World's Fair and Lincoln Center for Performing Arts Sign "Memorandum of Understanding"

One rarely remembered fact is that, on April 6, 1961, Lincoln Center had signed a memorandum of understanding to become the cultural arm of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. The New York State Theater’s opening night performance would be the first cultural program under this agreement. In this image, Robert Moses (left), president of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, and General Maxwell D. Taylor, president of Lincoln Center, sign the memorandum. Renderings of the Unisphere and Lincoln Center are featured in the background.

DAM: LC210325