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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
7
The article details the 1939 World's Fair landscaping plan with 10,000 trees from eastern states for a 1.5 million dollar design. It mentions trees aged up to 40 years, semiannual care by arborists, and the Trylon rising 700 feet with the Perisphere as the central trio, described as a 60 story height.
The World’s Fair of 1939 will deploy more than 8,500 cashiers tellers ticketwinners and gatemen at the outset with numbers rising to about 6,000 after opening. Finance committee safeguards bond investors while seven deposit banks will collect daily takings around the fair grounds.
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