Vintage yellow 14K 1965 NYC Worlds Fair medallion

A special momento from NYC history, a solid 14K keepsake medallion pendant from the 1964-1965 Worlds Fair held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It depicts the 120-foot-tall Unisphere sculpture that was built by US Steel for the event, a structure was meant to symbolize the dawn of the Space Age, one of the fair's central themes. This totally solid yellow 14K gold medallion weighs 8.5 grams, and is a nice size, measuring 1.25 in long x 7/8 inch across. Back engraving for May 1965, which must have marked an occasion for someone's visit. 

More on the Worlds Fair: The theme of the fair was “Peace through Understanding.” Popular exhibits included General Motors’ “Futurama II” portraying the world of 2064, American Telephone and Telegraph’s models of the Picturephone, the large dinosaur sculptures in Sinclair Oil’s “Dinoland,” International Business Machines’ presentation of basic computers, the New York State Pavilion, the Hall of Science, and the miniature “Panorama” of the five boroughs in the New York City Building. Whether it was the introduction to the computer, the color photograph, or even the Belgian Waffle, everyone who attended has a memory of something they experienced there for the first time, and the spirit of innovation, excitement, and fun captured in one of the largest exhibitions ever held in the United States.

Read more about the 1965 Worlds Fair (cited in this listing) at: https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/fmcp-worlds-fairs/1964-photos

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