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==Legacy== [[Image:US 853.jpg|thumb|upright|Trylon and Perisphere on US stamp from 1939.]] The Trylon and Perisphere became the central symbol of the 1939 World's Fair, its image reproduced by the millions on a wide range of promotional materials and serving as the fairground's focal point.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harrison|first1=Helen A.|title=Stuart Davis's 'World of Tomorrow'|journal=[[American Art (journal)|American Art]]|date=October 1995|volume=9|issue=3|pages=96β100|doi=10.1086/424253|s2cid=161257447}}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] issued a postage stamp in 1939 depicting the Trylon and Perisphere.<ref>{{cite web | title=AD Classics: Trylon and Perisphere / Harrison and Fouilhoux | website=ArchDaily | date=January 1, 1970 | url=https://www.archdaily.com/800746/ad-classics-trylon-and-perisphere-harrison-and-fouilhoux/584271fde58ece8fdb000290-ad-classics-trylon-and-perisphere-harrison-and-fouilhoux-image | access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> Neither structure survives; however, the [[Unisphere]], the symbol of the 1964β65 New York World's Fair, is now located where the Perisphere once stood.<ref name="PA 1961-03">{{cite magazine|date=Mar 1961|title=Plus Γa Change|url=https://usmodernist.org/PA/PA-1961-03.pdf|journal=Progressive Architecture|volume=42|pages=64|number=3|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url= /web.archive.org/web/20210726185148/https://usmodernist.org/PA/PA-1961-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Both structures are featured on the cover art of the Deltron 3030 album β3030β.
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