Photo of the Day

May 2, 2020

A Fair Affair

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair welcomed more than 50 million visitors to its exhibitions. In this picture, a young girl drives a toy car across an enormous map of New York State.

photograph by JAMES P. BLAIR, nat geo image collection

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