June 23, 1995, Hour One: 1939 World's Fair

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1939 World's Fair

Coming between the deepest depression this country has known and the most destructive war ever, the 1939 New York World's Fair was a symbol of hope for the future. And much of that optimism came from the bright, technologically advanced future that the fair promised. In this hour: What happened to those technological dreams of the past?

Guests:
David Gelernter
Author, "1939: The Lost World of the Fair"
Professor of Computer Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT

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