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The 1939 New York World's Fair was one of the greatest international expositions of all time. Many different countries around the world participated in it, and over 25 million people attended it's exhibits. The NYWF of 1939 allowed all visitors to take a look at "The world of Tomorrow."

In 1935, at the height of the Depression, a group of New York businessmen decided to create an international exposition to lift the city and the country out of depression. No long after, these men formed the New York World's Fair Corporation, whose office was placed on one of the higher floors in the Empire State Building. The NYWFC elected Grover Whalen as the President of their committee. The whole committee consisted of Winthrop Aldrich, Mortimer Buckner, Floyd Carlisle, John J. Dunnigan, Harvey Dow Gibson, Fiorello La Guardia, Percy S. Straus, and many other business leaders.

Over the next four years, the committee planned, built, and organized the fair and its exhibits. Countries around the world took part in creating the biggest international event since World War I. Finally, on April 30, 1939, the fair had its grand opening. Around 198,791 people attended to ooh and ahh at the brilliant exhibits. One of the most famous exhibits was the time capsule, which was not to be opened till 6939 A.D. Time Capsule was a tube containing writings by Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann, copies of Life magazine, a kewpie doll, a dollar in change, a pack of Camel cigarettes, millions of pages of text on microfilm, and much, much more. Several other exhibits included the Chrysler Air-flow, a streamlined pencil sharpener, and one of the first televisions. There was also a huge globe/planitarium located near the center of the fair.

                          By H.K. DaPice

Each day after that, the fair opened at 9 a.m. until it was officially closed forever on October 27, 1940. It attracted over 45 million visitors and produced around 48 million dollars. The New York World's Fair will always be remembered as one of the most breathtaking events in American history.