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The world's largest outdoor photographs in color, visible from almost any point in the Fair, call attention to the unusual pavilion below, which has an undulating display roof of reinforced concrete and 15 exhibit sections, including two theaters. The pavilion has a threefold purpose: to demonstrate the wealth of experience to be gained from photography, to provide scenes for on-the-spot picture-taking, and to show the influence of photography on various aspects of modern life, among them science, leisure, medicine, industry and education.
| The large photographs displayed on the outside of the pavilion were presented in a style patterned after Kodak's new Carousel slide projectors While many Fairgoers thought these images were giant transparencies, they were actually prints on special paper. For more details on the photos please check out this article from Popular Science. (CD6 Set 27 #17) |
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| The Kodak Pavilion was quite large, as seen here in this view from the Better Living Center. Despite it's size, it was one of the first pavilions to be demolished following the close of the Fair. (CD15 Set 75 #1) |
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| The system used to illuminate the slides at night did indeed make the photographs look like giant slides. (CD7 Set 35 #30) |
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| The fanciful "Moon Roof" of the pavilion was just the thing for the Space Age. It offered a number of interesting shapes and angles for amateur photographers. (CD37 Set 183 #46) |
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| Emmett Kelly, Jr. was hired by Kodak to entertain visitors and pose for pictures. Here he's seen signing a postcard of the pavilion, which was given away as a free souvenir of the Fair. (CD26 Set 142 #11) |
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August 21, 1962 |
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