New York World's Fair 1939 in color

[green papaya]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icABe8mR0rU

notice the skimpy outfits they are wearing? and this was back in 1939

 

[LizzieMaine]

The modern era didn't invent nudity. It did, however, invent silicone.

 

[Nobert]

"Come on, Gerald, stop messing around with that movie camera, we want to go to the World of Tomorrow pavilion."
"Uh, you and the kids go ahead dear. I want to try shooting a few things at this historic event. I'll catch up with you in an hour. Better make it two hours."

 

[Stearmen]

The modern era didn't invent nudity. It did, however, invent silicone.

Whats the old joke? "Every generation thinks they invented sex!"

 

[Tomasso]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icABe8mR0rU

notice the skimpy outfits they are wearing? and this was back in 1939

Sally Rand was making headlines (and court appearances) with her fan dance at the 1933 WF in Chicago.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Fred Allen used to tell about making his debut on Broadway in the early twenties as a monologist immediately following a topless chorus line. "I appeared," he explained, "as an antidote to sex."

 

[Story]

LIFE doing a 75 year anniversary look
http://life.time.com/culture/1939-new-york-worlds-fair-photos/#1