New York World's Fair Glass Unisphere Souvenir Glass Queens NYC 1964 1965 RARE

Vintage New York World's Fair Glass Unisphere Souvenir Collectible Glass Tumbler Queens NYC 1964 1965 RARE HTF Features vibrant colors and really cool globe landmark design. NYC Souvenir Memento Ephemera - perfect addition to the collection This is a wonderful iconic souvenir glass from the New York’s Worlds fair. This Unisphere was presented by United States Steel and the glass was released in 1961 and the 1960s. The graphics are just awesome and gorgeous. Measures approximately 4 1/2” tall x 2 1/2” in diameter Unisphere Background: The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in Queens, New York City, New York. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age, the Unisphere was conceived and constructed as the theme symbol of the World's Fair. The theme of the World's Fair was "Peace Through Understanding", and the Unisphere represented the theme of global interdependence, being dedicated to "Man's Achievements on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe"