What Was The Real Futurama?

When people talk about rides at the World’s Fair, they usually think about the big ones. The first Ferris Wheel. It’s a small world. The Carousel of Progress. Yet one that is often overlooked but equally impressive was the General Motors attraction for the 1939 World’s Fair. Its name was Futurama.

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Additional Sources
“View Tomorrow’s Highways”, The Brooklyn Citizen, 15 Apr 1939
“Auto Notes”, New York Daily News, 16 Apr 1939, p79
“General Motors Futurama At World’s Fair Leaves 800 Guests Spellbound”, The Brooklyn Citizen, 19 Apr 1939, p2
“Unveil U.S. of 1960 For Fair Exhibition”, New York Daily News, 20 Apr 1939, p12
“1960 Autos Srt for 1940 Fair”, The Journal (Meriden, Connecticut), 02 Apr 1940, p7
“Future Dubious For ‘Futurama’”, The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio), 06 Oct 1940, p16
“Smash Hit of the World’s Fair”, New York Daily News, 18 Jun 1939, pC19
“The Futurama to Stay”, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 17 Oct 1939, p10
“Magic Motorways” by Norman Bel Geddes, 1940

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