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Guest George McCoy reading the "This is the Columbian Broadcasting System" sign off from the AT&T Telephone Building at the New York World's Fair, October 19, 1939

1939-10-19 ‧ Photograph, documentary ‧ monochrome ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Summary:Episode number 312, New York World's Fair -Telephone Building.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Temporal subject: 1931-1940
1939-10-19
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:New York
Geographical subject – Settlement:New York
Topical subjects:Vox pop (Radio program)
Radio broadcasting
Interviews
Johnson, Parks
Butterworth, Wally, 1901-1974
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
ArchivesUM location:Vox Pop Collection
  • series 4
  • box 1
  • folder 6
  • accession 1996-18
Repository:Library of American Broadcasting
Browse terms:Broadcasting, Communications
Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Copyright holder:unknown
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