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has 2,400 seatsplus a ChampagneCir- cle of 24 enclosedboxes. Elsewhere in the theater building are assortedcock- tail lounges and the Frontier Palace restaurant and bar. sporting a faqade out of the Old West. Outside is a beer garden.There are separatepavilions and displays for Oil, Tourism, New Texas, Gateway to Mexico, Cattle and the Houston-Gulf Coast region. * Admission:t'ree, except to The Music Hall. * The Music Hall: $2.00 to $4.80 lor re- I40 JAYCOPTER RIDE servedseats ; perlormances at 3 .7 and9 :30p.m. * Hours: l0 a.m. to 2 a.m. The sensationsof a real helicopter flight Highlights are simulated in this high-flying ma- chine,attached by a long boom to a tall SUDDENruw. Surprise is a feature of tower. The pilot spins, drops, hovers the entire area.A young man suddenly and reversesflight at the request of his standsup and breaks into song. A girl l6 passengers.First developed by Jay- walking along a path bullwhips a cig- copters Ltd. to train helicopter pilots, arette from the mouth of a friend. Two this electric-poweredcab has a ceiling arguing waiters bring their feud to a of 100 feet and a circular flight path headin a burst of gunfire. 125 feet in diameter. For those who "To BRoADwAywrrH LovE.,,This is the want to try their own hand at piloting, title of the 90-minute spectacularin The there are 20 small models that carry no Music Hall. Presented by producer passengers,operated on the ground by GeorgeSchaefer, who producedTeahouse controlslike thosein the real machine. of theAugust Moon, and Morton Da Costa, * Admission:$L00 lor ride:25 centsto op- who directed The Music Man, the new eratesmall models. show is an anthology packed with the moodsand music of the American the- Therearemore religious groups with ex- aterfrom TheBlackCrookof 1864 to re- hibits at this fair than at any other fair cent hits. in history. They are the only exhibitors Brrs oF TExAs. Among the attractions not charged rental. of the specializedpavilions are: g HighviewsoJ black gold. Five simulated oil storage towers, each about 40 feet high, have exhibits from the oil indus- try set in the walls; they are viewed from spiral staircases.At the top of the towers, adventurous visitors who pre- fer not to walk down can comezooming back to earth on indoor slides. $ Lrfeon the range.Symbolizing the lux- urious care given to modern livestock, lAr a real bull is sumptuouslystablcd in an ITI TEXAS elegantFrench bedroom.surrounded by displaysof the latest improvements in "Friendshipat the Fair" is the theme of raising and breeding cattle. "The Texas Pavilions and Music Hall," g Lrle in space.Suspended in the air at an exuberantmultiple exhibit produced the Houston-Gulf Coast pavilion is a for the state by Dallas showman Angus NASA spacecapsule. impressive symbol G. Wynne Jr., in associationwith Com- of the state'snewest industry. passFair. Inc. The Music Hall, offering g Primerlor tourists.Pleasures available a lavish musicalcomedy on a huge stage, for the visitor to Texas are on view 2)6 www.butkus.org/postcards www.butkus.org/postcards LAKE AML'SEMENT

in the airy, circular Tourism pavilion. Howeasy is it to ietto Hawaii REsrAURANrs.Wildest and wooliest of onUnited ? the numerousdining areas is the Fron- tier Palace,where the air is filled with the aroma of chuckwagon beef, and girls FINII(|UT AT THE dance the cancan. There are also snack bars in the Mexico, Tourism and New Texaspavilions, snacks with the beer in UI{ITEDAIR LINES EXHIBIT, the Beer Garden,and a Shrimp Bar lo- HAWAIIANPAl,lLl0l{ catedin the Houston-GulfCoast oavilion.

The color and splendor of the Islands become a thrilling personal experience at the lavish Hawaiian Pavilion ! And there, at the United Air Lines Exhibit, you'll discover how easy your Hawaiian vacation can be! You'll learn about United's frequent l t^, flight schedules, vacation plans and low .I-,./ HAWAII rates to the Hawaiian Islands. Like to plan your Hawaiian vaeation at Drum, guitar and ukulele music sets home? United's Hawaiian Vacation Plan- hula skirts swishing in the "spirit of ning Kit contains everything you need, Aloha" exhibit. The Aumakua Tower, including color photos and factual in- 80 feet high, with a ring of flaming formation. Order your kit at the United torches at the 55-foot level. forms the Exhibit. gateway to a complex of structures:the Aloha Theme Pavilion, a Tourism and Anddon't forget. . . free admission Industrial Exhibits building, the Five tothe United Air Lines Theatre in the Volcanoes Restaurant, an arcade of Transportation Pavilion. shops, an ancient village and the en- andTravel closedAlohatheatre. The area is land- We have commissioned Saul Bass, one scaped with coconut and hala trees, of America's most critically acclaimed orchidsand other tropical plants. graphic designers, to create a spectacular * Admission:to the exhibit area, 25 cents. presentation based on the pleasure and To theAlohatheatre shows : adults$ 2. 50 : chil- jet comfort of a flight. drenunder 15, $1.50. Canoerides: $1.00. Saul Bass has won great aeclaim for * Hours:lO a.m.to 2 a.m. his animated epilogue for "Around the World in 80 Days." Then came title Highlights design for "Spartacus"-"'West Side cULTUREoF rHE rsr,.e,Nos.The exhibi- Story"-and "Walk on the Wild Side." tion hall in the hexagonalAloha Theme yours Now, the artistry of Saul Bass is Pavilion has numerous displays of the in a spectacular presentation for United islands' history and culture, including Air Lines. carved reproductions of the old Poly- Admission is free to the United Air nesian gods, thrones of the monarchy Lines Theatre. Seating is generous and and views of the state today. One ex- comfortable. Schedule of showings: ap- the influx the centu- proximately every ten minutes, seven hibit depicts over days a week, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ries of peoplesfrom many Pacific lands. HALL oF DREAMs.In the Tourism and Industrial Exhibits, motion pictures fo- ffi cus on the wonders of Hawaii. Else- UNITED THE EXTRA CARE AIRLINE where. wall maps depict travel routes q to the islands,and a tourist office stands readyto plan the trip. 238 www.butkus.org/postcards iil

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THE cHARM oF oLD HAWAII. In the An- * Admission: adults, $L00: children. 50 cient Hawaiian Village, craftsmen dem- cents;$5.00 minimum in supperclub. onstrate native skills: how to construct * Hours: n00n t0 2 a.m. Revueat 8:3O and a grass hut, shape stones into tools, and I I:30, Mondays through Thursdays; at weave blossoms, seeds and strands into I0:30 and l2:30, Fridays and Saturdays: leis without thread or needles. Beach and at 5:30,8 and I l, Sundavsand holidavs. boys offer rides in outrigger canoes. HAWATTANExrRAvAGAwze. A one-hour show featuring entertainers from the is- lands is presented six times daily in the Alohatheatre, built on a man-made pen- insula jutting into Meadow Lake. RESTAURANTs.The Five Volcanoes Res- taurant, symbolizing the volcanic origin of the Hawaiian Islands, has an indoor dining room, a Lava Pit Bar and an outdoor area seating 500, where there are daily buffet luncheons. Four nights L44 AMPHITHEATRE a week, a three-hour, l2-course luau is held outdoors, complete with tradition- Someof the biggestnames in show busi- al dishes, rituals and dances. For snacks, nesshave created a two-million-dollar the Sandwich Isle Bar offers fruits, nuts extravaganza,"Wonderworld," in the and other dishes from the islands. only permanent open-air auditorium on the fairgrounds. An international cast of 250 includes singers and dancers, swimmers and divers, comedia.nsand acrobats;the visual effectsrange from a giant waterfall, which pours 22,000gal- lons of water a minute onto the stage, to the launching,in a cloud of smoke,of a "lady astronaut" in a "moon rocket." 9 The Amphitheatre.site of Billy Rose's famous Aquacadeat the l9l9 World's Fair, has been completely refurbished. r43 A MISSISSIPPI RIVER The new production takes place on a SHOWBOAT turntable 75 feet in diameter.one of the largest in the world; in a swimming The fun and food of a l9th Century Mis- pool in front of the stage; and on mov- sissippi riverboat, the JennySue. are du- able platforms that shuttle back and plicatedon this 226-footreplica. Moored forth over the pool. On either side of at the end of a pontoon leveein a setting the stageare acousticalshells for an or- that resemblesa small-town waterfront chestra and choral groups. The show of the 1800s,the showboatoffers contin- is presentedby societyband leader Mey- uousentertainment, including a musical er Davis and staged by Leon Leonidoff revueat night, and has two restaurants of Radio City Music Hall. The choreog- that specialize in Southern cooking. rapher and associatedirector is Broad- Nonstop entertainment in the restau- way's Michael I(idd. Jule Styneof stage rants includes performances by banjo- and movie fame wrote the music. ists and Dixieland musicians, old-fash- * Admission:unreserved seats, $ I .00: re- ioned skits, community singing, and servedsection. $2.20; specialreserved seats. '90s Gay beauty contests. The supper $3.35. club variety revue is "America Be Seat- * Perlormances:2:00, 4:30. 7 :00 and 9:30 ed." a period show of songs,dances and p.m. on weekdays;12:30. 3 :O0, 5 :)0, 8:00 comedyconceived by Mike Todd, son of and 10:30 p.m. on weekendsand holidays. the late Hollywood producer. Show lastsone hour and 15 minutes. 240 www.butkus.org/postcards SavoryShrimp Egg Roll

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* Admission:adults, $1.00 ; children6 t0 I 2. ven on l5th Century looms, the iron 50 cents;children under 6 free. and armament wrought on l5th Cen- tury forges. The crew is represented by Highlights l8 life-sized sculptured figures. Colum- LrFE oF THE EXPLoRER. In buildings bus in his cabin talks with Captain Pin- around a courtyard, l2 dioramas trace zon of the Pinta. Some crewmen crowd the life of Columbus from his youth to around the stove; others stand watch in his return to Barcelona after discovering the crow's-nest. or hoist sail. the New World. The dioramas were de- signed by the scenic department of the Barcelona Opera House. CASTLEAT THE PTCN.ThC CNTTANCCIL) the 180-foot-long pier is a simulated castle gateway, reached by a draw- bridge. Within are Old World shops; the sounds of crowds and sea chanteys mingle with the smells of the exotic spices Columbus sought in his travels. t -- rHE sHrp. Ninety feet long, rveighing a/t I I l0 tons. the vessel was constructed in -LT I FLORIDA Barcelona after years of resea.rch in mu- seums and naval archives, and brought A I l0-foottowertopped by a giant plas- to the United States on the deck of a tic orange rises over the palm trees and freighter. Her sails and flags were wo- carrousel-shaoed structures of "Fabu-

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244 www.butkus.org/postcards lous Florida." The other buildings in rhe tion. A series of scale models tells the tropical setting at Meadow Lake in- story of the U.S. space program. clude a large poRporsEs Srate Erhibit Hall deco- AND BANDS.A troupe of the rated in (the an appropriate motif statc "second-smartest mammals" in the pool seal, rnaps, etc.); a Porpoise and world plays basketball and "sings," , seating 1,600 and covered by dances and clowns in the daytime shows a suspended plastic sun- and rain-roof ; at the Porpoise Pool and Stadium. A two exhibit buildings on rhe lake and nearby tank contains several frolicking nvo model homes on the shore that are sea liclns. reached bv a "Bridge 25O-foot to the FLoATTNGBUTLDTNGS. Looking like ultra- I(eys" boardrvalk. Shops and refresh- modern houseboats, trvo buildings rest ment stands are ab

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READYFoR THE sr,a,.The Bountyis shown s much as the original looked when first mate Fletcher Christian seized control of the ship from Captain William Bligh N in I 789.She has three masts,l4 horizon- \ W8 WORLD'S FAIR tal yardsand more than l0 miles of rig- MARINA ging.Her cannonare in place,her cabins S completely furnished, her hold packed One of the Fair's permanent installa- with hogsheads.The ship has traveled tions, this 8oO-boat marina is one of more than 40,000miles under sail. Uni- s the largest on the East Coast. It is the formed attendants answer questions. port of call for boatmen cruising to ExHrBrrs oN sHoRE. A tropical exhibit \ the Fair, and the terminal for com- area,set amid lush foliage,has a number mercial boat and hydrofoil lines from of attractions: \ City and other nearby points. { The survival cralt is a replica of the Scheduled for display is one of New ship's 23-foot launch, in which Bligh I York City's new jet-powered fireboats. and l8 loyal crewmen, put adrift by the Evinrude Motors maintains a mail port mutineers, sailed 1,600 miles to safety. and message center for boatmen, and ! Thecanoe ol the temptressesis a 57-foot Johnson Motors offers information on sailing canoe of the type that brought boating facilities around the world. In lovely visiting ladies from Tahiti to the one building is a display presented by Bountyandso helped stir up the mutiny. the Olympic Committee of the Interna- q Bounty souvmirs, including jewelry, tional Yacht Racing Association. A res- models and color film of the ship at sea taurant overlooks the harbor. The are on sale in a thatched hut. marina also has a coffee shop. * Admission:free. * Restauranthours: lO a.m. to I a.m.

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Long after the Fair is gone, 's new Shea Stadium witl remain as the ultimate in modern sports arenas. A five-minute walk from the Fair's main -BouNry.. gate, it is the home of the New york 149 Mets (baseball) and Jets (football). Be- tween baseball games,it is used by the The famous British armed merchant- Fair for large special events. The stadi- man, as re-created in meticulous detail um seats 55,OOOfor baseballand 60,0oo for the 1962 movie, Mutiny on the Bounty, for football, and no columns obstruct is displayed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the view from any seat. There are some at the Marina in . The rep- 40 acres of parking space, plenty of lica was built in Nova Scotia,to the plans snack stands, 57 restrooms and a I.OOO- of the l8th Century vessel. seat restaurant.

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www.butkus.org/postcards Fun at the Fair, RobertMoses has said, meansfun in I,{ew York. Uncountablepleasures await thef airgoerin the city- amlng them museums,clncerts, sporting events and sightseeing in such placesas Rocket'ellerCenter, shown above.In the 45 pages that follow, in picturesand in listings,ore presentedsome of the big city'sattractilns, both thefamiliar and the little known.

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Dozensof superbmuseums make New York City one of the world's great repositoriesof art and antiquities.For fair- goers,there is an excitingintroduction to this wonderland at the New York City pavilion, where 34 of the city'sfinest museumsare exhibiting samplesof their riches. Among the exhibits are the jewel-likc bronze figurines,from dif- ferent centuriesand opposite sides of the earth, shown here, plus many paintings,primitive works, photographs, postersand ceramic sculpture. A few of these treasures are shown on the following pages.Starting on page 256 is a list of the city's museums and their specialties-not only art, but nature,history and variousother fieldsas well.

A HOLY FIGURE oJ l6th CenturyAsia (left) representsnuddha settingin mltiln the wheelol the law. Thefigure, displayedby the Asia HouseGallery, is from Nepal,where Buddha was born.

A MEDIEVAL VESSELdating back to l Sth or l4th CenturyEurope (right), this aquamanile,or handwasher, was loanedto the Fair by the Cloisters.To useit, water was poured into the horse'shead and allowedt0 run lut thrlugh its mluth.

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www.butkus.org/postcards A LITTLE CLAY MAN carryinga fan was madenearly 1,000 years ago by theforefathers of today'sTarAscan Indians of Mexico.The figure, ownedby the Musanmof the American Indian, is 14 incheshigh. Suchfigures, it is believed,were buried with imponant ptrsons.

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There are dxcellentmuseums in every cALLERyoF MoDERN ART, 2 ColumbusCir- part of the New York City area. Some of cle, exhibits European and American the best known, and their specialties, l9th and 20th Century paintings and are listed below. Admission is free un- sculpturesin a new white marble struc- lessotherwise indicated. ture. Specialexhibits include postersof world'sfairsand expositionsfrom 1890 Art to 1915.Open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; weekends, noon to 6 AsrAHousE GALLERy. I l2 E. 64th Street, p.m.; closed Mondays. Admission: 75 displays"Asianart in special exhibits: cents;childrenunder 12,25cents when "Art of Nepal," May 7 through August accompaniedby an adult. 30; Japaneseprints, October 2 to mid- December.Closed between shows. Open THEGUGGENHETM MUsEUnn, lOTl Fifth weekdays,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets, I I a.m.to 5 p.m.; Sundaysand holidays, is famousfor its 20th Century European I p.m. to 5 p.m. and American art. displayed in a dis- tinguished spiral building designed by THEBRooKLYN MUsEUM, - the late architect Frank Lloyd Wright. way at Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, Special exhibits: Vincent Van Gogh, exhibitsAmerican paintings and prints, April 2 through June 28; the Expres- a distinguishedEgyptian collection,and sionists,July I through September 13. primitive art from Latin America, Afri- Open Tuesday through Saturday, l0 ca and the Pacificislands. A permanent a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays and holidays, reconstructionof the lTth Century Jan noon to 6 p.m.; closed Mondays and Martense Schenck House opens on the July4. Admission:50 cents. museumgrounds April 26. Open week- daysand Saturdays,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Sundaysand holidays, I p.m. to 5 p.m. Broadway between I55th and I56th Streets,maintains a Iibrary for the study rHE clorsrEns,Broadway and W. l92nd of Hispanic art, literature and history, Street,is a branch of the Metropolitan and displayspaintings by suchmasters as Museum of Art that is devoted to me- El Greco, Veldsquez,Goya. There are dieval European art, including a Ro- also collections of manuscripts, silver, manesque chapel and parts of four books,ceramics, textiles and furniture cloistersfrom French monasteries.Tues- that illustrate Spanishand Latin Ameri- daythrough Saturday, l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; can culturesfrom the Columbian era to Sundaysandholidays, I p.m. to 6 p.m.; the present.Open Tuesdaythrough Sat- closedMondays. urday, l0 a.m. to 4:J0 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and FRrcKcot-t-EcrroN,Fifth Avenue at 70th July 4. Library open l:00 p.m. through Street,displays paintings, bronzes and 4:30 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays, furnitureof the l4th to l9th Centuries holidaysand during August. in what was the elegant mansion of Henry C. Frick. Open Tuesdaythrough THEJEwrsH MUsEUM.Fifth Avenue at Saturday,l0 a.m.to 5 p.m.; Sundaysand 92nd Street. exhibits art objects and minorholidays,I p.m.to 5 p.m.; closed ancient and modern Jewish ceremonial Mondays and major holidays. During objects. Special shows include an ar- Augustthe hours are Thursday through cheologicalexhibit focusingon the gods Saturday,l0 a.m.to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays of Biblical and pre-Biblical times, April and Sundays,I p.m. Lo 5 p.m.; closed l0 through September6. Open Mon- Mondays and Tuesdays. day through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.; 256 www.butkus.org/postcards Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m.; Sundays, exhibitsinclude a displayof folk sculp- llam.to6p.m. ture. Open Tuesdaysthrough Sundays, l I a.m. to 6 p.m.; closedMondays. 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Open a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays,I p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays,I p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Mondays. Admission: 50 cents; visitors Pierrepont and Clinton Streets,Brook- under18,25 cents. lyn, features exhibits and a library dealing with the historic past of Long RTvERSTDErvrusEuM, I l0 RiversideDrive Island, including genealogicaland ec- at l0lrd Street,features certain aspects clesiastical histories. Open Tuesdays of Oriental and American art-notably through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the art of Tibet, contemporaryJapanese closed Sundays, Mondays and August prints and American art since 1920. I through Labor Day. Specialexhibits include: Contemporary American painters and sculptors,April MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. l2 through May 17; "Federation of Broadway at W. l55th Street, has the Modern Painters and Sculptors," May world's largest collection of Western 24 through August 30. Open Tuesday HemisphereIndian arts and crafts, pre- through Sunday from I p.m. to 5 p.m.; historic to present. Special exhibits in- closedMondays and holidays. clude a Hall of Fame of Indian leaders. OpenTuesday through Sunday,I p.m. to STATENISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTSAND 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and holidays. scrENcEs.75 Stuyvesant Place at Wall Street,St. George, Staten Island, has sec- MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEttr YORK. tions devoted to exhibits on the natural Fifth Avenue at l0lrd to l04th Streets, historyof StatenIsland, Staten Island In- presents New York's history in 100 dians and the solar system. There are years of costumes, furniture, toys. fire specialexhibits on "New Discoveriesin engines,etc. Walking tours to various Indian Archaeology on Staten Island" parts of the city are arranged on alter. and "Conservation in an Urban Envi- nate Sundays. Open Tuesday through ronment." Open Tuesday through Sat- Saturday.l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays urday, l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and holidays, I p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed p.m.to 5 p.m.; Memorial Day and Labor Mondays. Day,2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; July and August, weekdaysl0 a.m.to 4 p.m.; closedMon- NEw-YoRK HrsroRrcAl socrETY, 170 daysand July 4. Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, maintains historical art wHrrNEYMUsEUM oF AMERTcAxnnr, 22 galleries,a museum and a library. Spe- W. 54th Street,has displays of contempo- cial exhibitsinclude maps used by Wash- rary American paintingsand sculptures. ington's army, and pictures of New Specialexhibit for the Fair season:"Be- York's first world's fair: the Crystal Pal- tween the Fairs-25 Years of American ace Exhibition of 1851. Galleries are Ari,1939-1964," June 24 through Sep- open Sundays and Tuesday through tember23.Open daily, I p.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, I p.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, l0 closedJuly 4 and LaborDay. a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and 258 www.butkus.org/postcards holidays.The library is open weekdays erals from every age and place in its 58 and Saturdays,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed exhibit areas. Noteworthy exhibits in- Sundaysand holidays. clude a 67-foot Brontosaurus skeleton,a Northwest CoastIndian Hall and a num- STATEN ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ber of groupings showing animals in Court and Center Streets, Richmond- their natural habitats.A Hall of North town, Staten Island, displays a repre- American Birds opens in 'May. Open sentative collection illustrating the is- weekdays,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays land's history, including the inside of and holidays,I p.m. to 5 p.m. an old general store and a tool collec- The Hayden Planetarium, located in tion. Open Tuesday through Saturday, an adjoining building, gives daily astro- 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to 6 nomical shows on its ceiling chart of p.m.;closed Mondays. the heavens, one of the largest of its kind in America. Admission: days, Libraries adults $ 1.00, children under 18, 50 cents;evenings, adults $1.25, children NEw YoRK PUBLTcLTBRARv, Fifth Ave- 75 cents.No child under five is admitted. nue and 42nd Street, is headquarters of the world's biggest public library AMERTcAN NUMISMATIC socrETy, Broad- system.Special exhibits during the Fair way at l56th Street, one of the oldest '64 season:"64 Treasuresfor the Fair," coin collectors'societiesin America, has includinga l5th Century Gutenberg Bi- a library in which it displays coins of ble and the Olive Branch Petition sent all kinds-American, British. Roman, to l(ing George III by the Continental Siamese,etc.-and medals, decorations Congressln 1775, mid-April through and gambling tokens. Open Tuesday July l2; Shakespeareanobjects, July l2 through Saturday,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; through October ll. Open weekdays library, Tuesday through Saturday, 9 and Saturdays,9 a.m. to l0 p.m.; Sun- a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Sundays, Mon- days.I p.m. to l0 p.m. days and holidays.

THEprERpoNT rvroRGAN rrsRAny, 29 E. THE BRooKLyN cHTLDREN'S MUSEUM, I 85 l6th Street, displays rare manuscripts, Brooklyn Avenue between Park Place documents and books in the former and St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, has private library of J. P. Morgan. Special exhibits on science.anthropology, In- exhibit: "Notable Acquisitions since the dians,the Civil War and antique toys. l9l9 World's Fair," April 9 through A planetarium show, films, talks and September 12. Open Monday through live animal exhibits are designed for Saturday, 9:lO a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed school-agechildren. The museum is in Sundays, holidays and summer week- two buildings. Both are open Monday ends. through Saturday,l0 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the spring and fall the Bower Park Others Building is also open Sundaysand holi- days, I p.m. to 5 p.m. The St. Marks AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, Building is closedSundays and holidays; * Broadway at l56th Street, nation's old- both buildings closed-sundaysand holi- est geographical society, has old and daysin July and August. new maps on display, with others avail- able through a fine research library. THE coopER uNroN l\irusEuM,7th Street Open weekdays,9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed and 4th Avenue,specializes in the deco- weekends and holidays. rative arts: textiles,drawings, silver, ce- } ramics and tapestries.Its collection of AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HIS- paintings includesmore than 100 works ronv, and the American Museum Hay- by Winslow Homer. Open weekdays den Planetarium, Central Park West at and Saturdays,l0a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed 79th Street, has animals, plants and min- Sundavs.

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The RCA Exhibit, including a of services.A worried parent, for closed-circuit color television net- instance, need only look as far as work and 300 receiver setslocated the nearest RCA receiver. Lost conveniently throughout the children will be regularly televised. Fairgrounds, informs visitors of Make your first stop at the RCA Fair-wide activities. A mobile TV Building itself, located right inside unit, roving the grounds, permits the main gate. From the circular coverageof major events and spot glass visitors' gallery, you watch news developments when and a fully equipped color TV studio where they happen. Watch RCA at work. See live color programs color TV at the Fair-look at the being produced. See yourself on RCA Exhibit and at any of the 300 COLOR TV-live and on tape! strategically placed RCA Victor No doubt about it, the fabulous color receivers. RCA Exhibit is a landmark. Its As T heOfr,cial W orld's F air Color wonderful world of color television TV Communications Center, the is a wonderful introduction to the RCA Exhibit handlesa wide range Greatest Fair of all.

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Thecultural pride of New york isLincoln center for the per- forming Arts, plannedas a rich complexof buildings.Thus far two are up: Pl-rilharmonicHall (shown abovejust before a concert)and the New york StateTheater. Both offer a full program of concerts,ballets and musicals(see schedules startingpage 266) as part of a specialWorld's Fair Festival.

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www.butkus.org/postcards A SEEKEROF TALENT,Bernstein chatswith pianistAndre Watts (left), representativeof the performersthe conductorencourages 0n his nationally telaised YoungPeople's Concefts. Only17, Wattshas also appeared as soloistat a regular Philharmonicclncert. 0a3u IN AIR.C(|NDIIIIINEDC(IMF(IRT T(I IHE W(IRID'SFAIR (lN IHE IOITEIgIAflO RAIIROAD YOUR STEEL TIIRUWAY TO TI|E FAIR OATEWAY TH E-CE NT E R-TO-BE, shown in models,will include (clockwisef rom lar leJt):New York State Theater,Damrosch Park and Guggenheim Band Shell, Metropolitan Opera House, Vivian Beaumont Theater and Library, Juilliard Schoolof Music and Philharmonic Hall.

MASTER OF MUSICALS Richard Step off the train and you're Rodgers,seen here playing his " Sound ol thereat the Fair!Station at the Mttsic" sclre lor stars TheodoreBikel MainGate I A l2-minuteride and Mary Martin (seated,right), is fromPennsylvania Station I Spe- producing director of two major musical cial low cost serYicefrom all shows to be given this summer at the N ew Longlsland stations. York State Theater.The theaterwas financed by the state and NEw York City For World's Fair ServiceInformation as a contribution to the Fair. call RE 9-4200.

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Thereare hundredsof stageand concert featuresa number of top popular artists performancesin the New York area ev- in the famous tennis grounds during eryyear-operas, Broadway stage shows, July and August. Listingsappear in the small recitals,jazz concerts,folk dances. newspapcrs.Admission va ries. The city is the music,drama and dance center for the entire nation. Only a few GUGGENHETMMEMORIAL CONCERTS,per- highlightsare listed here; many more formed by the Goldman Band, take eventsmay be found in the daily news- place Mondays, Wednesdays. Fridays papers.Where no ticket price is shown. and Sundays at the Central Park Mall. admissionis free. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the band plays in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Con- Concerts certsstartat 8:10 p.m., June l7 through August 14. AUGUSTFANFARE, Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th JAPANESEToHo srRlNc oncHrsrRn is Street.is a seriesof l2 eveningsof vari- at Philharmonic Hall, Jr-rly l3 through ous musical events, August 3 through 19. Admission: $6.00 top. 21. See newspapersfor details. Admis- sion:$6.00top. LATrN AMERTcAN MUsIc is performed on thebanksof Harlem Meer, a large pond Hall, BAcHARrA GRouP, Philharmonic inCentral Parkat FifthAvenueand I lOth presentsa program of Lincoln center, Street, Tuesday evenings, July 7 through Admission: baroque music, April 29. August 15. $6.00 toP.

LrvrNG MUsIc coNcERTs, which are spon- BATTERYPARK coNcEnrs, Battery Park, sorcd by the New York City Park De- in lower Manhattan west of the Staten partment, feature popular and light Island ferry slip, take place Tuesdays classical music played by bands every during the summer, noon to 2 p.m., fea- evening during the summer at the fol- turing band music. lowing locations in various parts of the city: Chelsea Park, 28th Street between BRYANTPARK coNcERTs, behind the Eighth and Tenth Avenues; Colonial New York PublicLibrary. Sixth Avenue Park, l49th Street and Bradhurst Ave- at 40th Street,offer recorded,amplified nue; Thomas Jefferson Park, I l6th music in the park MondaYs through Street and First Avenue. Fridays,noon to 2 p.m.,June l6 through SeptemberI L MTDsuMMER MUSIc FEsrIvAL, Philhar- Hall, Lincoln Center, offers a va- coNcERTGEBolrwoRcHEsrn-a,, from Am- monic musical events every evening, sterdam,presents a musical program at riety of August 2. except July PhilharmonicHall, April 24. Admission: July 20 through 28. See newspapers for details. Admis- $6.00toP. sion va ries. DANcEMUsIc is played nightly by vari- .MUNICIPAL ous popular bands at the Wollman Me- CONCERTS,thc CCNTTAIPATK morial in CentralPark and at other lo- Mall, every Saturday evening during cationsin city parksat 8 p.m., June l8 AugLlst; other evenings at other city through September4. parks; featuring orchestral music.

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266 www.butkus.org/postcards F TheLincoln Center World's Fair Festival. TheProgram: At PhilharmonicHall $ptit 25th. N_EIMYORK PRO MUSICA. Noah Greenberg, Director. An Elizabethan Concert. April 26th,27th. THE SAHM-CHUM LI DANCERS AND MUSICIANS. Koreandance and music. April29th. BACH ARIA GROUP. William H. Scheide,Director. llay 2nd.-rtrEw YORK PRO MUSICA. Noah Greenberg, Director. The RenaissanceBand. pRO llay 9th. ry-Ery YORK MUSICA. Noah Greenberg, Director. The Motet choir and Wind Ensemble. May l0th. ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. "A Sea Symphony." "Testament of Freedom." May llth, l8th, 15th. THB PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. EugeneOrmandy, Conductor. M"y lltlr, All lichard StraussProgram. Rudolf Serkin,pianist. May 13th, Verdi: Manzoni Requiem. May 15th, A RachmaninofiPr5gram. Van Cliburn, pianist. May - ..PROMENADES.''20th June 14th. THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC May Z0th - May 31st, Kostelanetz, Conductor. JuneSrd_- JuneTth, Sir Malcolm Sargent,Conductor. June lOth - June L4th, Kostelanetz,eonductor. At TheNewYork StateTheater April 24rh - May 17th. NEW YORK CITY BALLET. May lSth - June 7th. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY. "King Lear" starring Paul Scoffeld."Comedy of Errors." |une 9th - June 28th. BAYANIHAN. Philippine Dance Company. July 6th - August 19th. MUSIC THEATER OF LINCOLN CENTER. Richard Rodgers,Producing Director. ]uly 6th - August 8th. "Kng and I." August lTth - September19th. "The Merry Widow," t starring Patrice Munsel. For program and ticket information call or write: } Philharmonic Hall, Broadway at 65th, New York 23, N.Y., TRafalgar 4-2424. New York StateTheater, Broadway at 62nd, New York 29, N.y., TRafalgar 7-47A0. An internationalprogram of dance,drama andmusic.

www.butkus.org/postcards MLtSlC, E ANCE ANE C'FAMA at 8:10 p.m.,May 30, July 4, July 3 I and August 8. Concerts are held Tuesday September 8. through Thursday and Saturday eve- nings, June 2l through August 8. Admis- NE\tr YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, sion:75 centsto $1.00. Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, con- cludes its current season May 17 and wAsHTNGToNseuARE coxcrnrs, Fifth resumes September 29 with a- benefit Avenueand Fourth Street, feature open- concert directed by Josef Krips of the air chamber music on August evenings. San Francisco Symphony. Regular sea- Datesto be announced. son subscription concerts, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. are played Thursday Dance through Sunday. A few tickets may be available at the box office. Admission: NEwYoRK €ITY BALLET coupexv, New $4.00 to $5.00. York State Theater, Lincoln Center, of- fers its spring season April 24 to May NEw YoRK PRo Musrca, Philharmonic l7. The fall seasonbegins September 21. Hall, performs a seriesof concerts featur- Admission:$1.95 to $4.95. ing music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,Apiil25, May 2 and May 9 PHILIPPTNE BAYANIHAN DANCE GROUP at 3 p.m. Admission:$6.0O top. performs its repertoire in the New York State Theater June 9 through June 28. oRAToRro socrETY oF NEw Yom, Phil- Admission: $6.00 top. harmonic Hall, gives a choral concert May 10. Admission: $6.00 top. seuARE rraNcu PRocRAM, with all com- ers invited to participate, is sponsored pHILADELpHTAoRcHEsrRA, Philharmon- by the New York City Park Department, ic Hall, presentsboth classicaland semi- Mondays at Poe Park, the Bronx; Tues- classical music. conducted by Eugene days at Wollman Memorial, Central Ormandy,May I l, May 13 and May 15. Park; and Thursdays,Cunningham Park, Admission:$7.50 top. ; June 16 through September 29 at 8 p.m. SA}IM-CIIUN.LI DANCERS AND MUSTCIANS. from Korea, present Oriental dances in Opera Philharmonic Hall, April 26 and April 27. Admission: $6.00 top. BRooKLyNACADEMY oF r\dusrc,Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place, Brooklyn, PRoMENATTEcoNcERTs, Philharmonic sponsorssix operatic performances from Hall, Lincoln Center,feature light classi- the standard repertoire on successive cal music from Italy, France and other Saturday evenings in April and May. countries. Andre Kostelanetz conducts Admission:$ 1.50to $4.00. the first, secondand fourth weeks of the four-week season; Sir Malcolm Sargent HBrcHTsopERA coMpANy, Central Park conducts the third week. Concerts are Mall near 72nd Street, presents fully held at 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through staged opera performances, including Sundays,May 20 through June 14. Ad- Aida andTosca,Tuesdays,July 7 through mission:$2.50 to $5.O0. August I l. srADruM GoNcERTs, Lewisohn Sta- METRoPoLTTANoPERA, 1425 Broadway dium, Amsterdam Avenue at llSth at 40th Street, in its special New York Street, present classical, light classical World's Fair Gala Season. offers Aida. and popular music. Two of the conduc- Cmtalleria Rusticana,Don Giovarml Falstaf. tors are Julius Rudel and Franz Allers. Macbah, Manon, Otello, Pagliacci, ln Son- The programs include the llrd Annual nambula and IlTrovatore,with the leading Gershwin Night, July 4, and the l Tth An- roles taken by the biggest names in in- nual Rodgers and Hammerstein Night, ternational opera. The season runs from 268 www.butkus.org/postcards April2T through May l0 and tickets are 17 through September 19. Admission: being sold exclusively by American Ex- $6.00 top. press.Admission: $5.00 to $15.O0.The Metropolitan's regular SOth season NE}vYoRK cITY cENTER,I]I W. '5th opens October t 2 with Joan Sutherland Street,houses revivals of several Ameri- in Lucia di Lammermoor. can musicals-West SideStory (April 8 to May 5),Porgy and Bess (May 6 to May 26), NEw YoRKcITY GRAND oPERA, New York and My Fair Lady (beginning May 27). City Center, lll West 55th Street, pro- Admission:$1.95 to $4.95. duces a variety of well-known operas from the standard repertoire, September NEYY YORK SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL, 28 through November 15. Admission: outdoor theaterin CentralPark, presents $1.95to 54.95. its performancesof classicaldrama Tues- daysthrough Sundays:Hamlet. June l0 Theater through July 4; Othello,July 8 through August I ; and Sophocles'Electra, August DrusrcTHEATER of Lincoln Center. New 5 through Afgust 29. York State Theater, Lincoln Center, a new company with Richard Rodgersas RoYAL SHAKESPEAREAN THEATEn, New president and producing director, stages York State Theater, does King Lear, Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King with Paul Scofield, and ComedyoJ Errors. and I. July 6 through August 8, and May l8 through June 7. Admission: Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow, August $6.00top.

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August Tennis l, 2 (D',, Houston. 4 (N), 5 (N), San Francisco. u.s. TENNTscHAMproNsHrps, West Side l4 (N), l5 (N), 16.Philadelphia. TennisClub, Forest Hills, Queens.About t7, t8 (N), 19,rittsburgh.' 175 men and 100 women, the world's 2l (N),22,2j (D),Chicago. best amateur tennis players, compete in one of the four major tennis tourna- September ments. There are 26 grass courts; stands I (N), 2 (N), 3, San Francisco. seat 15,000.Sept. 2 to 13. Admission: 4 (N), 5 (N), 6, Los Angeles. $1.25to $6.25. 7 (H), Houston. 9 (N), 10, Milwaukee. Horse Racing * 22 (N), 21, St. Louis. 25 (N), 26, 27 (D), Cincinnati. Thoroughbred and harness races are I being held at three rracks in the New ALL-srARGAne, SheaStadium. Two star York area this season. teams are fielded by the American { rnonoucHBRED RAcrNG, Aqueduct League and the National League for Racetrack, Ozone Park, Queens. March this annual classic. July 7 at I p.m. 16 to August l; and August 3l to De- cember 12. Admission: 92.00 to $5.00. Golf { xanxrss RACTNGalternates between , Westbury, L.I., and THE TITUNDERBIRD GLI\SSIC GOLF TOUR. Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers. Admission: NAMENT, Westchester Country Club, $2.00 to $6.00. Rye, New York. The biggest name golf- ers-Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Fair Events Gary Player,Sam Sneadand many oth- ers-compete for $ l00,000 in prize Some other sporting events being held money at one of the top professional at the Fair are listed below. tournaments in the United States. June I to 7. Admission:$5.00 daily. WRESTLING(A.A.U.) : June22 to 26.

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For nature lovers, there are. no fewer shrub and flower collections from Eu- than three zoos,three botanical gardens rope, Asia and North America arranged and an aquarium among the five bor- by plant families in 50 acres.There are oughs of New York City, each with its a RoseGarden, an Herb Garden, a Zen own specialties. Garden,a Children's Garden, a Garden of Fragrance for the Blind (a touch- Zoos taste-and-smellghrden with signs in Braille),a Japaneselake-and-island gar- BRoNxzoo, New York Zoological Park, den, and a display of dwarfed potted Pelham Parkway and' Southern Boule- trees:The gardensare open daily from g vard, the Bronx, is the largest zoo in a.m.to dusk; Sundaysand holidays,from the United States. Special features in- l0 a.m. to dusk. Conservatories and . clude the "Red Light Room," an exhibit greenhousesare open Monday through area Iit by red lights that leave it bright Saturday,l0 a.m.to 4 p.m.;Sundays and enough for visitors to see, but dark holidays, l2:15 p.m. ro 4 p.m. enough to fool nocturnal animals into "African plains" coming out to play; an NEw YoRK BoTANICAL GARDENS, Bronx area. where only a ,moat separatesthe Park, 200th Street near Webster Ave- animalsfrom the public;and a children's nue, tlie Bronx, displays more than zoo to which adults are admitted only 5,000species of trees,plants and shrubs if accompaniedby a child. Open daily, from all over the world. Included are lO a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays and holi- tropicalsand exoticsin I 5 greenhouses, days, l0 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission: a hemlock forest. and an herb garden. free. Friday through Monday;.25 cents, There are also a lecture hall, museum, Tuesday through Thursday; children's herbarium and the largestbotanical-hor- zoo,20 cents;25 cents for all under 14. ticultural library in the hemisphere.Spe- There is a 5O-centparking charge for cial attractionsinclude exhibits of plants cars. grown in each of the countries partici- patingin the Fair.Open l0 a.m. to dusk; cENTRALPARK zoo, at 64th Street and building closesat 4:30 p.m. Fifth Avenue, is a small collection of animals centeredaround a seal pool. A euEENs BorANrcAL GARDEN,Kissena children'szoo containsfarm animals and Corridor Park, Main Street and Law- smaller wild creatures.The zoo has a rence Street, Flushing. Queens, is the cafeteriawith an adjacent picnic area. Fair's next-door neighbor. It boastsone Open daily, l0 a.m. to 5 p.m.; story- of the largest rose gardens in the East- telling sessionsat l:30 p.m. Monday ern area,a heath garden,and floral dis- through Friday, at I I a.m. Saturday. plays.Open daily from 9 a.m. to dusk. Admission to children's zoo: I0 cents.. Aquarium STATENTSLANDzoo. at Clove Road and Broadway. West New Brighton, Staten NEw YoRK AeuARruM, 8th Street and Island. has a notable reptile collection, Surf Avenue. Coney Island, Brooklyn, plus mammals, birds and tropical fish. has on display rare and beautiful fish; Opendaily from l0 a.m.to 5 p.m. seamammals suchas white whales, wal- ruses,and sea lions; plus a variety of Botanical Gardens other aquatic creatures.Open Wednes- daythrough Sunday,l0 a.m. to l0 p.m. BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN AND ARBO- in summer; closed Mondays and Tues- RETUM, 1000 Washington Avenue near days except on holidays. Admission: 90 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, has tree. cents;children 5 to 16,45 cents.

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One of New'York'S,.-ln(l the w'orlcl's, great t()urist sights is the Unitccl N.-ttions'cornplex of builclingsover- lookir-rg the E.-tstRiver. Colrtl-losccl of thc nr.rjestic39-stor'1' Secrelariat antl tltrcr' srtt.tllcr stru(lurcs-tltr' Gener.rlAssembly, thc Conference Buildirrgancl the Dag Hat.nmarskjirld Libr.'rry-the U.N. heaclquarters is the meeting ground for diplomats of III n.rtions ancl the w'orlcl's In()st effectivc (-l!.lcncyfor pe.rcc. Tourists can atten(l rnectings, lunch in the delcgates' lounge, brow'se thrttugh Lrook .rntl gift shops and send out r-r-r.-rilunrler U.N. p()stagc. Guicied tours st.rrt evcri- few' nrinutes f roln 9 a.nr to 5 p.rr.;May l5 to Septcnt- ber I 5 r'isiting hours havc been ex- tenclcclrln rveckclavsuntil l0 D.nt.

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THE SECURITY COUNCIL iS shown during a meeting aI its horseshoe-shapedtable. Translations ol the proceedingscan be heard on earphonesin five languages.

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