tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post6615020858872926808..comments2024-03-29T04:48:01.038-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: New York World's Fair, 1964Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78993735029394764302013-10-02T22:03:56.804-07:002013-10-02T22:03:56.804-07:00Bill Cotter, thank you for the link and the info!Bill Cotter, thank you for the link and the info!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17835224209915070172013-10-02T18:23:23.664-07:002013-10-02T18:23:23.664-07:00You can see the advertising for the 7-Up sandwich ...You can see the advertising for the 7-Up sandwich platters at http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/seven-up.htm. No mention of the tuna tree though.<br /><br />Nice photos, thanks for posting them!Bill Cotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919421524103940589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-75378865380798801832013-09-24T13:27:13.270-07:002013-09-24T13:27:13.270-07:00Melissa you are brilliant! I'm no Sol Siler (f...Melissa you are brilliant! I'm no Sol Siler (from Playtone records) but I think this (sandwich gardens) thing could be a hit song!!! I envision it being sung by cats (of course) dressed in matching sweaters like the Kids of the Kingdom singing (or meowing) on the tomorrowland stage. Wind blowing the aroma of soggy tuna. The video possibilities are endless. Alonzo P Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529651580262634489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-4725183758652578592013-09-24T12:39:43.076-07:002013-09-24T12:39:43.076-07:00Come Into The International Sandwich Gardens, Maud...Come Into The International Sandwich Gardens, Maud<br /><br />Sandwich grower, sandwich sower,<br />How does your garden grow?<br />With cold salami, hot pastrami,<br />And hamburgers all in a row. <br />A gentle breeze o'er tuna trees<br />Spurs on an early harvest,<br />While stalks of subs to hoagie shrubs<br />Are ranged from small to largest.<br /><br />Sandwich reaper, pop timekeeper,<br />How does your garden grow?<br />With BLT's, and hot grilled cheese,<br />And a bed of ripe gyros.<br />We'll gaily rove through the Dagwood grove<br />And watch the cheesesteaks bloom.<br />We'll grab a cup of 7-up,<br />And head for the dining room!<br /><br />Sandwich planter, soda granter,<br />How does your garden grow,<br />Its boughs replete with bread and meat,<br />O'er bowers of sourdough?<br />Ham on jam on lamb on salmon,<br />At the beach of fair,<br />You'll get your grub from 7-up,<br />Because of the sand which is there.<br /><br />(The menu for the ISG sounds really, really good. There's a really legible version <a rel="nofollow">here.</a>)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-59663584817390531642013-09-24T11:30:53.738-07:002013-09-24T11:30:53.738-07:00Nancy, don't hug the inventor of the camera, h...Nancy, don't hug the inventor of the camera, he has been dead for a long long time! <br /><br />Alonzo, once the tuna sandwiches started falling off the tree, things really got ugly.<br /><br />Anon, there I still have maybe 200 (or more?) to share!<br /><br />Melissa, I don't think the 2-liter bottle existed back then! And I'm pretty sure that the ball with the 7-Up logo just sat there, though it would be COOL if it moved (even if it just rotated). The article you link to does mention a giant animated 7-Up bottle, which is almost as good. If only I had been there to see the Viscount Hinchingbrooke at the opening of the Fair! EPCOT was clearly influenced by Fair architecture, even today it looks just like a (slightly dated) World's Fair. <br /><br />K. Martinez, while many of the photos are of the "usual suspects", there are a few gems among the unscanned examples!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-4349291350459626272013-09-24T09:09:21.293-07:002013-09-24T09:09:21.293-07:00Happy to hear you have a new large batch of World&...Happy to hear you have a new large batch of World's Fair slides scanned and ready. World's Fair photos are always great.<br /><br />I love the layering of the Maryland pavilion with the water below the building. It has a marina feel to it. It kind of reminds me of parts of the Fisherman's wharf area in San Francisco.<br /><br />The siding on the building overlooking the Mexican dancers is also cool.<br /><br />Nice set today! Thanks.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34979913746651554192013-09-24T08:52:51.337-07:002013-09-24T08:52:51.337-07:00Ooh, I haven’t had a nice trip to the Fair in a lo...Ooh, I haven’t had a nice trip to the Fair in a long time! Thanks, Maj!<br /><br />I hadn’t heard of the 7-up clock tower before, and now I’m hooked! I just spent most of my coffee break reading up on it, and it’s fascinating from artistic, technical, marketing, and historical angles. I hope someday you run into a whole set of someone’s snapshots from it, because it would make a really interesting post all on its own. Although I’m sure SOME article would mention it if it had, and I’m sure it’s just wishful thinking on my part, I do so want to believe that the big 7-up logo in the middle swung like a pendulum. The shape of the tower suggests a 2L bottle of soda, although I don’t know if those existed in such a shape in the US in 1964-5.<br /><br /> With its clever use of airy negative space, and the colorful, patchwork effect of the fiberglass dining canopies around it, it’s completely in harmony with the work the Disney folks did at the Fair and brought back for Tomorrowland ’67 and other projects. Mary Blair and Rolly Crump could easily have designed the whole 7-up area. <br /><br />My favorite quick finds on the International Sammichgarten:<br />Construction: http://www.nywf64.com/sevup04.html<br />Operation: http://www.worldsfaircommunity.org/topic/217-color-coordination-at-the-7-up-international-sandwich-garden/<br /><br />And it was officially opened by a descendant of the original Earl of Sandwich! <br /><br />Love the Mexican stage out on the water in #3. The design of the bridges that lead to it make them look like something from EPCOT’s defunct Odyssey Center. And there in the center background is that building that looks like the Stratford Festival Theatre. It’s been pictured and discussed here before, but danged if I can remember any particulars.<br /><br />The photographer in #3 has captured one of my favorite things in a casual snapshot: the disembodied hand pointing at something. It’s like when the hand of God comes out of the sky in one of those Monty Python animations. <br />Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-63811836730415402592013-09-24T08:51:23.507-07:002013-09-24T08:51:23.507-07:00love the Worlds Fair pictures. Looking forward to...love the Worlds Fair pictures. Looking forward to more! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-10991513477050369142013-09-24T05:20:35.058-07:002013-09-24T05:20:35.058-07:00It was not hard to stay away from the tuna tree. W...It was not hard to stay away from the tuna tree. With all the meowing stray cats below it there must have been an awful racket.Alonzo P Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529651580262634489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-19614503909892429812013-09-24T04:46:21.852-07:002013-09-24T04:46:21.852-07:00Great snaps today, Major! Every day I want to hug...Great snaps today, Major! Every day I want to hug the inventor of the camera ;-)<br /><br />Picture number three....oh yeah! Sky buckets and nice close-ups of our favorite street lights!! <br /><br />Cant wait to see moreNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.com