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1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair
1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair

1939 World’s Fair Souvenir ~ Trylon and Perisphere ~ Theme Center of Fair

$ 198

Availability: 76 in stock
  • Theme: World’s Fairs
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Year: 1939
  • Condition: Very Good - no chips or cracks, minor wear to include: glazing and firing flaws, and/or dirt accumulation. See pictures for visual condition. Second picture is of the building (not included).
  • World Fair: 1939-40 New York

    Description

    1939 World’s Fair Souvenir
    Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center of Fair
    ceramic, not marked
    measures approximately: 5 1/4" H x 3 1/4" W x 2 7/8" D
    Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing (if paying by check, processing fee will be refunded) and carrier fees.
    About
    The Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair.
    The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet (55 m) in diameter, connected to the 610-foot (190 m) spire-shaped Trylon by what was at the time the world's longest escalator. The Perisphere housed a diorama by Henry Dreyfuss called Democracity which, in keeping with the fair's theme "The World of Tomorrow", depicted a utopian city-of-the-future. The interior display was viewed from above on a moving sidewalk, while a multi-image slide presentation was projected on the dome of the sphere. After exiting the Perisphere, visitors descended to ground level on the third element
    of the Theme Center, the Helicline, a 950-foot-long (290 m) spiral ramp that partially encircled the Perisphere.
    The name "Perisphere" was coined using the Greek prefix peri-, meaning "all around", "about", or "enclosing". The name "Trylon" was coined from the phrase "triangular pylon."
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