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Canada Building, New York World’s FairSource: NY Public LibraryCanadian pavilion at the fair. I loveCanada Building, New York World’s FairSource: NY Public LibraryCanadian pavilion at the fair. I love

Canada Building, New York World’s Fair
Source:NY Public Library

Canadian pavilion at the fair. I love it!


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Gay New Orleans Village, New York World’s FairSource: NY Public LibraryThe fair included numerous “vGay New Orleans Village, New York World’s FairSource: NY Public LibraryThe fair included numerous “v

Gay New Orleans Village, New York World’s Fair
Source:NY Public Library

The fair included numerous “villages” – clusters of themed buildings, attractions, food halls, etc. – and one of them was a “Gay New Orleans” village. Basically a party area. The huge hall pictured offered “Swing Mardi Gras,” with Swing dancing every night, free (with your fair ticket). 

A better view of the building, in the winter between 1939 and 1940:

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Manila Jai-Alai Building (I think)(Carl Mydans. 1941?)

Manila Jai-Alai Building (I think)

(Carl Mydans. 1941?)


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Looking east down the Miracle Mile from the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, 1947.

Looking east down the Miracle Mile from the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, 1947.


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The Streamline Moderne facade of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937. It stood on Beverly

The Streamline Moderne facade of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937. It stood on Beverly Boulevard for 54 years, before burning to the ground in 1989.


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