Articles index

There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of articles written about the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. I'm in the process of compiling a list of as many of them as possible. Those listed with clickable links are available here online. If you have articles to share online please send me an e-mail.

This is a work in progress, with lots more to come. Feel free to help me get there faster with your submissions. Copies of stories in JPG or PDF format would be greatly appreciated.

Recent additions are marked with NEW at the end of the entry.

American Banker

1-28-64 (article on First National City Bank automated banking at the Fair)

Charleston (WV) Daily Mail

8-31-65 - Pavilion Return Interest Mounts (West Virginia Pavilion)

Christian Science Monitor

1-21-64 - The Fair Becomes Alive
3-16-64 - Electronic Exhibits Abound at New York World's Fair
3-20-64 - Cheesedom's Biggest Cheese At World's Fair (Wisconsin Pavilion)
3-4-64 - There'll Be Lots of Fun at World's Fair Children's Center, Too (Better Living Center)
4-15-64 - Pavilion to Tell Story of Africa
4-15-64 - School Peeks at 3 R's in A.D. 2000
7-8-74 - World Fair tarries at New York park site (Remnants of Fair)

Edison Electric Institute Bulletin

Electrical Merchandising Week

5-4-64 - EM Week Reports on appliance-tv (Japan Pavilion)

Electrical Wholesaling

4-64 - World's Fair Offers Varied Electrical Fare (luminaires and lighting systems)

Groundbreaking and Dedication booklets (official Fair Corporation publications)

Long Island Commercial Review

10-17-63 - Adelphia Arranges Russian Language Course (Hall of Free Enterprise)

Long Island Press

10-16-65 - Bring on Your Beer Barrels! (Lowenbrau)
10-16-65 - Danish Pavilion Going to Conn.
10-16-65 - Fair Holdups Net Thieves $8,500
10-16-65 - If You See What You Like, Ask (Africa Pavilion)
10-16-65 - It's Tough to Park At the Fair Today (Closing day)

Los Angeles Times

1-5-64 - Fair's Sandwich Man (7-Up Pavilion)
1-27-64 - Tallest Mobile Built in L.A. for N.Y. Fair (Tower of the Four Winds)
10-11-64 - World's Fair House Opens in Glendora (Formica Pavilion)
5-23-65 - Wax Works Will Locate in Anaheim (Walter's International Wax Museum)
9-11-65 - Eve of Destruction at World's Fair (Demolition)

Monsanto Magazine

Summer 1964 - King of the Fair NEW

Naval Aviation News

May 1964 - Navy Might Displayed at World's Fair (Making of film for Transportation & Travel Pavilion)

New York Daily News

9-29-63 - Winnie Winkle (comic strip)
10-13-63 - Old Glory by Moonlight: Foul at Fair? (controversy over US flags at night)
10-14-63 - Giant Dinosaurs Seen on Hudson Headed For City (Sinclair dinosaurs arrive in New York via barge)
10-16-63 - Perfectly Beastly (Sinclair dinosaurs arrive in New York via barge)
10-29-63 - Topping Off Pavilion at Fair (New York State)
1-4-64 - Head Start (Ann McKeon, New York World's Fair Summer Festival Queen)
3-14-64 - Sphere of Influence (22-foot model of the Unisphere)
5-2-64 - Spaceman Cooper Orbits the Fair (Gordon Cooper)
5-2-64 - Well, Our Fair's Out of This World (Gordon Cooper)
5-6-64 - At U.S. Pavilion: Walk With History ("Challenge to Greatness")
5-7-64 - Windsors' Word for Fair: Ripping (Duke and Duchess of Windsor visit Fair)
5-10-64 - Gun Scare at Fair During His Visit (President Johnson visit)
5-13-64 - Announce a Pavilion of Art (Pavilion of Fine Art)
5-14-64 - Rocket Man Flies at Fair (Bell rocket belt)
5-17-64 - Fairly Eager Boy, 12, Runs Away (Dominick Tucci)
6-2-64 - Cop Falls Dead in Fracas at the Fair (Pinkertons)
6-2-64 - Showers Can't Dampen a Day of Fair Events
6-2-64 - 7 Millionth At the Fair
6-18-64 - World's Largest Map Enrages the Natives (Texaco map)
6-18-64 - It Was Missouri's Day & the Fair Showed 'Em (Missouri Pavilion)
6-26-64 - Hughes Becomes Fair's First Overnight Guest (Governor of New Jersey)
6-28-64 - Rice Rains on Fair Queen (Ann McKeon, New York World's Fair Summer Festival Queen)
6-28-64 - Massachusetts Has a Big Day at Fair (Governor Peabody visits the Fair)
6-29-64 - Lo and Behold (Lowenbrau Pavilion)
7-5-64 - Millionth Monorail Rider: 2 Gals (AMF Monorail)
7-26-64 - Ice Show Closes at the Fair; Bad Biz, Union Fight Blamed (Dick Button's Ice-Travaganza)
7-31-64 - A Star at Fair, but He Has Ideas (Kodak Pavilion)
7-31-64 - Hey Barry, She Says 'Go Left' (New York State Pavilion)
5-13-65 - After Fair Brawl Is Over, The Image Ain't in the Pink (fight at Belgian Village)
5-13-65 - Chilling Story Is Told At Venezuela Pavilion (Angel Falls exhibit)
6-30-65 - 2 Fair Dinos Stolen; Sinclair Pretty Saur (theft from Sinclair Pavilion)
8-11-65 - Fair Computer Picks Its Millionth Pen Pal (Parker Pen)
10-17-65 - Hour By Hour, Records Fall at the Fading Fair (closing day)
10-20-65 - Alaska Must Totem Home Plenty From The Fair (demolition)

New York Herald Tribune

5-30-65 - Fair Police Cut, Vandals on Loose (Crime reports)
6-6-65 - Pinkertons - Two Troubles at the Fair (Crime reports)
6-6-65 - The Barker's Cry Invades the Fair (Carnival atmosphere)
6-17-65 - Sad Days at the Fair's Fiesta (International Fiesta)
10-2-65 - Huge Main Breaks at Fair 100 Flee to Avoid Flood
10-13-65 - Fair to Step Up Guard (closing days)

New York Journal American

5-9-65 - Frequently Televised at Fair (RCA Pavilion)
9-12-65 - Fair's Lost Kids, Dinosaurs Traced by the Pinkertons (security at the Fair)

New York Times

1-31-60 - Industry Taking Space In '64 Fair (Companies expressing interest in Fair)
3-1-64 - April 12 Benefit To Give Patrons Preview of the Fair (Top of the Fair restaurant)
3-4-64 - Head of Fair Pavilion Denies Cash Offer for Art Exhibit (Transportation & Travel Pavilion)
3-5-64 - 30 Rights Pickets Arrested at Fair (Civil Rights demonstrations)
3-7-64 - Graham Pavilion To Jump Fair Gun (Dedication of Billy Graham Pavilion)
3-17-64 - Signs Going Up in City To Show Way to Fair
4-1-64 - 400 Paid To Visit Pavilion At Fair (Preview of Ford Pavilion)
7-3-64 - Success of Exhibitions at Fair Hinges on the Air-Conditioning (Heat wave)
7-16-64 - Fare Ladies Go to the Fair (Festival of Gas Pavilion)
8-23-64 - Kodak Pavilion At Fair Wins Concrete Group's Award
12-20-64 - Workers At Fair Long For Crowds (mid-Fair activities)
4-21-65 - Fair's Amusement Area Offers Free Shows and Price Cuts
6-17-65 - Part of Exhibit to Close at Fair (International Fiesta)
7-10-65 -16-Ton Stone Head Arrives At Fair (Olmec head at Mexico Pavilion)
8-18-65 - Building at Fair Sought in South (Spain Pavilion)
8-8-71 - Queens Science Hall to Get Atomic Reactor (Hall of Science)
12-2-79 - Queens Museum Preparing Exhibition on Worlds Fair
11-12-83 - Political Clash Clouds Future of Science Hall (Hall of Science)
7-11-85 - 20-Year Retrospective On World's Fair
7-14-86 - Science Hall Is to Reopen After 5 Years (Hall of Science)
10-22-90 - Park's Stolen Bronzes Found After 20 Years (Armillary sphere)
11-19-87 - Park in Queens to Get $80 Million Restoration (Post-Fair state of Park)
3-17-96 - Preserving The Relics Of the Fairs (Post-Fair state of Park)

New York World-Telegram and Sun

5-3-65 - IBM System Gives Visitors a Fair Shake (reservations for People Wall)
11-17-65 - Wreckers to Demolish Fairground Magic (demolition)

PF Reporter

July 1964 - Electronics at the Fair NEW

Popular Mechanics

February 1964 - Inside 1964's Biggest Show on Earth (Preview) NEW

Popular Science

October 1963 - The '64 Look (Preview of 1964 automobile at the Fair during construction) NEW
March 1964 - The Built the Roof on the Ground (Atomedic Hospital and New York State Pavilion) NEW
May 1964 - World's Largest Color Prints (Kodak)
July 1964 - Inside IBM's World's Fair 'Egg' NEW

Time

7-16-65 - What Can the Matter Be? (On-going problems at the Fair)

Washington Post

4-4-64 - Machine Makes Friendships (Parker Pen)
5-14-64 - 'To Be Alive' Is Hit at the World's Fair (Johnson Wax film)
1-5-70 - N.Y. Fair Site May Bloom Anew (Plans to revitalize park)

Interested in finding out what was going on at the Fair on a particular day? Here are listings of major events, taken from newspapers of the time.

1964

1965