New York World's Fair - Medium - Binder

This poster, by Joseph Binder for the 1939 World’s Fair Poster features in the centermost portion of the image, the Trylon and the Persisphere, symbols of the World's Fair along with skyscrapers, airplanes flying in formation, and search lights. The Trylon and Persisphere were designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Jacques-Andre Foulioux and were used to showcase futuristic design. The official colors of the fair were blue and orange which is clearly utilized in Binder’s design. The 1939 World’s Fair took place on 1,216 acres of land in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and is noted in history as the second most expensive world’s fair of all time. The fair, themed "Building the World of Tomorrow" opened on April 30th 1939 with 206,000 people in attendance from all over the world. Most significant from the Fair, the former RCA President used the occasion of the Grand Opening to introduce television to the masses. Another popular event of the fair was the exhibition for the Westinghouse Time