Abstract
THE CONVERSION of more than 1,200 acres of salt marsh and waste land into the New York World's Fair, with its stimulating review of the world of today and its effective preview of the “World of Tomorrow,” was a remarkable achievement, accomplished within the short span of three years. In this $150,000,000 transformation, electric light played a major role. Also, the Fair provided the stimulus that brought from the laboratories into commercial production some of the most significant developments ever made in the field of artificial illumination.
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