“One of Commissioner [Robert] Moses’s most striking miracles is the conversion of a vast swamp and a small mountain of odorous refuse in Queens into the site for the New York World’s Fair of 1939. He was given the task of preparing this uninviting terrain for the great exposition and...
Today (April 30th) is the 230th anniversary ofthe inauguration of George Washington, sworn in atFederal Hallas the first President of the United States. It is also the 80th anniversary of the1939 New York World’s Fair.That was not an accident. The monumental events of America’s founding...
According to The Nylon Drama authors David Hounshell and John Kenly Smith, Charles Stine, vice president DuPont unveiled the world's first synthetic fiber not to a scientific society but to three thousand women's club members gathered at the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair for the Ne...
In Valladolid, Spain “John II of Castile and Maria of Aragon” gave birth to Henry IV during whose reign “the condition of the Spanish Jews was one of comparative peace and comfort.” 1548: Birthdate of Francisco Suarez the Jesuit theologian who “advocated the banning of the Talmud and ...
This article describes Picasso’s first visit to the French capital in 1900, and the events that led to his first major exhibition at the acclaimed Galerie Ambroise Vollard in Paris in 1901. The first section provides a narrative of his early experiences abroad as a young unknown artist, his...