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1939 NY World's Fair - U.S. Steel Building
The Production & Distribution Zone (Zone 5)
1939 New York World's Fair
U.S. Steel Building
Architects: York and Sawyer
Designers: Walter Dorwin Teague and G.F. Harrell
US Steel - photo MO22 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.
US Steel - photo 253
US Steel at night - photo 252
A "building turned inside out," "Martian-looking," and like a "Hard Hat" were all descriptions of the U.S. Steel Building.Through the use of murals, photographs, animated dioramas, and actual demon-strations, the story of steel from mining to products was on display for Fair visitors.
Bonneville Salt Flats speed record car was on display in the U.S. Steel Pavilion.
Photo DS22 - Photo by Harold Green from the collection of Dr. William R. Hanson
Photo D26 - from the private collection of Dr. William R. Hanson Dioramas inside the U.S. Steel Pavilion
Photo D27 - from the private collection of Dr. William R. Hanson Dioramas inside the U.S. Steel Pavilion