Automatic Age

Issue: 1939 May

N O . 1 0
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“ V is it T h e
N ew
Y o rk
W o r ld ’s
F a ir !”
ll^istrated above is the colossal setting for The 1939 Nexv York World's Fair, now open, advertised as “ The
vorld of Tomorrow.’ ”
Here yon can see two shows for the lyrice of one — World’s Largest City and “ Wor
-Million Dollar
Largest Fair.”
hi ‘^frW ' “ Treasure Island,” a beautiful gem in the middle of San Francisco Bay, site of The 1939 Golden Gate Exposition which opened
February.
Note how the Exposition is connected with the Bay Bridge by an intricate system of ramps and overpasses.
See The Golden Gate Exposition; “ Be The Guest of the W est” !
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