In ‘Love Among the Ruins’ Don makes a reference to the upcoming World’s Fair. An international exhibition of technology, industry, and consumer goods. Coming out of the second World War, The Wold’s Fair gave the States a chance to display their influence and dominance in international trade and production. The World’s Fair is one of the last gasps for air by the business class of the 1960’s before they sucked into the undertow of the emerging counter culture. 

You simply must watch this newsreel, it captures the intense cultural friction that was was happening all over the country.

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