Diary of a Fair Visit Shows Frugal Yet Thrilling Day
Mary Driscoll recounts a half day at the World’s Fair with two friends Evelyn Pangburn and Jane Livengood. They preview free exhibits and a parachute jump costing 40 cents each, plus 75 cent meals and 15 cents milk. Total expenses come to about 2.40 dollars including subway fares.
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Evelyn Pangburn
New York
Jane Livengood
Salisbury
Pennsylvania
Hood College
Maryland
Evelyn
Toffenetti's
Virginia
Grand Central
Day at the fair a long ride in a motor chair and cow milking
A narrator recounts a 1939 day in Manhattan visiting exhibits at the fair. She notes expenses totaling 3.22 dollars for ride, refreshments, and entries, mentions the Missouri Utah Pennsylvania Illinois exhibits, the Hall of Man, television, and the Kodak building, and recalls a lively electric cow milking display with named cows. She favors pets and comments on visitors’ reactions and practicality.
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Manhattan
Missouri
Utah
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Borden
Sweden
Netherlands
Switzerland
Kodak
New York
Daddy
Pleasant Hour and Five Hundred club event listings
Avon Mrs George Nagel hosted the Pleasant Hour club with card wins by Mrs Lawrence Heckel and Florence Curtiss. The Five Hundred club, hosted by Mr and Mrs Carl Schafer, saw prizes for Mrs Harold Smith Mrs Clyde McAllister Paul Stokes and Ed Stage. Ed Stage to entertain next. other social notes include visits by Mrs Riedmyer Cleveland and Nina Warden. Billy Sample's New York trip. Lakewood 100th anniversary coverage.
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George Nagel
Lawrence Heckel
Florence Curtiss
Charles Wagner
Five Hundred Club
Carl Schafer
Harold Smith
Clyde McAllister
Paul Stokes
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U. S. Patent Office
Charles B. Driscoll
Mary
Flushing Meadows
Pat
Chas
Driscoll
Mr. Whalen
Nurito
Nur
Advw
Soviet Union
the McNaugh Syndicate, Inc
Avon
Elyria Dairies, Inc
Elyria Dairies
TATU
Af ParAd
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