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Souvenir 1939 New York World's Fair Mini Glass Postcard Book

Souvenir 1939 New York World's Fair Mini Glass Postcard Book

 
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Object Name: 
Souvenir 1939 New York World's Fair Mini Glass Postcard Book
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia
Date: 
about 1938
Technique
Machine made, stamped
AAT
machine-made
Dimensions: 
Overall: H: 3.6, W: 2.8 cm, D: .7 cm
Accession Number: 
2005.3.35
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Souvenir 1939 New York World's Fair Mini Glass Postcard Book. Machine-made amber glass; stamped metal, printed paper. Mini-postcard book has a glass body in the shape of a book with a pressed pattern on the back, with attached stamped metal cover with the words "WORLD'S FAIR 1939" and design of the The Trylon and Perisphere built for the 1939-40 World’s Fair. Inside the book, there is an accordian fol-out with color images of the 1939 World's Fair.
Provenance
Wolf, Frederick, Source

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