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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

American History Museum

World 's Fairs Materials
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Object Details

Scope and Contents

Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
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GUID

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Collector

Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

Names

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)
Appalachian Exposition. (Knoxville, Tennessee: 1911)
Art and Techniques Exposition (Paris, France: 1937)
British Empire Exhibition (Wembley, London, England: 1924-1925)
British Empire Exposition (Glasgow, Scotland: 1938)
Bronx International Exposition (New York, New York: 1917-1918)
Brussels International (1910 )
California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)
California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego, California: 1935-1936)
Canadian National Exposition (1937)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (1888 : Cincinnati, Ohio)
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago Autumn Festival (1899)
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1882 : Cincinnati, Ohio)
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga)
Esposizione Internationale (1911 : Turin, Italy)
Esposizione Internationale D'Arte (Venice, Italy: 1910)
Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte (1895 : Venice, Italy)
Exhibition of Art Treasures (1857 : Manchester, England)
Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1878 : Boston, Massachusetts)
Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)
Exposicion Centro-Americana (1897 : Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Exposition International (1894 : Lyons, France)
Exposition International Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flammand (Antwerp, Belgium: 1930)
Exposition International de Liege (1930)
Exposition Internationale Maritime (1887 : Le Havre, France)
Exposition Nationale Belge (1880 : Belgium)
Exposition Universelle (1885 : Antwerp, Belgium)
Exposition Universelle de Paris (1855 : Paris, France)
Exposition Universelle de Paris (1878 : Paris, France)
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)
Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)
Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
Fiera di Milano (1939)
Foreign Exhibition (1883 : Boston, Massachusetts)
Franco-British Exhibition (London, England: 1908)
Franklin Institute Exhibition (1874 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Gewerbe Austellung (1896 : Berlin, Germany)
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Great Exhibition of 1851 (London, England)
Great Industrial Exhibition (1853 : Dublin, Ireland)
Great Lakes Exposition (Cleveland, Ohio: 1936-1937)
Hemisfair '68 (San Antonio, Texas: 1968)
Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
Imperial International Exhibition (London, England: 1909)
International Exhibition (1897 : Brussels, Belgium)
International Exhibition of 1862 (London, England)
International Exhibition of 1871 (London, England)
International Exhibition of 1872 (London, England)
International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865: Dublin, Ireland)
International Exposition (Barcelona, Spain: 1929-1930)
International Exposition (Brussels, Belgium: 1935)
International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries (1925 : Paris, France)
International Exposition on the Environment (Spokane, Washington: 1974)
International Fire Exhibition 1903 : London, England)
International Marine Exhibition of Marine Hygiene and Exhibition of the Italian Glories (Genoa, Italy: 1914)
International Ocean Exposition (Okinawa, Japan: 1975)
Interstate and West Indian Exposition (Charleston, South Carolina: 1901-1902)
Italian Exposition (1904 : London, England)
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (Hampton Roads, Virginia: 1907)
Japan World Exposition (Osaka, Japan: 1970)
Japan-British Exhibition (London, England: 1910)
Knoxville International Energy Exposition (1982)
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)
National Ecuadorian Exposition (Quito, Ecuador: 1909)
National Export Exposition (1899 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Collector

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History

Names

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
New York World's Fair (1964-1965)
Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Scottish National Exposition (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1908)
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Sydney International Exhibition (Sydney, Australia: 1879)
Texas Centennial Central Exposition (Dallas, Texas: 1936)
Universal Exhibition (1873 : Vienna, Austria)
Western Pennsylvania Exposition (1915 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.)

Place

Disneyland (California)

Topic

Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)
Exhibitions

Provenance

Collection by bequest of Larry Zim.

Collector

Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987

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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

Biographical / Historical

Larry Zim, whose actual name was Larry Zimmerman, was an industrial designer, a historian of World's Fairs who wrote extensively on the subject, and a collector of World's Fair memorabilia.

Extent

46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 150 map-folders, 12 film reels)

Date

1841-1988

Custodial History

The collection was bequeathed to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, who transferred it to the Division of Community Life (now part of the Division of Cultural History), National Museum of American History in 1989. They transferred the archival component to the Archives Center in 1995.

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0519

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Postcards
Greeting cards
Stationery
Panoramas
Sheet music
Posters
Shopping bags
Photographs
Stereographs
Menus

Citation

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series. Series 1: World's Fair Materials, 1841-1988 Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials Series 3: Larry Zim Materials Series 4: Oversize Materials, 1909-1968

Processing Information

Collection processed by Angela Baccala, 1999.

Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Motion pictures (visual works)
Postcards
Greeting cards
Stationery
Panoramas
Sheet music -- 20th century
Posters
Shopping bags
Photographs -- 19th century
Sheet music -- 19th century
Stereographs
Menus

Restrictions

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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1989.0438.2369.1A, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "New York World's Fair Unisphere R presented by USS United States Steel;" Part of woman pulling young boy with fair balloon. ,

1989.0438.2359, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Artistic rendering of exterior of IBM Pavilion with visitors. Photomechanical reproduction

1989.0438.2720A, Poster commemorating Hemisfair held in San Antonio, Texas in 1968. Artistic rendering of collage of fair buildings. Marked "1968 World's Fair, San Antonio, Texas APR 6 - OCT 6 FERIA MUNDIAL 1968, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ABR 6 - OCT 6."

1989.0498.2725B, HemisFair'68, World's Fair, San Antonio, Texas

1989.0438.3146, General McClellan riding a horse

1989.0438.3156.1, One of a group of four sketches thought to be done by collector, Larry Zim, relating to exhibit designs

1989.0438.2010, Souvenir poster commemorating the Century 21 exposition held in Seattle in 1962. Inscribed "Seattle World's Fair 1962;" artistic rendering of International Fountain

1989.0438.0705, Souvenir poster commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Inscribed: "Worlds Columbian Exposition [/] Chicago 1893;" text about size, weight of the Ferris Wheel; depiction thereof at night with visitors. Color lithograph planographic print

1989.0438.2623D, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Exterior of Pavilion of Great Britain against National flag

1989.0438.2920, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70 [/] TEXTILES;" Textiles Pavilion with Japanese men and women in traditional dress and many airplanes flying over the pavilion. Japanese characters

1989.0438.0412B, Souvenir print commemorating the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Aerial view of exhibition buildings and grounds. Copyright by Harper & Brothers. Engraving by Harper's Weekly

1989.0438.2021.7, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition National Suisse held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1964. Abstract designs; motifs including cross based on central element of Swiss flag. Photomechanical reproduction

1989.0438.0397, Souvenir print commemorating the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Inscribed: "Art Gallery [/] Main Building [/] Centennial International Exhibition [/] 1876 [/] Fairmount Park, Philadelphia." Shows exteriors of the two buildings. Color lithograph planographic print. Artist: Louis Aubrun. Publisher: Thomas Hunter

1989.0438.1255 , Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925. Insscribed "MINISTERE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'INDUSTRIE [/] PARIS - 1925 [/] EXPOSITION [/] INTERNATIONALE [/] Des Arts Decoratifs [/] et Industriels [/] Modernes;" stylized female depicted with a gazelle. Color lithograph planographic print. ,

1989.0438.2947A, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70;" official fair logo; Japanese characters; artistic rendering of Pavilion of Wacoal-Riccar; 2 hearts

1989.0438.3137, Incomplete version of poster for an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1925 Paris Exposition. Woman depicted holding a basket with a gazelle. Exhibit, "Cinquantenaire Paris-1925," held at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, October 15, 1976-February 2, 1977

1989.0438.2934, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70 [/] COTE D'IVOIRE;" Japanese characters; painting, "Cote D'Ivoire" by Montels; black and white sketch of Ivory Coast Republic Pavilion

1989.0438.2921C, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "CANADA EXPO '70;" Japanese characters; exterior of Canadian Pavilion at night

1989.0438.2631.1B-C, Posters commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. 4 vertical sections relating to children's entertainment and buildings at the fair

1989.0438.3155.3, Exhibit prop commemorating the New York World's Fair held in 1939. Used in an unidentified exhibition by Larry Zim, collector. Photo reproduction of parade past the Trylon and Perisphere

1989.0438.3102O, Poster commemorating Expo '86 held in Vancouver, Canada in 1986. Marked "Festive Technology [/] Theme Plazas [/] Pavilions [/] Features [/] Concessions." Text and graphics explaining planning philosophy of Expo '86

1989.0438.1773, Poster commemorating the Polish Pavilion at the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1939. Inscribed "Polish Pavilion [/] New York World's Fair 1939;" artistic rendering of Pavilion of Poland and nations flags at night in a star-filled sky. Color lithograph planographic print. Copyright 1938 - Republic of Poland Exhibition, New York World's Fair 1939. Designer: JHR

1989.0438.2636.3B-C, Posters commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Detail of abstract textile

1989.0438.0399, Souvenir print commemorating the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Inscribed: "Centennial International Exhibition [/] 1876 Fairmount Park, Philadelphia." Color lithograph planographic print depicting the exterior of Machinery Hall with visitors. Published by Thomas Hunter in 1874. Copyright by the Centennial Board of Finance. Artist: L. Aubrun. ,

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