A collection of souvenir postcards and ephemera from the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair, housed in a collector’s file box labeled “1939 World’s Fair” with tabbed dividers organized by type and subject. Includes linen postcards of fair landmarks and pavilions, among them the Trylon and Perisphere, Star Pylon, Court of States, Food Building No. 2, Communications Building and the Firestone exhibit; real photo postcards, including an aerial view of the fairgrounds and Morris Gest’s “Little Miracle Town”; Billy Rose Aquacade cards, with portraits of Billy Rose and Eleanor Holm; and a card illustrating the Works Progress Administration Building with Philip Guston’s facade mural. Also includes souvenir postcard folders, boxed sets of miniature photographs and view cards in their original printed sleeves, and an American edition of The Illustrated London News with a World’s Fair cover depicting the Trylon and Perisphere. New York, circa 1939–1940.
London Illustrated: L 14-5/8 in. W 10-1/4 in.
Collector's File Box:H 5-1/4 in L 11-3/4 in. W 6-1/2 in.

Overall very good preserved condition to most, minor imperfections to paper commensurate with age/use.