Barge

A 1964 New York Times photo of the Sinclair Dinosaur and Stegosaurus passing by the Empire State Building on their way to the Queens fairgrounds

“Dinosaurs Arrive by Barge” 1964, from the New York Times photo archive. The full-scale dinosaurs were made in an upstate studio for Dinoland and shipped by barge down the Hudson to arrive at Corona Park, Here, the Sinclair dinosaur and Stegosaurus get a view of the Empire State Building
Installation view of “Traveling in the World of Tomorrow: The Future of Transportation at New York’s World’s Fairs”
July 26-November 2, 2014
New York Transit Museum Annex at Grand Central
New York, New York

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