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1939

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Grover A. Whalen
May 1, 1939

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Nine miles from the heart of Manhattan, on what was once a Flushing (L. I.) dump, the biggest world's fair in history opens this week. Whether cynics believe it or not, New York's $156,905,000 show is not "just another fair" but "a lot more fair"....Read the full story

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