Photograph of statue "Samson and the Lion". 1939 NY World's Fair.
Photograph of statue "Samson and the Lion". 1939 NY World's Fair.
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Image description: a statue of Samson (with stylized hair in coils?) holding a lion by its lower jaw and its tail. The lion is suspended in the air. Image is black and white photograph. In the background is a flag with a spoked wheel on it.
Note: statue was in the "transportation" area of the NY World's Fair, in front of the Ford building. Other flags included air planes, propellers.
Related images: NYPL: scrapbook page of the fair (where you get a better view of the flag in the background--them emblem is a wheel, not the swastika I worried it was)
NYPL--image of lady in 1930s garb standing on the statue. The statue is huge.___
Found at: New York Public Library
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