The 1964 New York World's Fair featured an innovative monorail system, symbolizing futuristic urban transportation. Manufactured by American Machine and Foundry, the monorail offered…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
I found sixteen 8mm film reels at an flea market and bought them hoping to find the owner. If you recognize the owners (first shown at 3:50) or notice any clues, leave a comment [on the…
Aerial view of the long abandoned structures, consisting of three concrete towers with observation decks at the top, and the Tent of Tomorrow, once covered with the largest cable suspension…
The Atlantic recently dug up this great collection of vintage photographs showing the 1939 New York World's Fair completely in color, captured by photographer Peter Campbell. The famous…
The team at historical website Knowol recently restored this excellent vintage map from the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The NYWF of 1939–1940 was the…
This vintage television commercial from the New York City Transit Authority (now the MTA) attempted to increase ridership by letting straphangers know they could get to the 1964-65 New York…
