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This Associated Press article appeared in at least 16 other newspapers across the United States and in Canada the week of December 13, 1970. Most publications truncated the article somewhat but the Cedar Rapids Gazette version includes the full set of comments on world’s fair buildings located in the US. The author describes, briefly, the fate of landmark buildings constructed for some of the more famous world’s fairs. The US fairs covered are: Philadelphia (1876), Chicago (1893), St. Louis (1904), Chicago (1933), Seattle (1962) and New York (1964). The piece also comments on the fate of a few world’s fair structures in Europe and Canada. The Cedar Rapids Gazette ran a photo of the “Unisphere,” built for the 1964 fair in New York, with the article.

Harrison is president of San Francisco’s North Point Art Gallery and a prolific author who has written many articles and books about 19th century American artists. This article focuses on paintings by artist John Ross Key depicting scenes from four world’s fairs: Chicago (1893), Omaha (1898), Buffalo (1901) and St. Louis (1904). Paintings like Key’s are in most cases the only color images of these fairs. Unfortunately, Key’s images are not reproduced in color along with the article but 13 black and white reproductions are included. The most complete surviving set of Key’s world’s fair paintings is that of his 1901 Pan American Exposition depictions.