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Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

National Museum of American History

Object Details

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
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.
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 [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512044426-1503512044428-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8523c6615-9c45-41fc-86c2-ca7717969437

In the Collection

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  • Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, postcards

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, graphic material

  • Fair American Institute. Semi-Centennial, printed ephemera

  • L'Exposition de Bruxelles, printed ephemera

  • Exposicion Ibero-Americana, Seville, postcards

  • Expo '58, Brussels, philatelic material

  • Japan-British Exhibition, London, printed ephemera

  • Panama-California International Exposition, San Diego, postcards

  • New York

  • New York World's Fair, calendars

  • Crystal Palace, New York, postcards

  • Exposition International Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flammand, Antwerp, postcards

  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, philatelic material

  • Franklin Institute Exhibition, Philadelphia, stereographs

  • American Exposition, Boston, printed ephemera

  • Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, postcards

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, philatelic material

  • Crystal Palace, New York Graphic Material

  • Scottish National Exposition, Edinburgh, Oversize Postcards

  • Disneyland, Stereographs

  • New York World's Fair, photograph albums

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, printed ephemera

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, graphic material

  • Expo '57

  • New York World's Fair, philatelic material

  • International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, printed ephemera

  • Century of Progress, Chicago, postcards

  • Internationale de Bruxelles, postcards

  • Panama-Pacific, San Francisco, philatelic material

  • Panama-Pacific, San Francisco, postcards

  • Centennial Exposition, Dallas, printed ephemera

  • L'Exposition de Bruxelles

  • Sesqui-Centennial, Philadelphia, postcards

  • IX Exposizione lnternazionale D'At1e, Venice, postcards

  • California-Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, printed ephemera

  • Expo '58, Brussels, oversize postcards

  • Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, photos and envelope

  • Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, postcards

  • New York World's Fair, printed ephemera

  • Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris, printed ephemera

  • Great Exhibition of 1851, London, Printed Ephemera

  • Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, Hampton Roads, postcards

  • Century of Progress, Chicago, printed ephemera

  • Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, philatelic material

  • New York

  • Italian Exposition, London, oversize postcards

  • Sesqui-Centennial, Philadelphia, printed ephemera

  • Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, stationary and greeting cards

  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, postcard album

  • International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, stereographs

  • Exposition Nationale Beige, printed ephemera

  • National Export Exposition, Philadelphia, Philatelic Material

  • Century of Progress, Chicago, printed ephemera

  • Sesqui-Centennial, Philadelphia, philatelic material

  • Expo '58, Brussels, photographs and slides

  • Centennial Exposition, Dallas, photographs

  • American Institute. Twentieth Annual, Printed Ephemera

  • Exposit ion Universelle, Antwerp, stereographs

  • Great Exhibit on of I851, London, Stereographs

  • New York World's Fair, lantern slides

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, stereographs

  • Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, Hampton Roads, stereographs

  • Golden West and American Industries Exhibition, printed ephemera

  • Exposition Universelle, Paris, photographs

  • International Ancient Art Exhibition, Earl's Court, Printed Ephemera

  • Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, postcards

  • Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, postcards

  • National Ecquadorian Exposition, Quito, Scrapbook pages

  • Franco-British Exhibition, London, postcards

  • International Exhibition of 1872, London, stereographs

  • Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, postcards

  • Century 21 Exposition, Seattle

  • Expo '58, Brussels, philatelic material

  • New York

  • Expo '58, Brussels, printed ephemera

  • California-Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, postcards

  • Imperial International Exhibition, London, postcards

  • Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, oversize postcards

  • New York World's Fair, photographs

  • Exposition Universelle de Paris, lantern slides

  • Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States, Cincinnati, printed ephemera

  • California Midwinter International Exposition, printed ephemera

  • Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, Portland, postcards

  • 1851 Great Exhibition of 1851, London Graphic Material 110

  • California-Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, postcards

  • Sound Recordings

  • Sounding Recordings (12")

  • 1989.0438.2925B, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Plan of fairgrounds with buildings, Seiko Stations, and foreign visitors identified in English and Japanese

  • 1989.0438.2617, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Official logo; abstract rendering of 2 children

  • 1989.0438.1391 , Souvenir poster commemorating the Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago in 1933. Inscribed "ROMANCE OF TRANSPORTATION / COMPANY OF 200 / World's Fair Chicago / 1833 A Century of Progress 1933;" Different forms of transportation depicted, including steam engine, airplane, ship, horse and carriage, automobiles, locomotives. Artist: Weimer Pursell. Color lithograph planographic print. ,

  • 1989.0438.1451.2 , 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

  • 1989.0438.2337.1A, Souvenir poster commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "New York / World's Fair / 1964-1965;" artistic rendering of family gathered around Unisphere

  • 1989.0438.0123, Souvenir print commemorating the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in New York. Lithograph depicting the exterior of the Crystal Palace and visitors gathering on the street. Marked: "For the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. Constructed of Iron and Glass." ,

  • 1989.0438.2636.2A, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Detail of human face in stone

  • 1989.0438.2365A, Souvenir broadside commemorating the New York World's Fair held in Queens in 1964. Inscribed "Pavilion of Spain / New York World's Fair 1964-1965 / Antonio Gades / Curra Jimenez ... Programa.

  • 1990.0542, A Pageant for the Pacific

  • 1989.0438.2021.1, 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. ,

  • 1989.0438.2608, Poster commemorating Expo '67 held in Montreal in 1967. Artistic rendering of visitors to fair on monorail, U.S. Pavilion and flags in background. Photomechanical reproduction

  • 1989.0438.2932A, Poster in commemoration of Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Marked "JAPAN AIR LINES / OFFICIAL AIRLINE FOR EXPO '70;" JAL and fair official logos; Japanese woman offering menu to a man; Tower of the Sun fair building in background

  • 1989.0438.1984, Souvenir poster commemorating the Exposition Universelle et Internationale held in Brussels in 1958. Inscribed "Brussels 58 / Universal and International Exhibition;" artistic rendering of logo of fair against background of sky and land. ,

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