Gift of World's Fair photo collection reveals look at 1930s pop culture

Rummaging through a dusty cardboard box in the Historical Society of New York, Marilyn Kushner found worldwide.

She carefully fingers black and white poster foreign companies and has the rides and attractions in the world 1939-1940 in Queens, who recently left the company.

This is one of the largest donations of pictures just the museum has already received, instantly making its collection of two years 10 times greater.

"This far exceeds anything we've had," said Kushner. "You will be able to walk through the Expo now."

Researchers will examine images of 1000, more this summer, while waiting for historians to learn what secrets may be unlocked in the treasure potential.

Salon collectors wonder if the chest contains rare photos inside hundreds of houses that once dotted Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

"These are things you can not see," said John just noted collector Riccardelli.

Richard Post, who leads tours of the park, said the photos are valuable because they can present a perspective never seen before.

"Each perspective is a refreshing point of view," he said.