Auction Ended: Tuesday - October 22nd, 2019 at 10:00 PM EDT Catalog Lot 200
Auction Local Time: July 14, 2025 18:50:55 EDT
1939-1940 New York World's Fair "Official Location Finder", "New York World's Fair", "an automatic map". You can find a location is several ways. There is a sliding piece of thin cardboard that has an ID number, a "Point of Interest" field, a "Location" field and a "Nearest Rail Transportation" field that appear through an opening on one side. On the other side is a map of the fairgrounds with holes at all the points of interest. When you slide what you are looking for into the window on one side, the hole on the map will have a red dot in the location where the exhibit is located. You can also look up the exhibit alphabetically, get its number and use that number to slide the card and find the location. There is a ad for the French Pavilion on the back and the Boy Scouts inside. Size: Closed: 8 1/2" wide by 4 1/2" high. Opens to 25 1/2" wide. Condition: Excellent.
