Check Out These Color Photos of the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens

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Wonder Bread Bakery displays a wheat field exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The "scarecrow of tomorrow," Penelope Shoo, is wearing an outfit designed by Hattie Carnegie. The wheat field was billed as "the first planted in New York City since 1875."

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