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Hall of Nations
The Government Zone (Zone 1)
1939 New York World's Fair

Iraq


Iraq in the Hall of Nations
Iraq in the Hall of Nations

The rich and colorful displays were like those directly out of Arabian Nights. Artisans hammered gold and silver into jewelry in booths that were copies of those one would have found in Baghdad. Miniature displays contrasted Iraq's biblical past with those of 1939.