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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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1989.0438.0813, Souvenir poster commemorating XXme Exposition du Salon des Cent held in Paris in 1896. Nude female with long hair, paint brush and feather in hand; Sarah Bernhardt. Artist: Alphonse Mucha. Color lithograph planographic print

1989.0438.2923A, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "SPACE THEATRE [/] EXPO '70;" Japanese characters; abstract imagery created by light sources against background of sheet music

1989.0438.2930E, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70 [/] JAPAN WORLD EXPOSITION OSAKA 1970 [/] PROGRESS AND HARMONY FOR MANKIND;" colorful parade of Japanese men and women in a variety of costumes

1989.0438.2949, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70;" Japanese characters; collage of images of Japan and fair; mountains, workers in rice fields, fair buildings, Tower of the Sun, and train

1989.0438.2625C, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Sketch of German Pavilion against multi-colored striped background

1989.0438.2636.4A, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Detail of painting; male portrait

1989.0438.3069, Poster in commemoration of the Knoxville International Energy Exposition held in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1982. Marked "The 1982 World's Fair [/] Knoxville, Tennessee, USA MAY-OCT 1982;" flags of foreign nations at the fair

1989.0438.1426, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Universelle et Internationale held in Brussels, Belgium in 1935. 3 human heads looking down at earth with outline of Brussels. Inscribed "EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE [/] ET INTERNATIONALE [/] BRUXELLES [/] 1935." Color lithograph planographic print

1989.0438.3023C, Poster commemorating Expo '74 International Exposition on the Environment held in Spokane, Washington in 1974. Marked "Spokane, Washington, USA. May 4-November 3, 1974. The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth;" artist depiction of globe earth in four colors

1989.0438.0524, Poster, Grand Theatre De L'Exposition Palais de Enfants

1989.0438.0707, Souvenir print commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Top half depicts Chicago after the Great Fire; bottom half shows a view of the Exhibition buildings, female figure Columbia with shield, "I Will." Color lithograph

1989.0438.2349A, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-65;" artistic rendering of the exterior of the Pavilion of Spain with visitors. Poster mounted on thin canvas-like material

1989.0438.3151.2A, Poster advertising New York Art Deco Exposition held at Radio City Music Hall January 30, 1974 to February 3, 1974. Inscribed "Lawrence G. Zimmerman [/] World's Fair Collection [/] Radio City Music Hall;" black and white Trylon and Perisphere with fire works show depicted

1989.0438.2613.1, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Official logo of fair

1989.0438.2339.1B, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "Monday Aug.31, 1964 [/] Lucille Ball of the CBS "The Lucy Show" [/] schedule of appearances;"Lucille Ball depicted

1989.0438.1271 , Souvenir poster commemorating the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1926. Inscribed "The Sesquicentennial [/] International Exposition [/] Philadelphia [/] June First to December First [/] 1926;" female (Liberty?) holding flags of participating nations, City of Philadelphia in the background. Color lithograph planographic print. ,

1989.0438.0857.2, Souvenir poster commemorating Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900. Marked "EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE [/] Palais de l'optique;" night scene with Palais de l'Optique and La Grand Lunette. Color lithograph planographic print.

1989.0438.0074, Souvenir print commemorating the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations. Color lithograph planographic print depicting visitors in the United States area viewing the Greek Slave Statue and other exhibits. Glued to board. ,

1989.0438.2928.2A, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "EXPO '70;" official logo of the fair; large sphere; sun with clouds in shape of official logo of the fair

1989.0438.0414, Souvenir poster commemorating the Centennial International Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Inscribed "Declaration of Independence [/] Proclamation of Emancipation 1776 [/] 1876." Portraits of Washington and Lincoln in cneters of documents surrounded by medallion floral borders

1989.0438.1451.1, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques das la Vie Moderne held in Paris in 1937. Globe and female head against a blue, black, red and yellow background. Inscribed "PARIS [/] 1937 [/] MAI-NOVEMBRE [/] EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE." Color lithograph planographic print. Artist: Paul Colin. Poster mounted on a canvas backing. ,

1989.0438.2601I, Banner, Meet 70 Nations at Expo '67

1989.0438.2927, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "TIME [/] JAPAN SHOWS OFF AT EXPO '70;" Japanese woman in contemporary dress with Expo '70 shopping bag and Japanese woman in traditional dress. ,

1989.0438.2368, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "Portland [/] Cement [/] Association [/] Everywhere you look [/] at the World's Fair [/] You see what [/] versatile concrete [/] can do;" renderings of New York State Pavilion, Pakistan Pavilion, Eastman Kodak Co. Pavilion and Pavilion of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

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