Description: 1964-65 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR - Sinclair Dinoland: The 1964 World's Fair took place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York. Many of the exhibits gave the world a space age view on the future. One exhibit however, took spectators far back into the distant past. The Sinclair Oil Corporation sponsored "Dinoland", which featured life-size replicas of nine dinosaurs, including a seventy foot long version of Sinclair Oil Corporation's signature Brontosaurus. Louis Paul Jonas, a famed exhibit designer was enlisted to accurately design the nine fiberglass dinosaurs to inhabit Dinoland. Jonas (1894-1971) is well known today for the fine museum dioramas he created, such as those at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut and the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The dinosaurs for Sinclair Dinoland were created over a two year period at the Jonas Studios located in Hudson, New York. Two were mechanized, the nineteen-foot tall Tyrannosaurus and the magnificent Brontosaurus. Jonas enlisted the help of famed paleontologists Barnum Brown and Edwin Colbert of the American Museum of Natural History and John Ostrom of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to insure the accuracy of his mighty creations. The life-size dinosaurs represented were:- Tyrannosaurus- Brontosaurus (Aptosaurus)- Triceratops- Stegosaurus- Ankylosaurus- Corythosaurus- Trachodon- Struthiomimus- Ornitholestes.This Photochromatic postcard, copyrighted in 1961, is in good condition. Dexter Press. West Nyack. No. 74143-8. Manhattan Post Card Co. W-21.
Price: 9 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Material: Paper
Year Manufactured: 1964
City: New York City
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Dexter Press
Subject: 1964-65 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Theme: Aerial View, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Exposition, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens County
Country: United States
Region: New York
Features: Panoramic
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
