The play Railroads on Parade was featured at the 1939/40 New York World's Fair. It told the story of railroad transportation progress from the 1820s until 1939, and into the future. The photo below depicts a "woman of the future" from the cast and can be found in the book Dawn of a New Day, published in 1980.
See also:
All's Fair at the Fair (1938)
Memory of 'Tomorrow' (New York Times, 1941)
Donald Duck's "Modern Inventions" (1937)
Metal Man Comes to Life (1939)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Railroads on Parade (1939)
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The hat must double as a satellite dish... Or maybe the whole ensemble is called the Posturator -- guaranteed to keep you in perfect posture or they'll refund your gold-pressed latinum!
I believe that many of the pieces featured in this play are now part of the collection of the B&O Railroad Museum.
http://www.borail.org/
Looks similar to the Drynen sp? or Whoopie Goldberg character from the Star Trek Next Generation tv series.
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