The Rocket Thrower - Queens, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 44.844 W 073° 50.526
18T E 597752 N 4511362
One of a few sculptures still left over from the 1964 Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadows park.
Waymark Code: WMYP7Y
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Rocket Thrower (1963) is a bronze sculpture by American sculptor Donald De Lue. Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair, it is located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. De Lue was among a total of five sculptors who would create pieces for the fairground. He was contracted in 1962 for the amount of $105,000 with a deadline for completion of under six months. De Lue completed a full plaster model in 1963 at which time it was sent to Italy to be cast."
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