RARE 1939 New York Worlds Fair Yugoslavia Brochure Mint Condition 26 Pages

Description: NOT A REPRODUCTION 1939 New York Worlds Fair Document . “YUGOSLAVIA” This 26 page softcover booklet was available for patrons of the New York 1939 Worlds Fair event in the Yugoslavia Pavilion. Great tourist ephemera from both the Worlds Fair and Yugoslavian history. Item does not have any rips, tears or stains, and the coloring is still nice and bright as well as the print. MINT condition No fading . All pages strong and intact. No writing . The World’s Fair in Queens was the last one before WWII, and already some of the countries which signed up and had pavilions there, ceased to exist. Indeed, according to Slavs in New York blog, the Czechoslovak pavilion was completed, despite the fact that country was dismembered by the Munich agreement, and served as a symbol of resistance to Nazi Germany (which refused to participate). The Yugoslav pavilion was opened by the mayor of New York City, Fiorello la Guardia, who had the special connection with the country as he was a diplomat in Rijeka and spoke Serbo-Croatian. In his speech he said that: The people of Yugoslavia are generous, kindly and peace-loving. Whenever there is trouble in the Balkans, look for the reason, and it will be found to come from without and not from within. Let the strong and big nations leave the Balkans alone and peace will prevail there. The pavilion was designed in the modernist style but tried to impress New Yorkers with the traditional architecture and art of Yugoslavia. The interior had replicas of Serbian monastery frescoes, Dalmatian churches as well as motifs from Miroslav gospel. The display also highlighted the successes of famous Yugoslavs in the the US, such as Pupin, Meštrović and Tesla, who was invited to attend, but could not due to illness.

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