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1939 New York World’s Fair

Biographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy

April 25, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Norman Bel Geddes was one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. An industrial designer, known best for his contribution to the Futurama exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Bel Geddes experimented with [Read more…] about Biographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy

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