.
Morrow, C. Earl (March 22, 1936). "World's Fair Spurs Queens Boulevard Plan: Civic Groups Combine to Press Completion of Borough's Traffic Project Artery to the Exposition New Sections Paved and Landscaping Work Starts". New York Herald Tribune. p. B6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330424776.
"Map for World's Fair Shows Ring of Airports: Five Terminals and Seaplane Bases Are Near Exposition". New York Herald Tribune. July 25, 1937. p. 22A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248455293.
"World's Fair Area Is Barred to Planes by Aeronautics Authority to Promote Safety". New York Herald Tribune. April 26, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244877009; "Flying Over World Fair Banned by Air Authority". The New York Times. April 26, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"'39 World's Fair Flag Dedicated; Colors Flown by Early Settlers: Orange, White and Blue Emblem Recalls Standard That Waved Over Homes of New Amsterdam; Mrs. Astor, Aldrich to Pick 10,000 Aids". New York Herald Tribune. January 5, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222210826; "Truck Driver Buys $100 Share in Fair; Whalen Sells Bond to Employe at Ceremony as Symbol of Wide Public Support". The New York Times. January 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Musical Plans For World Fair Are Confirmed; Full Committee Is Listed by Whalen; Mrs. Astor and Marshall Field Included". New York Herald Tribune. July 4, 1937. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250042230; "Music Plans Made for World's Fair; Allen Wardwell Heads Large Committee of Musicians and Music Patrons". The New York Times. July 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Music Festival Is Planned for '39 World Fair: Auditorium on Grounds Proposed by Committee for Artists of All Nations". New York Herald Tribune. June 27, 1937. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318088972; Downes, Olin (June 27, 1937). "Plans for the Fair in 1939; a Mozart Rondo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Olin Downes to Direct World's Fair's Music". New York Herald Tribune. February 18, 1938. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242874761; "Olin Downes, Critic, Heads World's Fair Music Plans". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 19, 1938. p. 14. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 182006335.
"Theme Song For World's Fair Written By Negro Composer". Philadelphia Tribune. August 4, 1938. p. 1. ProQuest 531503663.
"World's Fair Theme Song To Be Recorded By Duke Ellington". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 10, 1938. p. 20. ProQuest 202039322; "World Fair March is Gershwin Tune; ' Dawn of a New Day, Among Last of the Composer's Works, Adopted -as Anthem Song a "Fortunate Accident"". The New York Times. April 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Billy Rose Plans Extravaganza At World's Fair: $500,000 Production, With 1,000 in Cast, to Employ Modern American Theme in Five Showings Daily". New York Herald Tribune. July 2, 1938. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257833449; Atkinson, Brooks (May 5, 1939). "The Play; Billy Rose's Aquacade Opens With a Splash in the Lake at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Whalen Reveals Art Center Plan At World's Fair: Studio Displays, to Present Stages in Production of Works, Are Proposed". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243712934; "1939 Fair to Take Art 'Off Olympus'; Painting and Sculpture to Be Blended in Surroundings for All to See, Says Whalen". The New York Times. January 31, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Graeme, Alice (March 27, 1938). "World's 'Fair's' Snub to Artists Sets Off Debate: New York Show Scored for Omitting to Plan an Exhibition". The Washington Post. p. TT4. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151070539.
"World's Fair Will Include Exhibition of Fine Arts: Displays to Trace Development From Early Greece". New York Herald Tribune. May 5, 1938. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242974064.
"181 Artists Join To Give N.Y. Fair Variety in Design". The Christian Science Monitor. July 17, 1937. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514423887.
"Outdoor Mural System Ready At World's Fair: Colorful Spectacle of Man's History Is Unfolded as Scaffolding Comes Down". New York Herald Tribune. April 20, 1939. p. 21A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255079016.
Hardesty, Lynn (December 25, 1938). "World's Fair Uses Dramatic Color Effects: Previews of New York Exhibit Buildings Amaze Art Critics". The Washington Post. p. R1. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 150964786.
"Union Warns Mural Painters At World's Fair: Artists Are Told They Must Join Local Before They Can Start Work; They Plan to Turn Down Offer". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254086461; "Peril to Art Seen in Row With Union; Guild of Mural Painters Holds A. F. L. Group Endangers Work at World's Fair". The New York Times. July 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Appleton Read, Helen (September 1, 1938). "Murals at the World's Fair...". Harper's Bazaar. Vol. 71, no. 2713. p. 104-105, 129. ProQuest 1871468222.
Robertson, Bruce (May 1, 1939). "Television Motif Marks New York Fair". Broadcasting, Broadcast Advertising. Vol. 16, no. 9. pp. 20–21. ProQuest 1014928343.
"Contract Made For Television Station at Fair: Large-Scale Demonstration of New Radio Science To Be Offered for Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. June 18, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248130206; "Television to Be Presented at Fair". The Wall Street Journal. June 19, 1937. p. 10. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129798234; "R. C. A. to Exhibit in Fair Building; Signs Contract to Build a 'Temple of Magic' to Show Developments in Radio". The New York Times. June 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fair Will Prove Promised Land For Gourmets: 24 Countries Will Serve Native Food and Drinks for Which They're Noted". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1939. p. 5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247108615.
"City to Protect Visitors' Health At Fair Grounds: 2,800 Workers Will Watch Food, Sanitation and Give First Aid in Emergencies". New York Herald Tribune. April 24, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1258190290.
"Fair Food Menu Is Designed to Fit All Purses: 150 Stands and 70 Restaurants oil Grounds Will Have Prices From 10c". New York Herald Tribune. April 30, 1940. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255356860.
"1939 World Fair Activities Will Include Sports". The Christian Science Monitor. September 15, 1937. p. 10. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514524168.
Hornaday, Mary (September 23, 1965). "World's Fair Plans for Closing Curtain: Pavilions to Move". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 11. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 510830485.
Hallett, Robert M. (January 11, 1941). "The World's Fair's Legacy to Flushing: .. Park". The Christian Science Monitor. p. WM5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515377595.
MacGregor, Donald (October 20, 1940). "Taking the World's Fair Apart: the Last Visitor Walks Out. The Wreckers Stalk in – to Turn a World of Fantasy Into a Playground for All Time". New York Herald Tribune. p. SM8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247324294; Loeb, August (October 27, 1940). "Fine Park From Fair; Flushing Meadow's New Play Area Will Be 'Second to None'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
"Closed a Month, Fair Slips Back To Pristine Mud: Vestiges of Beauty Remain, but Swamp Is Emerging Again as Razing Proceeds". New York Herald Tribune. November 27, 1940. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263331320.
Compere, Thomas (October 13, 1940). "Fair Exhibits From Abroad Pose Problem: Disposal of $20,000,000 Displays Is Complicated by Hitler's Conquests". New York Herald Tribune. p. A1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243055097; "Bill Would Let Alien Employes at the Fair Stay in U.S. if War Bars Them From Home". The New York Times. October 8, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Mayor Accepts Fair Park Unit, Gibes at Moses: Includes Japanese Pavilion in 'Mosesification' of Flushing Meadows Area". New York Herald Tribune. September 19, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1261393056; "Japan's Pavilion at Fair Now City's; Mayor Accepts the $250,000 Structure, Hoping It Will Aid Accord of Nations". The New York Times. September 19, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"U. N. Closes Down Operations at Flushing Meadow". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1951. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337265889; "U.N. Ends Its Sojourn at Flushing Meadow; Security Council Sitting Wind-Up of 5 Years". The New York Times. October 20, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
Chapman, Ralph (April 18, 1960). "Permanent Buildings Barred at World's Fair: Moses Report to Mayor Cites Law Calling for Restoration as a Park". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327176485; Grutzner, Charles (April 18, 1960). "Moses Sees Fair Lasting 2 Years; Report to Wagner Includes a Reference to 1964–65 Without Qualification". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022; "The City Smooths Way for More Recreation at the World's Fair: Skating Rinks Open Sunday at Fair Grounds Mayor to Join Ceremony for Flushing Meadow's First Recreational Unit". New York Herald Tribune. January 10, 1941. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263415458.
"Protests Delay Zoning Near World's Fair: Board of Estimate Holds Up Restrictions on Signs, Parking, Amusements Discriminations Charged Resolution Prohibits High Buildings Near Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. June 5, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243535262; "Harvey is Set Back in Fair Zone Fight; Estimate Board Votes to Put Restrictions on Part of Area Adjacent to Flushing Site". The New York Times. June 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"City Votes to Restrict Grounds Surrounding '39 World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. September 28, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1251158864; "World's Fair Zone is Created by City; Commercial Activities Within 1,000 Feet of Present Site Subject to Regulation". The New York Times. September 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N. Y. Fair Will Aid Recovery, Says Whalen: 50,000,000 Visitors Due to Spend Huge Sums, He Tells Sales Executives". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1936. p. 41. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327553027; "Fair Seen as Spur in Big Trade Area; Whalen Says Other States as Well as New York Will Gain by 50,000,000 Influx". The New York Times. October 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Surplus Likely For World Fair, Backers Find: Prospectus for Debentures Sees $1,024,158 Profit if 50,000,000 Attend 2d Year Is Considered Capital Investment of 125 Million Figured On". New York Herald Tribune. November 27, 1936. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240529164; "Profit on Fair Sure if 50,000,000 See It; Prospectus for Bond Buyers Holds 'Reasonable Hope' That Such Will Be the Case". The New York Times. November 27, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fifth Ave. Starts To 'Primp' for '39 World's Fair: Retailers Between 34th and 42d Streets Rebuild, Modernize and Expand New jersey House Bought by New York Interest". New York Herald Tribune. August 8, 1937. p. D4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250488751.
"Mayor Vetoes World Fair Tax Exemption Bill: Finds Faulty Drafting in Measure to Which He Had Given Personal Approval and It Will Be Rewritten". New York Herald Tribune. June 7, 1938. p. 8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244318560; "City Sales Tax Saved by La Guardia Veto; Fair Bill So Worded as to End Relief Levy". The New York Times. June 7, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

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"Task of Filling World's Fair Site Will Be Pushed Night and Day; Moving of 7,000,000 Cubic Yards of Ashes and Soil Will Be in Full Swing Next Week – Two Lakes to Be Dug as Part of Work to Last till Next March". The New York Times. July 8, 1936. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
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"B. M. T., I. R. T. Express Trains Start April 24: Subways Will Make Run to Willets Point Boulevard Station in 24 Minutes". New York Herald Tribune. April 17, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254731448; "New Subway Spur Is Ready to Open: First Train to Start Four Minutes Before the Fair Officially Begins". The New York Times. April 17, 1939. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
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"I. R. T. Will Buy 50 New Cars for Express to Fair: Bids Asked on Equipment for Special Service on Line Running to Flushing". New York Herald Tribune. March 3, 1938. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243080430; "50 New Subway Cars to Be Added for Fair; I. R. T. Asks Bids for Equipment for Service From Times Square and Grand Central". The New York Times. March 3, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
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"President the 'First' to Use Midtown Tube". The New York Times. November 9, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
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Chapman, Ralph (April 18, 1960). "Permanent Buildings Barred at World's Fair: Moses Report to Mayor Cites Law Calling for Restoration as a Park". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327176485; Grutzner, Charles (April 18, 1960). "Moses Sees Fair Lasting 2 Years; Report to Wagner Includes a Reference to 1964–65 Without Qualification". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
Berliner, David C. (November 12, 1972). "New Queens Art Museum Offers First Exhibit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022; "The City Smooths Way for More Recreation at the World's Fair: Skating Rinks Open Sunday at Fair Grounds Mayor to Join Ceremony for Flushing Meadow's First Recreational Unit". New York Herald Tribune. January 10, 1941. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263415458.
"Heaviest Concentration of Traffic Policemen in City's History to Be on Duty Today". The New York Times. April 22, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

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"First World's Fair Opened at London; Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 Was a Notable Financial Success". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Caro 1974, p. 1083. Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48076-3. OCLC 834874.
Renaud, Ralph E. (December 13, 1936). "New York Lays Plans For 1939 World's Fair". The Washington Post. p. B7. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 150752879.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, p. 729. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
Cramer, Robert S. (April 24, 1938). "Two American Gateways Set Elaborate Stages for 1939 Fairs". The Washington Post. p. B6. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151083799.
"Huge World's Fair Planned for 1939 On Site at Flushing: McAneny Heads Group to Map 40-Million Celebration of First Inaugural of Washington 1,000-Acre Park Tract Is Proposed Roosevelt, Lehman and LaGuardia Approve It". New York Herald Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1329290149.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, p. 727. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
"New York Plans 'Greatest' Fair in '39 and '40: Committee of Notables Formed; Site Picked". Chicago Tribune. September 23, 1935. p. 15. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 181674779; "Great World Fair for City in 1939 on Site in Queens; Cost to Be $40,000,000". The New York Times. September 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024; "World's Fair on Flushing Bay Planned for 1939". Times Union. September 23, 1935. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"City Grants Use Of Flushing Site For World Fair: Estimate Board Speedily Backs Move to Bring 40 Million Project Here". New York Herald Tribune. September 24, 1935. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330222757; "City's Fair Assured of Widespread Aid; Business is Elated; Board of Estimate Votes Full Backing for 1939 Project – Financial Help Likely". The New York Times. September 24, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Surveying is Begun at World Fair Site; Moses Details Staff to the 1,003-Acre Tract in Queens – May Start Swamp Job". The New York Times. September 25, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
Bernstein, Victor H. (July 5, 1936). "World's Fair Project in Construction Stage; Though Financing and Planning Have Still to Be Arranged, Workmen Are Preparing the Site". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Mayor Fledges City's Cash Aid To World's Fair: Wants 1939 Exposition to Stress Re-establishment of Port's Foreign Trade". New York Herald Tribune. October 4, 1935. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1223259322; "Mayor to Mobilize All City for Fair; Says He Will Call on Every Business, Art and Scientific Centre for Aid in 1939". The New York Times. October 4, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"$7,000,000 Set As Initial Cost Of World's Fair: That Sum Needed to Put Flushing Site in Shape, Moses Writes McAneny". New York Herald Tribune. October 2, 1935. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222258878; "Moses Asks an Early Decision On Site of the 1939 World Fair; If Flushing Area Is to Be Used, He Wants to Coordinate Park and Triborough Bridge Work – Estimates $5,000,000 Will Be Needed for Land and Improvements". The New York Times. October 2, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Sponsors File To Incorporate: Six Directors Designated, but Board Will Later Be Increased to Twenty-one 109 City Leaders Sign Financial Plans Are To Be Adopted at Early Meeting". New York Herald Tribune. October 23, 1935. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243474284; "1939 World's Fair Now a Legal Fact; Court Approves Incorporation Papers With Names of 109 Prominent New Yorkers". The New York Times. October 23, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"City Officially Approves Fair Site in Flushing: Aels to Acquire Additional Land to House Exhibits". New York Herald Tribune. October 24, 1935. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243760816; "City Votes $200,000 for Early Fair Work: Estimate Board Authorizes the Preparation of Maps of the Flushing Site". The New York Times. October 24, 1935. p. 39. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101327772.
"World Fair Corporation Elects M'Aneny as Head: Woll's Nominee Is Chosen Unanimously by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. November 21, 1935. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222035615; "M'Aneny Elected World's Fair Head; Directors, at First Meeting, Also Make H. D. Gibson Finance Chairman". The New York Times. November 21, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Contract Is Let For Survey of World Fair Site: Madigan & Hyland, Under Fire at Relief Inquiry, Gets $90,000 City Job Action Starts Board Clash Mayor, Lyons and Harvey in Warm Argument". New York Herald Tribune. December 7, 1935. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330116412; "Mayor in Flare-up Over World's Fair; Misunderstands a Remark and Threatens to Call It All Off – And Then Cools Down". The New York Times. December 7, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Fair Stirs Wide Interest; Foreign Groups Make Inquiries for Exhibition Space". The New York Times. November 12, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World Fair to Aid Arts; 'A Lasting Display of American Architecture' Is Planned". The New York Times. November 19, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Unified Art Scheme Urged in World's Fair; New York Societies Ask That Finest Talent Be Selected to Develop General Layout". The New York Times. December 1, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Transit Plans Laid for the World's Fair; Bus, Surface Car, Subway, Train and Water Facilities Are to Be Provided". The New York Times. January 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Brownell Offers a Bill For World Fair in City: Albany Measure Provides Leasing of Park Lamb in 1939". New York Herald Tribune. January 3, 1936. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330118482; "Bill for World's Fair Offered in Assembly; Measure Allows Leasing of Park Lands and Control of Tourist Camps Near Flushing". The New York Times. January 3, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Not His Affair Moses Asserts: Says Park. Department Is Responsible Only for the Basic Improvements Galls Plan Unimpressive McAneny Sees Flushing Exposition in '39 a Success They Sound a Discordant Note in W. P. A. Theater Project". New York Herald Tribune. January 25, 1936. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267757042.
"Moses Attacks Delay in Fund for Fair Land". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. January 25, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Moses Again Warns of World Fair Delay; Wants to Know Whether He Shall Prepare Flushing Site for Exposition or a Park". The New York Times. January 25, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"McAneny Tells Women Of World's Fair Art Plans". New York Herald Tribune. February 9, 1936. p. 6A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1221765583; "Architectural Unity is Stressed for Fair; McAneny Reveals Committee to Coordinate Beauty – Highways to Have Special Lights". The New York Times. February 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Aid of Lehman In World's Fair Project Sought: Asked to Send Delegate to Conference on Plans for Financing '39 Exposition Backers Would Start Job Brownell Letter Cites Need of Funds for Improvements". New York Herald Tribune. February 20, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237405606; "Appeal to Lehman on Funds for Fair; Brownell, Ives and Moffat Join in Suggesting That He Call a Conference". The New York Times. February 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"'39 World's Fair Halted as Board Awaits Grants: No Money, No Action, Say Directors, in Effect, Deploring Official Delays". New York Herald Tribune. March 24, 1936. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222069230; "New York Fair Board Awaits Public Funds". The Christian Science Monitor. March 24, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 513970700; "Fair Plans Halted by Delay in Grants: Directors of Project Vote to Hold No More Sessions Till State and City Act". The New York Times. March 24, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 101915501. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Harrington, John W. (April 5, 1936). "World Fair Plans Pushed at Albany; Legislature Authorizes Lease of Flushing Meadows Park and Weighs State Aid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Appointed Chairman of N.Y. World Fair Group". The Christian Science Monitor. April 23, 1936. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514123340; "Whalen at Helm of World's Fair; Elected Chairman of Board – Number of Directors Is Increased From 21 to 35". The New York Times. April 23, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Whalen Named To Presidency Of World's Fair: Quits as Schenley Chairman to Give Full Time to Preparing 1939 Exposition". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1937. p. 29. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243577880; "Whalen Elected World's Fair Head; Becomes President on Full Time Basis-Resigns AH Outside Executive Posts". The New York Times. October 9, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"City Asks Right to Sell World's Fair Bonds". The Wall Street Journal. April 28, 1936. p. 11. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128892929; "$7,000,000 Is Voted by City for Fair; Action Is Based on Assumption State Will Give $4,125,000 Toward Project". The New York Times. April 28, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "$7,000,000 Voted by City for Fair". Times Union. April 28, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"'39 World Fair Begins to Take Shape on Paper: Col. J. F. Bell Draws Up Preliminary Suggestions on Buildings and Layout". New York Herald Tribune. May 3, 1936. p. J1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1352660273.
"7 Are Chosen As Designers Of World Fair: Voorhees, Clarke, Delano, Downer, Teagne, Shreve and Kohn Become Board". New York Herald Tribune. May 22, 1936. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237468680; "Board of Design is Named for Fair; S.F. Voorhees Chosen Chairman of Group of 7 Experts to Map and Direct Construction". The New York Times. May 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, pp. 729–730. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
"$308,020 Voted To Begin Work On World's Fair: Estimate Board Assures '39 Opening With Fund Toward Preparing Site". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1936. p. 10. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257818931; "World's Fair Funds Voted by Board; $308,020 Appropriated to Begin Work – Moses's Plans to Fill Swamp Land Approved". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "City and Whalen Join Hands to Speed World Fair Project". Times Union. May 2, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Condemnation Of World's Fair Land Is Begun: Lockwood Authorization for City Action on 372 Acres Sets Record for Speed". New York Herald Tribune. May 15, 1936. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222071615; "Lets New York Condemn Land For World's Fair". The Sun. May 15, 1936. p. 8. ProQuest 540703601.
"World Fair Site Duly Dedicated In Champagne: Whalen Breaks '23 Bottle on Observation Tower in Presence of Directors". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1936. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330794602; "Site is Dedicated for World's Fair; 11 Officials, Atop Tower in Meadows, Accept Ash-Laden Tract at Ceremony". The New York Times. June 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Commission Votes World Fair Lease; Sinking Fund Group Approves Transfer of Flushing Land to New Corporation". The New York Times. June 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Lease Is Signed For World Fair, Ground Broken: LaGuardia and Bray Use Ancient Spade, Modern Shovel at Ceremonies". New York Herald Tribune. June 30, 1936. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222125791; "New York Breaks Ground For 1939 World's Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514102906; "La Guardia Runs a Steam Shovel As Work Starts on World's Fair". The New York Times. June 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Harrington, John Walker (November 8, 1936). "The 1939 Fair Rises Bit by Bit: Dreamers Plot, Engineers Build And Gradually It Takes Shape". New York Herald Tribune. p. A5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222354319.
"New York Seeks Aid of Every State In 1939 World Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. December 30, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514301549; "World Fair Asks Aid of All States; Advisory Committees Named to Organize Exposition on National Basis". The New York Times. December 30, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Hughes Nearing Moscow On a World Flight After 16½-Hour Dash to Paris". New York Herald Tribune. July 12, 1938. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244377360; "Route of Hughes is Disclosed Here; 3 Stops Are Planned on Trip From Moscow to New York Via Alaska and Canada". The New York Times. July 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Women Planning Widespread Part In New York Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. July 14, 1937. p. 5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514430153.
"Board Starts to Issue New Car License Plates: All Bear 'New York World's Fair 1939' Sign". New York Herald Tribune. December 21, 1937. p. 21A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1223337076.
"Holds World Fair Tag Invalid". The New York Times. January 28, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fashions to Show World Fair Motif; Wide Range of Themes". The New York Times. March 12, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Caro 1974, p. 1085; Steinberg 2015, p. 213. Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48076-3. OCLC 834874. Steinberg, Ted (July 21, 2015). Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York. Simon and Schuster. pp. 209–225. ISBN 978-1-4767-4128-4.
"Fair's Use of Soil Irks Westchester; Harrison Sues to Enjoin Group of Contractors From Shifting Loam to Flushing". The New York Times. September 29, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Bernstein, Victor H. (August 16, 1936). "Dump and Swamp Areas Reclaimed for Fair; Steam Shovels and Trucks Work Day and Night in Giant Effort to Prepare a 1,130-Acre Site for the 1939 Exposition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Fair Designers Roam Cosmos For Ideas on 1939 Ground Plan". New York Herald Tribune. July 16, 1936. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237424340.
"Lehman Makes Appointments For World Fair: Names 6 Commissioners to Fill Group of 16 on State's Participation". New York Herald Tribune. August 4, 1936. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1237414061; "Evicters' Big Day Ends in Waterloo; Sheriff's Men Oust Tavern, Gas Station and Houseboat From World's Fair Site". The New York Times. August 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contest Starts For World Fair Building Design: $4,250 in Prizes Is Offered in Attempt to Bring to Light Unknown Talent". New York Herald Tribune. September 10, 1936. p. 25. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222092642; "Fair Opens Contest; Architects Are Invited to Offer Designs for $1,000 Prize". The New York Times. September 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"World's Fair Building Contest Awards Made: G. L. Paine, Jr., Gets First Prize For Design Typifying 1939 Fair". Women's Wear. Vol. 53, no. 94. November 11, 1936. p. 6. ProQuest 1653943149; "World Fair Awards Made for Designs; G.L. Paine Jr. Gets $1,000 – First Prize Withheld Because of Collaboration". The New York Times. November 11, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Whalen Visions 50,000,000 at World's Greatest Fair". Times Union. September 17, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Whalen Promises New Kind of Fair; Plan and Theme Nearly Ready, He Announces at Luncheon of Advertising Club". The New York Times. September 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"World's Fair to Cost About $125,000,000". The Wall Street Journal. October 9, 1936. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 128793649.
"World's Fair Theme To Be The World of Tomorrow: Plans for $125,000,000 1,200-Acre Blueprint of Future of Mankind Are Approved by Directors". New York Herald Tribune. October 9, 1936. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240271438; "Fair of 1939 Will Depict The 'World of Tomorrow'". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; Weer, William (October 9, 1936). "Model of Exposition Shown to Directors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Investment Total to Be $125,000,000; Federal, State and City Aid $35,000,000 for Buildings and Other Improvements". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Contract Signing Marks Start Of 1939 World's Fair: Preview of the New York World's Fair of 1939". The Christian Science Monitor. October 22, 1936. p. 7. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514199372; "First Contract Let for Fair Building; Whalen Signs for Erection of Administration Structure to Cost $900,000". The New York Times. October 22, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Goddess of Liberty Design Is Chosen for '39 Fair Seal: Like Statue, Holding Torch; Engineers Insist Site's Foundations Are Safe". New York Herald Tribune. October 31, 1936. p. 38. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240474110; "World Fair Adopts Seal of Liberty". Times Union. October 30, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Philip Benson Named to Board of World's Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1936. p. 21. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "France to Exhibit at 1939 World Fair: Her Announcement Through an Official at Dinner Here is First by Any Nation". The New York Times. November 6, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Sale Of World's Fair Bonds In N.Y. Under Way: 2,000, Comprising "Who's Who" Of New York's Retail, Financial, Industrial Worlds, Attend Formal Launching". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 53, no. 103. November 24, 1936. pp. 2, 31. ProQuest 1653967501; "New Yorkers Urged to Buy $27,829,500 World Fair Bonds". The Christian Science Monitor. November 24, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514206321; "City Drive Opened for Bonds of Fair; Leaders Declare Investment Sound Financially and in Community Spirit". The New York Times. November 24, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"N.Y. World Fair Named as Official Exposition in 1939: Invitations Go Abroad Building Requirements Nations Signify Plans". The Christian Science Monitor. December 5, 1936. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514250483; "World's Fair Wins International Aid; Gets a Clear Field for 1939 From Bureau of 21 Nations, Whalen Announces". The New York Times. December 4, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Lehman Invites States to Join in World's Fair". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 1, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "All States Invited to Join 1939 Fair; Lehman Urges Exhibit by Each in Letters to Governors, Asking Their Participation". The New York Times. December 1, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Designs Asked for Four World's Fair Buildings: Architectural Contracts Now Total $4.350.000". New York Herald Tribune. February 2, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222255704; "4 Fair Contracts Made for Designs; Whalen Signs With Firms of Architects to Draw Plans for $1,475,000 Buildings". The New York Times. February 2, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Uniforms May Come And Go—But The World's Fair Already Has Model Selected". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 54, no. 58. March 25, 1937. p. 24. ProQuest 1653733297; "World's Fair Opens in Miniature Form; Complete Model of Grounds and Building Exhibited at Empire State Corner". The New York Times. March 30, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"New York World Fair Site Filling and Grading Done". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514311583.
"3 Sycamores First Trees Set For World Fair: 30-Foot Specimens From Bird in Hand, Pa., Here in Special Motor Trucks Group of 30 Purchased 10,000 To Be Planted Before Exposition Opens". New York Herald Tribune. April 3, 1937. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337028922; "3 Rare Sycamores Set at Site of Fair; 40-Year-Old Trees Brought From Pennsylvania Are First of 10,000 to Be Planted". The New York Times. April 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"A. T. & T. Signs 1st Contract for Fair Exhibit Site: Gifford Gives Whalen Check for $48,790 for Parcel Fronting on Theme Plaza". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1937. p. 17A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240320660.
"World Fair Space Leased by A. T. & T.; Gifford Turns Over $48,790 Check on First Contract for an Exhibit Site". The New York Times. April 27, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Notables See First Stone Laid for '39 Fair". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 28, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "Cornerstone Laid for First Fair Unit; 1,000 Ignore Rainy Weather to Attend Ceremony Starting Administration Building". The New York Times. April 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"New York Fair Plans Auction For Concessions". The Christian Science Monitor. April 13, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514310117; "World Fair to Let Vast Concessions; $50,000,000 Enterprises to Be Awarded to High Bidders 5,000 Seek Space". The New York Times. April 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Ships to Serve as Fair Hotels". Times Union. May 19, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved July 26, 2024; "59 Nations Likely to Aid World Fair; Whalen, Home From Abroad, Predicts an Unprecedented Foreign Participation". The New York Times. May 19, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Patronage Charge Made Against Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. June 11, 1937. p. 14. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514347636; "Civil Service Ban on Fair Proposed; Commission to Close Lists to Corporation Until It Gives Names of Appointees". The New York Times. June 11, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fair Will Offer Carnival Zone Of 280 Acres: Amusement Facilities for 250,000 at One Time Planned at Queens Site". New York Herald Tribune. June 4, 1937. p. 44. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1322398659; "Fair Amusements to Cover 280 Acres: Vast Loop Will Enclose Lake and Midway Atmosphere of Past Will Be Barred". The New York Times. June 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Parking Meld For Trailers At Fair Urged: Moses Sure No Commercial Tourist Camp Could Be Operated at a Profit". New York Herald Tribune. June 14, 1937. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248714615; "Auto Trailer Zone at Fair is Planned; Moses Urges City to Acquire 43-Acre Tract and Start Work at Once". The New York Times. June 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Site is Dedicated for Peace Temple; Ground Broken at the World Fair for First Building for Cultural Purpose". The New York Times. July 23, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Office Building Opens For World's Fair Today: 600 of Administration Staff Start Work There Monday World's Fair Administration Building Ready for Occupancy on Monday". New York Herald Tribune. August 13, 1937. p. 36. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247045732; "Structure at Fair Dedicated Today; Administration Building, First to Be Completed, to Be Scene of Noon Ceremony". The New York Times. August 13, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"'Theme Center' Site Dedicated For World Fair". New York Herald Tribune. August 17, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1323023566; "World Fair Space is 86% 'Spoken for'; Whalen Reveals Wide Backing at Dedication of the Plaza for Theme Center". The New York Times. August 17, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"Utah First to Take Space In Fair's Hall of States: Italians Among Visitors to Flushing Meadows Site". New York Herald Tribune. September 26, 1937. p. 30. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318551425; "Utah First State to Take Fair Space; Signs Contract With Whalen--$37,500 Already Voted for Its Exhibition". The New York Times. September 26, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Missouri Signs N.Y. Fair Contract". The Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 1937. p. 5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514452994; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Earle Believes Europeans Do Not Want War". New York Herald Tribune. September 14, 1937. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222260948; "Whalen Returns, Hopeful of Peace; Reports Results of His Trip to Europe in Interests of World's Fair Here". The New York Times. September 14, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"World's Fair Work Listed As Month Ahead of Time: Whalen Reports Commitments Total $10,500,000". New York Herald Tribune. October 18, 1937. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254411243; "$10,500,000 Spent on the World Fair: Whalen Says Contracts Still to Be Let This Year Will Add $8,000,000". The New York Times. October 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Ford Reserves Plot for Exhibit at Fair; Auto Company Contracts for 298,718 Square Feet, the Most for One Concern". The New York Times. December 8, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N.Y. Fair Space Taken By 60 Nations Already". The Christian Science Monitor. December 21, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514506362; "60 Nations Accept World's Fair Bids; League Is Included in Those Signing Contracts or Asking for Space Reservations". The New York Times. December 20, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Nickel Drinks Will Be a Nickel At World's Fair: Coca-Cola Contracts for 59 Stands and Will Serve Other Soft Beverages". New York Herald Tribune. January 17, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337043993; "World's Fair Lets First Concession; Coca-Cola Company Rents 59 Carbonated Beverage Stands and Big Exhibit Space". The New York Times. January 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"World's Fair To Mass Troops Of All Nations: Whalen Says 50,000 Will Parade; Exposition Will Have Preview in' 3 Months". New York Herald Tribune. February 3, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242864859; "World Fair Opening to Rival Coronation; Whalen Outlines Plans to Make Ceremony Here Example of Pomp and Grandeur". The New York Times. February 5, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"10,000 to Get Work Soon at World's Fair: 100 Buildings To Be Under Construction by End of April in Speed-Up Plan". New York Herald Tribune. February 15, 1938. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250603314.
"New York's Great Fair Rising In Setting of Lavish Artistry: Preview of New York World's Fair". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514781950.
"1st Rivet Driven In Perisphere At World's Fair: Whalen, Stettinius, Aided by Catcher and Backer-Upper, Work Machinery to Start Theme Structure". New York Herald Tribune. April 9, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242883982; "Fair Starts Work on Theme Center; Construction of Perisphere Begun as E. R. Stettinius Rivets First Bolt". The New York Times. April 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"1 st Cornerstone Of Foreign Unit At Fair Is Laid: Farouk's Uncle Officiates at Egyptian Pavilion Ceremonies; Work Starts Today on Perisphere and Trylon". New York Herald Tribune. April 8, 1938. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242970268.
"64 Nations to Exhibit: Several Designs Approved A Carillon Tower". The Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 1938. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514813608; "Four More Nations Join Worlds Fair; Eire, Venezuela, Lithuania and Sweden Sign Contracts for Exhibition Space". The New York Times. April 15, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Million Watch Motorcade in Preview for World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242903554; "1,000,000 Watch Preview Parade; Line Route as the Motorcade Winds From Battery Place to World Fair Site". The New York Times. May 1, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"300,000 View Fair Fireworks, Week Late, Without Traffic Jam". New York Herald Tribune. May 9, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244635602; "Fireworks Dazzle 600,000 at Fair Site; Throng Quarter-Mile Deep Is Described as One of Largest Ever to Assemble Here". The New York Times. May 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Fair Grounds Now Open Only On Week Ends: Admission To Be Charged to Pay Cost of Handling Visitors on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays". New York Herald Tribune. May 14, 1938. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244193559; "Westchester Soil is Stripped by Fair; Village Officials Protest at Making Potential 'Dust Bowl' of Wide Tracts". The New York Times. May 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Robbins, L. H. (May 1, 1938). "It Begins to Look Like a Great Fair!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Strike at World's Fair Settled; Men Will Return to Jobs Today". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244413859; "Strike Settled at World's Fair; 6,000 Men in Electrical and Construction Unions to Return to Jobs Today". The New York Times. July 19, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Truckmen Return Under Truce Today; Strikers Give Four Days to Settle Row, But Threaten General Tie-Up". The New York Times. September 22, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
"World's Fair Building Progress From Blueprints to All Colors". New York Herald Tribune. September 11, 1938. p. A3. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243091894.
"First Display Unit Completed at Fair; H. J. Heinz Company Hails Construction of 150-Foot Dome in Flushing". The New York Times. October 16, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Whalen Says World's Fair Is 90% Ready: To Open 15 Weeks From Today; Exhibit Area Is Just About Complete". New York Herald Tribune. January 15, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243107723; "N. Y. World's Fair is 90% Completed: All Space in Main Exhibit Area is Allocated, Grover Whalen Reports Costs of Construction Cut 20% Under Original Estimates, He Says". The Sun. January 15, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1943-9504. ProQuest 543092013.
"62 Foreign Flags Flown At Site of World's Fair". The New York Times. January 1, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Compere, Thomas (March 12, 1939). "Fair Will Pep Up Its Amusements With $1,000,000: Adopts More Liberal Policy Plans Foreign Villages". New York Herald Tribune. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257476186.
"Fair to Provide Free First Aid Medical Care: Intoxicated visitors to Get Hangover-less Remedy 6 Stations Will Be Ready for Emergency Cases". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1938. p. 42. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1256797402; "Long Island Plans 10c Ride to Fair; Facilities to Be Taxed". The New York Times. October 20, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"6 First-aid Units on Guard at Fair; Free Treatment Is Ready for Victims of Accidents--Five Ambulances on Duty". The New York Times. April 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
Conklin, William R. (July 10, 1938). "New Sights at Fair; Visitors Now See, in Rising Structures, the Suggestions of Beauty That Is to Be Color Effects Police Are Guides Exhibition Buildings The Theme Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Valentine Sets Up New Police Precinct for Fair Area: Detail Reports Saturday for Duty in Corona Quarters in Schoolhouse; Exposition's Own Force to Onerate on Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. April 13, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263346746; "Police-precinct Set Up for Fair; To Be Known as 110-A, It Will Occupy Former Corona School --Opening Set for Saturday". The New York Times. April 13, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Mayor Sets Up Special Body of Fair Firemen". New York Herald Tribune. September 2, 1938. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244525037; "Fire Unit to Serve Fair Grounds Only; Battalion of Four Companies Will Have 20 Officers and 98 City Firemen". The New York Times. September 2, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Free Tickets to Fair for Pupils Opposed; Proposal by Isaacs Draws Fire of Moses and Lyons". The New York Times. June 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"75 Cents Admission to the Fair For Adults; Children 25 Cents". New York Herald Tribune. February 16, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247094172; "Admission to Fair Fixed at 75 Cents; Cost to Children Will Be 25 Cents, With One Day a Week Set Aside at a Dime". The New York Times. February 16, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Advance Ticket Goal of Fair Set At $3,000,000: Reporting Wide Interest, Whalen Plans to Extend Sale Outside of New York". New York Herald Tribune. February 17, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244701126; "$3,000,000 'Advance' is Expected by Fair; Whalen Sets That as Goal for Special Type Tickets at Bargain Rates". The New York Times. February 17, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"1,000 Stores Offer Tickets for Fair; Advance Sale Extended to Retail Outlets Throughout Metropolitan Area". The New York Times. March 4, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"New York World's Fair Bans Free Tickets". The Christian Science Monitor. February 25, 1939. p. 4. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515014104.
"Advance Sale of Fair Tickets Ends Today Except $15 Ones". New York Herald Tribune. April 22, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255482888; "Advance Sale Extended On World Fair Tickets". The New York Times. April 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"La Guardia Sees Success Assured; the Arrival of the President and Other Notables for the Opening of the New York World's Fair". The New York Times. May 1, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
"Washington Gave Slogan for Fair; Inaugural Speech in 1789 Spoke of 'Pursuit of Public Good,' Chosen as Theme". The New York Times. October 9, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Play Area's Gala Opening Put Off For Two Weeks: Whalen Decides on Second Try After Tour Reveals It Still Far From Complete". New York Herald Tribune. May 1, 1939. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247103281.
Porter, Russell B. (May 4, 1939). "Poland's Pavilion at the Fair Dedicated by Count Potocki". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair to Admit School Pupils Of City Free". New York Herald Tribune. April 25, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255498158.
Porter, Russell B. (June 29, 1939). "Jersey Dedicates Fair Exhibit Recalling Revolution Role". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Show Men to Press Fight for Price Cut; Ask 50-Cent Fee for Admission After 9 P.M.--Meet Today". The New York Times. May 9, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (May 18, 1939). "Russian Envoy Open Nation's Pavilion at Fair as a 'Good Neighbor' of U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Fair Is Seeking To Cut Costs to Mollify Nevada: New Construction Bids Will Be Asked; Connecticut Joins Protest on Strikes". New York Herald Tribune. May 24, 1939. p. 16. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263426317.
"Nevada Drops Out of Fair Over Union Trouble: Official Says Electricians Demanded Rewiring Here of Work Done in West". New York Herald Tribune. June 9, 1939. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247101731; "Nevada Cancels Exhibit; High Cost Is the Reason". The New York Times. June 6, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"World's Fair Announces '5 and 10 Cent Days' for Children, Beginning Tomorrow". New York Herald Tribune. June 20, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247836545.
"Fair Offers $1 Bargain Ticket, Worth $2.25". New York Herald Tribune. July 18, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1252147099; Adams, Frank S. (July 18, 1939). "$1 Bargain Ticket is Offered by Fair; Has $2.25 Week-End Value in Gate Fee, Food, Concessions --Plan on Trial This Week". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"World's Fair to Decide Monday on Cutting Admission Price to 50 Cents: Slash Favored By Concessions And Exhibitors Attendance, Despite Bargain Tickets, Is Disappointing; Maryland Has Its Day". New York Herald Tribune. July 29, 1939. p. 5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324019681; Porter, Russell B. (July 29, 1939). "Action Expected Monday on Cut in Fair's Rates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Whalen Reports Satisfaction at Result of Plan". New York Herald Tribune. July 25, 1939. p. 7. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1321995346; Adams, Frank S. (July 25, 1939). "Utah at Fair Hails Mormon Pioneers; Observing Utah's Day at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"World's Fair Crowds Reflect War Influence by Flocking to Foreign Ceremonies: First Exhibitor Renews Space For Next Year". New York Herald Tribune. September 11, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1324138965; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 11, 1939). "1940 Fair Receives Its First Renewal From Trade Area; Delighted by Increased Sales, Carrier Corporation Plans to Expand Its Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"Rhodesia Shuts Fair Exhibit as Result of War: France Curtails Operation of Her Pavilion 3 Hours Daily in Economy Move". New York Herald Tribune. September 12, 1939. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1325006175; Shalett, Sidney M. (September 12, 1939). "Southern Rhodesia Quits World's Fair; Pavilion Is Closed on Orders From Government as the First 'War Casualty'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Rumania's Call To Arms Closes Fair Restaurant: Romania House Suspends as 34 of Staff Go Back; Pavilion Remains Open". New York Herald Tribune. August 31, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247122951; Bracker, Milton (August 31, 1939). "War Crisis Closes Fair Restaurant; 38 Employes Are Recalled by Rumania in Fear They Would Be Stranded". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"World's Fair Cuts Rentals for State Exhibits by Half for 1940". New York Herald Tribune. October 10, 1939. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254042233; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 10, 1939). "Fair Rent Cut 50% for States in 1940; Exhibitors' Association Wins Demand—Move Is Held a Sign of Other Slashes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
"Fair Closes, 79,482 in Rain Say Au Revoir: Last Hardy Sightseers and Bargain Hunters TurnOut at Quiet Finale". New York Herald Tribune. November 1, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1267842853; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 1, 1939). "1939 Fair Closes; Seen by 26,000,000; Plans Laid for '40; Last Day is Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"15 Big Exhibitors Sign for 1940 Fair; the World's Fair Gets Off to a Flying Start for the 1940 Season". The New York Times. November 14, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"World's Fair to Charge 50 Cents When It Reopens for '40 Season". New York Herald Tribune. November 2, 1939. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319988416; Shalett, Sidney M. (November 2, 1939). "50-cent Fair Rate is Fixed for 1940; Brazil to Return; Gibson Formally Announces Plan After a Conference With Concessionnaires". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair Will Have 45 Exhibitors In Foreign Area: League and Pan American Union Included Europe Is Sending War Displays". New York Herald Tribune. May 2, 1940. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1264087284.
"Finland Renews Fair Contract, First Nation to Sign Up for '40". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243020377; "Finland Joins the Fair, First From Abroad; Dec. 19 Agreement Withheld Because of War". The New York Times. January 31, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"West Virginia Renews Lease on Fair Pavilion: Enlargement to Care for 12 Additional Exhibits". New York Herald Tribune. January 24, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242942722; "West Virginia Signs 1940 Fair Contract; First State to Take Advantage of 50 Per Cent Rent Cut". The New York Times. January 24, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Shalett, Sidney M. (October 22, 1939). "Fair Loses Sweden as 1940 Exhibitor; Precarious Position in War Forces Withdrawal—League of Nations to Return". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Russia Quits Fair, Costly Pavilion To Be Razed, Moved to Moscow". New York Herald Tribune. December 2, 1939. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1326773085; "Russia Quits Fair; Finns to Stay; Reds to Raze $4,000,000 Pavilion; Moscow Orders Withdrawal Without Giving Explanation—Building Must Be Down in 90 Days—No Comment by Fair". The New York Times. December 2, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Finns' Pavilion Opened at Fair, War the Theme: Procope and Hoover Decry Conflict at Ceremonies; Attendance at New Low". New York Herald Tribune. May 17, 1940. p. 14. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247155659; Shalett, Sidney M. (May 17, 1940). "Finland Dedicates Her Fair Pavilion; Hoover Says Nation's Ordeal of Blood Has Earned It Full Right to Freedom in Peace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"31 Nations Accept World's Fair Bid". The Christian Science Monitor. February 25, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515525230.
"Turkey Not to Take Part in Fair This Year; Argentina and Chile Also Are Withdrawing". The New York Times. February 16, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Fair Confident Big Exhibitors Will All Return: 95% of Those Having Own Buildings Already Signed; New Play Area Planned". New York Herald Tribune. January 13, 1940. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242911542.
"'Great White Way' New Fair Feature; Center of Fun in Amusement Zone to Be Brighter, More Colorful, Gibson Says". The New York Times. March 9, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
"Flanigan Says Exhibits at Fair Will Surpass '39: Announces New Attractions and Improvements Upon Displays and Buildings". New York Herald Tribune. March 9, 1940. p. 13A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1335119347.
"Fair Amusement Zone Sold Out, 90 Concessions on Its New List: Director Reports All Space Taken; Area Will Offer 3 Major Shows, 18 Smaller Ones and 15 Rides Among Other Attractions". New York Herald Tribune. April 29, 1940. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1266874326; "Play Zone at Fair is '100% Sold Out'; Revitalized Great White Way Offers Livelier and Gayer Section Than Last Year". The New York Times. April 29, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"Boy Scouts to Aid at the Fair Again; Will Maintain Own Service Camp on Two-Acre Plot at the Exposition". The New York Times. March 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
Le Tour, M. (April 19, 1940). "New York World's Fair Soon to Reopen: Greenery in 'The World of Tomorrow'". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515558146.
"Rush to the Fair Taxes All City's Traffic Systems: Subways and L. I. Road Tag 5,175 Through in 1st 10 Minutes Parking Lots Busy Snip and the World's Fair of 40 Is Officially Open". New York Herald Tribune. May 12, 1940. p. 31. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242959008; Porter, Russell B. (May 12, 1940). "'40 Fair Gets Off to Lively Start; 191,196 on Hand; The World's Fair of 1940 Opens, Dedicated to Peace and Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
Porter, Russell B. (May 12, 1940). "'40 Fair Gets Off to Lively Start; 191,196 on Hand; The World's Fair of 1940 Opens, Dedicated to Peace and Freedom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Auto Is Offered As Daily Prize To Fair Visitors: N. Y. Hotels and Business Organizations Sponsors of 'Golden Key' Contest". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1940. p. 9A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320021240; "Fair to Give Away 170 Cars, One Daily; Biggest Crowd-Luring Device So Far to Use Millions of Keys as Prize 'Tickets'". The New York Times. April 27, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Venezuela, Cuba Lost to 1940 Fair; Caracas Government Reverses Decision to Stay—Pavilion May Be Shipped Home". The New York Times. May 4, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Shalett, Sidney M. (June 4, 1940). "Belgium Reopens Her Fair Pavilion; Government in Exile Cables Order to Maintain Display-- Leopold's Bust Still Up". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Police Die in Blast – Timed Device Explodes After It Is Taken Out of Pavilion". The New York Times. July 5, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
Pollak, Michael (August 3, 2008). "Death at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"World's Fair Debenture Holders Agree to Waive Payments Under New Fiscal Plan". New York Herald Tribune. August 30, 1939. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319968323; "Bondholders Back Fair's Fiscal Plan; 54% Waive Rights to Profits, and Proposal Goes Into Effect Immediately". The New York Times. August 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
Bracker, Milton (August 1, 1940). "Fair's Equipment Put on Sales Block; Wealth of Unusual Material Cost $2,000,000 and Took 4 Years to Assemble". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Mall at the Fair to Remain in Park; Esplanade From Theme Center to the Court of Peace Will Not Be Demolished". The New York Times. October 4, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"British Fleet Aid On Way: , 580,721 Bid the Fair Good By In Record Day of Its 2-Year Run". New York Herald Tribune. October 28, 1940. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1320064105; Shalett, Sidney M. (October 28, 1940). "Rush as Fair Ends Brings Out 537,952, Its Biggest Crowd; Farewell to the Fair: Closing Scenes at the End of a Two-Year Run". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 46–47. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, p. 730. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
"500 Large Trees Due This Spring On Site of Fair: Corporation Opens Bids for Moving, Replanting Job to Cost $100,000 55-Foot Elms on List Specimens Within 100 Miles Are Catalogued for Site". New York Herald Tribune. February 25, 1937. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222252601; "10,000 Live Trees Sought for Fair; Vast Forest to Be Transported to Barren Flushing Site Within Next 2 Years". The New York Times. February 25, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
Johnston, J. W. (October 20, 1939). "World's Fair Already at Work On Its Floral Displays for 1940". New York Herald Tribune. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1258523692.
Harrington, John W. (March 27, 1938). "Flowers at World's Fair; Although Opening Date Is Far Off, Trees, Shrubs and Bulbs Are Being Planted Gift From the Netherlands To Accent Building Colors Material for Formal Gardens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Johnston, J. W. (May 14, 1939). "Million Tulips in Fair Rainbow". New York Herald Tribune. p. A18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243152807; "Tulips in Fair Gardens Burst Into Bloom in Time". The New York Times. April 25, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Hughes, Alice (March 26, 1939). "A Woman's New York: Gardens and Flowers Abound at World's Fair Landscaping Expenditures Amount to $150,000". The Washington Post. p. 11. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151216843.
"Holland Tulip Bulbs at Fair Being Burned; As Plants Are Taken Up They Are Replaced by Other Plants". The New York Times. May 26, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
McLaughlin, Kathleen (May 3, 1939). "50 Gardens Lure Throngs at Fair; Gardens on Parade in the Horticultural Exhibition at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
"World's Fair Uses Manhattan Street Names: But There Will Re a Main as Well as Broadway and Times Square; Also Plaza of Light and Peace Court". New York Herald Tribune. June 21, 1938. p. 12. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244331675; "Fair Adopts Names of Noted Streets; Broadway and Petticoat Lane Among Those Representative of Old New York". The New York Times. June 21, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Mile-long Mall Feature of Fair; $60,000,000 Central Walk in Flushing to Pass Lagoons, Statuary and Flower Beds". The New York Times. December 12, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"70 Feet of Mud Found Beneath World Fair Site: Floating Steel 'Saucers' Planned to Support Some of Projected Structures Huge Caissons Proposed Important Buildings Due to Rest on 'Bridge' Piers". New York Herald Tribune. October 26, 1936. p. 18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222131162.
Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins 1987, p. 731. Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-3096-1. OCLC 13860977.
"Bold and Streamlined Beauty for the Fair; The Buildings Reveal Strange, New Designs". The New York Times. August 14, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"World's Fair Lights Turned On, Make Site a Dreamland of Color". New York Herald Tribune. April 11, 1939. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244864830.
"Fair's Perisphere Stripped of Glory; Workman Start Tearing Down Huge Structure—Trylon to Be Taken Down Next". The New York Times. December 11, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
Exposition Publications 1939, p. 57. Official guide book of the New York World's Fair, 1939 : building the world of tomorrow. New York: Exposition Publications. 1939. OCLC 123481289.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 85–101. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 116–117. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
"60 Nations Accept World's Fair Bids; League Is Included in Those Signing Contracts or Asking for Space Reservations". The New York Times. December 20, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Fair Defies Nazis on Czech Pavilion; Center Will Open as Planned in Spite of Prague Order to Dispose of Building". The New York Times. April 14, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Markland, John (July 9, 1939). "Tour of the States at the World's Fair; Diversified American Scene, Its Beauties, Arts and Crafts, Awaits the Visitor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
"State Exhibits Take Visitor To Scenes of Home: Pennsylvania Exhibit Maine Tells Story". The Christian Science Monitor. April 27, 1939. p. 9. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515092332.
"Court of States is Being Advanced; South Carolina Reconsiders Tabled Plan to Take Part in Exhibition Here". The New York Times. April 9, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
Exposition Publications 1939, p. 170. Official guide book of the New York World's Fair, 1939 : building the world of tomorrow. New York: Exposition Publications. 1939. OCLC 123481289.
Exposition Publications 1939, p. 90. Official guide book of the New York World's Fair, 1939 : building the world of tomorrow. New York: Exposition Publications. 1939. OCLC 123481289.
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"Financial News: Consumer Interests Bldg. For World's Fair". Women's Wear Daily. Vol. 55, no. 105. November 29, 1937. p. 6. ProQuest 1653244943; "Fair to Show Buyers How to Stretch Dollars". New York Herald Tribune. November 28, 1937. p. 35A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222274659.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 175–178. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 176–195. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 199–201. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
Monaghan 1939, p. 49. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
"World's Fair Amusement Zone To Be Laid Out in 13 Sections". New York Herald Tribune. December 6, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222355795; "New York of Old Will Rise at Fair; Village Depicting the Life of Century Ago Will Be Part of Amusement Area". The New York Times. December 6, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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"World Fair Group to Glorify Health; $1,000,000 Project Planned to Show Wonders of Body and Medicine's Aids". The New York Times. June 17, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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"State Banking Rulings; Manufacturers Trust to Open Branch at World's Fair". The New York Times. September 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Work Is Begun On I. R.T. Station At World's Fair: Willets Point Structure in Flushing Being Rebuilt at Cost of $494.000 To Serve 40 Trains an Hr. $260,000 Signal System Is Planned for Expresses". New York Herald Tribune. January 9, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240588402; "New I.R.T. Station for Fair Started; Willets Point Structure on Flushing Line to Be Rebuilt at Cost of $494,000". The New York Times. January 9, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Traffic Plans For World Fair Are Announced: Present Lines to Transport' 250,000 to 800,000 Daily Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. October 26, 1936. p. 18. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248170581; "Fair Traffic Studied; Whalen Says Problem Equals That of a City Like Cleveland". The New York Times. October 26, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"B. M. T., I. R. T. Express Trains Start April 24: Subways Will Make Run to Willets Point Boulevard Station in 24 Minutes". New York Herald Tribune. April 17, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254731448; "New Subway Spur Is Ready to Open: First Train to Start Four Minutes Before the Fair Officially Begins". The New York Times. April 17, 1939. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
"I. R. T. Will Buy 50 New Cars for Express to Fair: Bids Asked on Equipment for Special Service on Line Running to Flushing". New York Herald Tribune. March 3, 1938. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243080430; "50 New Subway Cars to Be Added for Fair; I. R. T. Asks Bids for Equipment for Service From Times Square and Grand Central". The New York Times. March 3, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
"Buses for World's Fair". The Wall Street Journal. March 3, 1937. p. 4. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129839745; "Buys 55 Buses for Fair; Queens-Nassau Lines to Replace Jamaica-Flushing Trolleys". The New York Times. March 3, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Buses to Cover 10-Mile Route Within Grounds: Tractor Trains and Chair 'Taxis' Also Will Carry Visitors Over 1,216 Acres". New York Herald Tribune. April 30, 1939. p. 34. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244862453.
"How to Get Around the Fair; Pick-up Buses". The New York Times. April 30, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Huge Buses to Run at World's Fair; Greyhound Intramural System to Operate 100 of the Largest Ever Built". The New York Times. July 20, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Fair Postpones Formal Start of Its Play Area: Fete Set for Next Saturday; Attendance Holds Up in Face of All-Day Drizzle Ireland's Pavilion Officially Opened After Dedication". New York Herald Tribune. May 14, 1939. p. 24. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243118184.
"Fine Weather Increases Crowd; Children Parade on Special Day". New York Herald Tribune. July 13, 1939. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1319982825.
"New Fair Highway Opened to Traffic; Horace Harding Boulevard, Vital Entrance to the Exposition, Ready for 2-Mile Stretch". The New York Times. September 19, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"Whitestone Span to Open Saturday; Mayor and Other City Officials Will Attend Exercises at Bronx End of Bridge". The New York Times. April 27, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Fair Parkway Bids of $1,000,000 Filed; Estimates Provide for Grading and Paving of the Grand Central Extension". The New York Times. November 10, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
Morrow, C. Earl (March 22, 1936). "World's Fair Spurs Queens Boulevard Plan: Civic Groups Combine to Press Completion of Borough's Traffic Project Artery to the Exposition New Sections Paved and Landscaping Work Starts". New York Herald Tribune. p. B6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1330424776.
"Tunnel Held Need For World's Fair". The New York Times. October 18, 1935. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
"President the 'First' to Use Midtown Tube". The New York Times. November 9, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
"Map for World's Fair Shows Ring of Airports: Five Terminals and Seaplane Bases Are Near Exposition". New York Herald Tribune. July 25, 1937. p. 22A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248455293.
"World's Fair Area Is Barred to Planes by Aeronautics Authority to Promote Safety". New York Herald Tribune. April 26, 1939. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244877009; "Flying Over World Fair Banned by Air Authority". The New York Times. April 26, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
Monaghan 1939, pp. 215–219. Monaghan, Frank, ed. (1939). Official Guide Book of the New York World's Fair, 1939. Exposition Publications. OCLC 575567.
"'39 World's Fair Flag Dedicated; Colors Flown by Early Settlers: Orange, White and Blue Emblem Recalls Standard That Waved Over Homes of New Amsterdam; Mrs. Astor, Aldrich to Pick 10,000 Aids". New York Herald Tribune. January 5, 1937. p. 2. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1222210826; "Truck Driver Buys $100 Share in Fair; Whalen Sells Bond to Employe at Ceremony as Symbol of Wide Public Support". The New York Times. January 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Musical Plans For World Fair Are Confirmed; Full Committee Is Listed by Whalen; Mrs. Astor and Marshall Field Included". New York Herald Tribune. July 4, 1937. p. 15. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250042230; "Music Plans Made for World's Fair; Allen Wardwell Heads Large Committee of Musicians and Music Patrons". The New York Times. July 4, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Music Festival Is Planned for '39 World Fair: Auditorium on Grounds Proposed by Committee for Artists of All Nations". New York Herald Tribune. June 27, 1937. p. 1A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1318088972; Downes, Olin (June 27, 1937). "Plans for the Fair in 1939; a Mozart Rondo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Olin Downes to Direct World's Fair's Music". New York Herald Tribune. February 18, 1938. p. 11. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242874761; "Olin Downes, Critic, Heads World's Fair Music Plans". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 19, 1938. p. 14. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 182006335.
"World's Fair Theme Song To Be Recorded By Duke Ellington". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 10, 1938. p. 20. ProQuest 202039322; "World Fair March is Gershwin Tune; ' Dawn of a New Day, Among Last of the Composer's Works, Adopted -as Anthem Song a "Fortunate Accident"". The New York Times. April 24, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Billy Rose Plans Extravaganza At World's Fair: $500,000 Production, With 1,000 in Cast, to Employ Modern American Theme in Five Showings Daily". New York Herald Tribune. July 2, 1938. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1257833449; Atkinson, Brooks (May 5, 1939). "The Play; Billy Rose's Aquacade Opens With a Splash in the Lake at the World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Jubilee and Aquacade Open With Big Audiences". The New York Times. May 12, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Color and Murals Figure in Fair". The New York Times. June 15, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Whalen Reveals Art Center Plan At World's Fair: Studio Displays, to Present Stages in Production of Works, Are Proposed". New York Herald Tribune. January 31, 1938. p. 9. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243712934; "1939 Fair to Take Art 'Off Olympus'; Painting and Sculpture to Be Blended in Surroundings for All to See, Says Whalen". The New York Times. January 31, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Graeme, Alice (March 27, 1938). "World's 'Fair's' Snub to Artists Sets Off Debate: New York Show Scored for Omitting to Plan an Exhibition". The Washington Post. p. TT4. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 151070539.
"World's Fair Will Include Exhibition of Fine Arts: Displays to Trace Development From Early Greece". New York Herald Tribune. May 5, 1938. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1242974064.
"Fair to Display All Types of Art; Every Artist in Nation Is Invited; To Assure Fair Play, Groups in Various Regions Will Select 800 Works". The New York Times. August 15, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"181 Artists Join To Give N.Y. Fair Variety in Design". The Christian Science Monitor. July 17, 1937. p. 3. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514423887.
"Outdoor Mural System Ready At World's Fair: Colorful Spectacle of Man's History Is Unfolded as Scaffolding Comes Down". New York Herald Tribune. April 20, 1939. p. 21A. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255079016.
"Murals for Fair Mark New Epoch; Exterior Decorating Program Planned to Give New Note to American Architecture". The New York Times. September 11, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
Hardesty, Lynn (December 25, 1938). "World's Fair Uses Dramatic Color Effects: Previews of New York Exhibit Buildings Amaze Art Critics". The Washington Post. p. R1. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 150964786.
"Union Warns Mural Painters At World's Fair: Artists Are Told They Must Join Local Before They Can Start Work; They Plan to Turn Down Offer". New York Herald Tribune. July 19, 1938. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1254086461; "Peril to Art Seen in Row With Union; Guild of Mural Painters Holds A. F. L. Group Endangers Work at World's Fair". The New York Times. July 17, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
Brenner, Anita (April 10, 1938). "American Creates American Murals; To Bid for the Favor of a New Mass Public". The New York Times. pp. 10–11, 18–19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
"Fair Will Exhibit Heroic Statuary; More Than 60 Pieces to Adorn Various Buildings, Thoroughfares and Plazas". The New York Times. December 11, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
Wurts & Appelbaum 1977, p. 98. Wurts, Richard; Appelbaum, Stanley (1977). The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 photographs. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-23494-6. OCLC 3379917.
"Contract Made For Television Station at Fair: Large-Scale Demonstration of New Radio Science To Be Offered for Visitors". New York Herald Tribune. June 18, 1937. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1248130206; "Television to Be Presented at Fair". The Wall Street Journal. June 19, 1937. p. 10. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 129798234; "R. C. A. to Exhibit in Fair Building; Signs Contract to Build a 'Temple of Magic' to Show Developments in Radio". The New York Times. June 18, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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Loeb, August (May 28, 1939). "Menus and Prices Vary Widely at Fair; Simple Refreshment Stands and De Luxe Foreign Restaurants Draw Crowds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"Fair Will Prove Promised Land For Gourmets: 24 Countries Will Serve Native Food and Drinks for Which They're Noted". New York Herald Tribune. April 27, 1939. p. 5. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247108615.
Herzberg, Joseph G. (April 22, 1964). "Yesterday's World of Tomorrow; A Nostalgic Look at 1939 Extravaganza That Ended an Era; Gastronome Recalls the Lavish Feasts of Whalen's Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
"Food Price Trend High at Fair; A Few Restaurants Keep Cost Low; Places With Only a la Carte Menus Listing Dishes Up to $2.50--'Hot-Dog' Stands Boon to Average Workingman". The New York Times. May 3, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"City to Protect Visitors' Health At Fair Grounds: 2,800 Workers Will Watch Food, Sanitation and Give First Aid in Emergencies". New York Herald Tribune. April 24, 1939. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1258190290.
"Fair Food Menu Is Designed to Fit All Purses: 150 Stands and 70 Restaurants oil Grounds Will Have Prices From 10c". New York Herald Tribune. April 30, 1940. p. 13. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1255356860.
Franklin, H. Bruce (1982). "America as Science Fiction: 1939 (L'Amérique Comme Science-Fiction: 1939)". Science Fiction Studies. 9 (1): 38–50. ISSN 0091-7729. JSTOR 4239455.
Pollak, Michael (April 2, 2006). "The Beyond-This-World's Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"1939 World Fair Activities Will Include Sports". The Christian Science Monitor. September 15, 1937. p. 10. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 514524168.
Bracker, Milton (July 4, 1940). "Turnstiles at Fair Click Record Tune; 'Supergirl and Superboy' at the Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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Hallett, Robert M. (January 11, 1941). "The World's Fair's Legacy to Flushing: .. Park". The Christian Science Monitor. p. WM5. ISSN 0882-7729. ProQuest 515377595.
MacGregor, Donald (October 20, 1940). "Taking the World's Fair Apart: the Last Visitor Walks Out. The Wreckers Stalk in – to Turn a World of Fantasy Into a Playground for All Time". New York Herald Tribune. p. SM8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1247324294; Loeb, August (October 27, 1940). "Fine Park From Fair; Flushing Meadow's New Play Area Will Be 'Second to None'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
"Closed a Month, Fair Slips Back To Pristine Mud: Vestiges of Beauty Remain, but Swamp Is Emerging Again as Razing Proceeds". New York Herald Tribune. November 27, 1940. p. 23. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263331320.
Caro 1974, p. 1092. Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-394-48076-3. OCLC 834874.
"Nazi Victims Offer Fair's Riches to Us; Britain Also is Among Nations That Will Donate or Lend Treasures After Oct. 27". The New York Times. September 6, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
Franey, Pierre (October 18, 1989). "De Gustibus; Innocence Abroad: Memories of '39 Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
Compere, Thomas (October 13, 1940). "Fair Exhibits From Abroad Pose Problem: Disposal of $20,000,000 Displays Is Complicated by Hitler's Conquests". New York Herald Tribune. p. A1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243055097; "Bill Would Let Alien Employes at the Fair Stay in U.S. if War Bars Them From Home". The New York Times. October 8, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
"Mayor Accepts Fair Park Unit, Gibes at Moses: Includes Japanese Pavilion in 'Mosesification' of Flushing Meadows Area". New York Herald Tribune. September 19, 1940. p. 21. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1261393056; "Japan's Pavilion at Fair Now City's; Mayor Accepts the $250,000 Structure, Hoping It Will Aid Accord of Nations". The New York Times. September 19, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
"U. N. Closes Down Operations at Flushing Meadow". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1951. p. 4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1337265889; "U.N. Ends Its Sojourn at Flushing Meadow; Security Council Sitting Wind-Up of 5 Years". The New York Times. October 20, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
Chapman, Ralph (April 18, 1960). "Permanent Buildings Barred at World's Fair: Moses Report to Mayor Cites Law Calling for Restoration as a Park". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327176485; Grutzner, Charles (April 18, 1960). "Moses Sees Fair Lasting 2 Years; Report to Wagner Includes a Reference to 1964–65 Without Qualification". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
Berliner, David C. (November 12, 1972). "New Queens Art Museum Offers First Exhibit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
"7 Buildings at Fair to Remain in Park; Goodrich Center, the House of Jewels, Japan's Pavilion and Polish Tower Will Stay". The New York Times. July 23, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
"City Subway Line to Fair Closes at 5 A.M. Today". The New York Times. October 28, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022; "The City Smooths Way for More Recreation at the World's Fair: Skating Rinks Open Sunday at Fair Grounds Mayor to Join Ceremony for Flushing Meadow's First Recreational Unit". New York Herald Tribune. January 10, 1941. p. 17. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1263415458.
"Heaviest Concentration of Traffic Policemen in City's History to Be on Duty Today". The New York Times. April 22, 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
"Restricted Zoning in Fair Area Urged; Queens Leader Moves to Balk Underhand Speculation and Irregular Building". The New York Times. January 18, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024; "Zone Hearing Set for Fair Area". Times Union. February 2, 1936. p. 5. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Protests Delay Zoning Near World's Fair: Board of Estimate Holds Up Restrictions on Signs, Parking, Amusements Discriminations Charged Resolution Prohibits High Buildings Near Grounds". New York Herald Tribune. June 5, 1937. p. 6. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1243535262; "Harvey is Set Back in Fair Zone Fight; Estimate Board Votes to Put Restrictions on Part of Area Adjacent to Flushing Site". The New York Times. June 5, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"City Votes to Restrict Grounds Surrounding '39 World's Fair". New York Herald Tribune. September 28, 1937. p. 19. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1251158864; "World's Fair Zone is Created by City; Commercial Activities Within 1,000 Feet of Present Site Subject to Regulation". The New York Times. September 28, 1937. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
"N. Y. Fair Will Aid Recovery, Says Whalen: 50,000,000 Visitors Due to Spend Huge Sums, He Tells Sales Executives". New York Herald Tribune. October 20, 1936. p. 41. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1327553027; "Fair Seen as Spur in Big Trade Area; Whalen Says Other States as Well as New York Will Gain by 50,000,000 Influx". The New York Times. October 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
"Surplus Likely For World Fair, Backers Find: Prospectus for Debentures Sees $1,024,158 Profit if 50,000,000 Attend 2d Year Is Considered Capital Investment of 125 Million Figured On". New York Herald Tribune. November 27, 1936. p. 20. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1240529164; "Profit on Fair Sure if 50,000,000 See It; Prospectus for Bond Buyers Holds 'Reasonable Hope' That Such Will Be the Case". The New York Times. November 27, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
"Fifth Ave. Starts To 'Primp' for '39 World's Fair: Retailers Between 34th and 42d Streets Rebuild, Modernize and Expand New jersey House Bought by New York Interest". New York Herald Tribune. August 8, 1937. p. D4. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1250488751.
"Mayor Vetoes World Fair Tax Exemption Bill: Finds Faulty Drafting in Measure to Which He Had Given Personal Approval and It Will Be Rewritten". New York Herald Tribune. June 7, 1938. p. 8. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1244318560; "City Sales Tax Saved by La Guardia Veto; Fair Bill So Worded as to End Relief Levy". The New York Times. June 7, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Fair is Expected to Aid State Trade; 150 Legislators at Preview-- 25,000 Will Go on Job to Rush the Work". The New York Times. April 23, 1939. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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