A man works atop a 32 foot tall replica of the Empire State Building in what was billed as the world’s largest diorama, the Consolidated Edison (Con Ed) City of Lights exhibition at the New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York, 1939. The exhibit featured working building lights, elevators, and subways, and was a full city block long. (Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #1930s #NewYork #TBT










