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44) Pelham Bay Park, Bx: WPA workers with shovels, back to camera, amongst trees

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45) St. Catherine’s Park Playground, Manh: WPA workers in fg., empty playground, school in bg.

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46) Flatlands Ave., Bklyn: Workers in vacant lot; houses bg. (Film light-struck.)

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47) Amsterdam Ave. and 179th Street, Manh. Workers at Highbridge Park overpass.

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50)Bensonhurst Park, Bay View Place: Workers behind WPA sawhorses.

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51)Forest Park, Queens: Victory Field. Workers in distance.

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54)Clearview Golf Course, Queens: Workers on street

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La Guardia with Richard Olson and unidentified woman. (Photo inscribed from Olson, possibly actor in “Treasure Island”)

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1 to 4)Mayors’ Day Program at World’s Fair Court of Peace.

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5)Mayors’ Day Program at World’s Fair Court of Peace: La Guardia welcomes Mayor Muchitz of Forest City, Pa.

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La Guardia in white suit, speaking outdoors at reviewing stand, with WNYC microphone. Unidentified location.

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1 to 8) Eight views, sites of Chicago Fair:”A Century of Progress”showing deserted run-down areas.

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Aerial view of the swamps and dumps wiped out in the Flushing Meadows for the World’s Fair.

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Prospective view of Flushing Meadow Park, which will replace swamps and dumps wiped out for World’s Fair.

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Rendering, Flushing Bay entrance to World’s Fair. In bg., area E of 126th St. proposed for Fair parking field and park space after Fair.

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Bas Relief, World’s Fair:”Czechoslovakia Shall Be Free Again”:Man tied to posts with swastikas & snakes winding around posts. Wife,baby,son, cling to him.

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World’s Fair, Medallion with Coat of Arms:Republika Ceskoslovenska, March 15, 1939

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Paris International Exposition: Diorama from Cherbourg Chamber of Commerce.

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Paris Int’l Exposition:Maquette of Parc de Parilly in Lyon,France

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Paris Int’l Expo.:Cornerstone ceremony, Museum of Modern Art.Maquette of Museum is shown to French Pres.Albert LeBrun and men in derbies.

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Paris Int’l Expo: Baltic States Pavilion (Estonie, Lettonie, Lithuanie)

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Paris Int’l Expo: Rendering, Expo fountains with reflections at night.

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Paris Int’l Expo: Rendering, Expo fireworks at night

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Paris Int’l Expo: Interior, German Pavilion. Vast hall with chandeliers, showcases, murals, scientific instruments.

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