Zone 4 - Communication Building

Some of the exhibitors in the Communications Building were Agfa Ansco Corporation, The Book House for Children, Grolier Society, Inc., The Independent Order of Foresters, Keystone Manufacturing Company, MacFadden Publications Inc., G. & C. Merriam Corporation, W.F. Quarrie & Company, Underwood & Underwood, Illustration Studios, Inc., Universal Camera Corporation, and The Utility Manufacturing Company.

Architects: Leonard Dean and Francis Keally

Communication Building
Communication Building - photo 034

Communication Building  at Night
Communication Building at Night - photo 035


The inscription on the south wall of the Communications Building reads:

Modern Means Of Communication
Span Continents, Bridge Oceans,
Annihilate Time And Space…
Servants Of Freedom Of Thought And Action, They Offer To All Men The Wisdom Of
The Ages To Free Them From
Tyrannies And Establish Co-operation
Among The Peoples Of The Earth.

Communication Building Mural
Communication Building - Photo RM04 - captured with permission from Robert Martens from a film taken by his grandfather, Gustave Martens.

Communication Building Mural
Communication Building Mural