The collection consists of postcards featuring exterior and aerial views of the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940. Exposition buildings featured include the Perisphere, the Cosmetics Building, the Federal Building, the Hall of Communication, the Swedish Pavilion, the Building of Consumer Interests, the Textile Building, the Du Pont Chemistry Building, the Aviation Building, the United States Steel Building, the AT&T Building, the Ford Motor Company Building and the General Motors "Highways and Horizons" Building. Many of these buildings appear as viewed from above. Gardens and sculptures at the Fair also appear in a number of postcards. These include several images of the Equitable Life Assurance Society's Garden of Security, which was dominated by a large statue group titled "Protection." The Star Pylon, the Trylon, and Constitution Mall with its tulip gardens and large statue of George Washington are also featured. Two postcards feature New York scenes outside of the World's Fair. One shows the entrance to the New York Harbor, while the other features the R.C.A. Building, Rockefeller Center, at night.