Statues at the 1939 New York World's Fair
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George Washington
Sculpture by: James Earle Fraser and John Quincy Ward
Photo D36 - George Washington - from the private collection of Dr. William R. Hanson
George Washington - photo 218
Sixty-feet tall, the statue of George Washington in his inaugural robes stood proudly in Washington Square on Constitution Mall, between the Trylon & Perisphere and the Lagoon of Nations. The statue was placed so Washington faced the future, the Trylon & Perisphere.