Comments on: Opening the Door to ‘64

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:01:37 +0000

I love the Unisphere! I grew up 10 minutes from Flushing Meadows and my parents and my husband’s parents went to the 64/65 fair.FYI US Steel built the Unisphere and The Contemporary Resort.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:55:15 +0000

Seriously. Those look just like new, it’s amazing how well your grandfather kept them for the past 50 years!

By: Shoshana

Shoshana — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:58:46 +0000

Good idea but I don’t know if they would put something there

By: Shoshana

Shoshana — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 05:46:09 +0000

Ok that makes sense

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:25:41 +0000

Usually if you bought a souvenir set of slides someplace, the white frame around the image would be printed with the t-i-t-l-e at the bottom and contact or copyright information around the other sides. Maybe some of you who found the wonderful images of the other souvenirs on various websites could find an image of this slide set?

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:10:27 +0000

My little historian’s heart is loving all the ephemera you’ve gathered in the picture! I think it’s the perfect way to broach the subject with your Mom again – something tangible she can connect with.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:09:53 +0000

Stephen C and I are thinking of visiting the fair grounds this weekend. Could be a red herring but we are still talking so much about the 64 fair, there must be something we’re missing.

By: Shoshana

Shoshana — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:26:52 +0000

I was looking closer at the box of slides and their seem to be words around the outside. Could that be important?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:05:56 +0000

just so no one forgets, there is also a picture of the Unisphere in the main page of the http://www.lottfamilyconstruction.com website. With all of these references; the script, the Souvenir, picture on lott site, and the “IASW’ poster. There has to be something there!

By: D.Z.

D.Z. — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:42:47 +0000

Great idea. I think showing this will be a good starter.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:40:51 +0000

you should go sometime to Flushing Meadows in Queens, it is still there, i went once as a little kid, but ithas been 20 years since I have been there!

By: Jody

Jody — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:39:26 +0000

wonderful idea, Amelia, to slowly start your mom talking with you about your grandfather with these souvenirs from the world’s fair. after looking at your photo and the others posted here, i did a quick google search and discovered a blog by a disney mom and here’s the link to her post about the World’s Fair attractions Walt Disney helped create (and are at the parks). http://www.adisneymomsthoughts.com/2012/10/destination-disney-in-quotes-1964.html