The New Pennsylvania | Looking Ahead


Source: Ad copy appearing in the New York Times, Sunday, June 13th, 1965

"Pennsylvania is forever,

We are tough as our steel, tall as our mountains,

rugged as our soil, resourceful as our people --

and there are none better in all the world.

We stand tall, we walk proudly -- as Pennsylvanians." 

                  WILLIAM W. SCRANTON
                  Governor of Pennsylvania
When you visit the Pennsylvania Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, you'll see the above words. And you'll see a full-size replica of the Liberty Bell which stands in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. (If you're 16 or younger, you'll even be able to ring the bell and you'll get a certificate to remind you of your re-dedication to freedom and democracy.)
 
You won't see, though, all the things that inspired Governor Scranton's words, and that are making the New Pennsylvania the nation's most exciting, dramatic, vital place in which to live, work, travel and do business. For that, you'll have to come to Pennsylvania.
 
The New Pennsylvania has all of the wonderful warm historic past you learned about as you were growing up -- Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Fort Necessity, William Penn and Ben Franklin and Commodore Perry and the patriots who pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
 
And the New Pennsylvania has all of the gorgeous scenery, the unique tourist attractions the unequaled opportunities for play that make living and traveling in Pennsylvania a constant joy -- the Poconos, the Pennsylvania Dutch country, the Laurel Highlands, the Susquehanna River, Erie and Wallenpaupack and hundreds of other lakes and streams, and the Endless Mountains.

But the New Pennsylvania has more. More natural resources, more power, more great new roads, more building sites, more productive workers, more access to rich markets, more opportunities than almost any other industrial state. And, in Pennsylvania, we've got a climate for business that's planned to keep our state's economy heading up to new heights.

Today, at noon, the Pennsylvania Exhibit will open in the Court of the Universe at the New York World's Fair.

Governor William W. Scranton and other outstanding Pennsylvanians will be there, and we hope you'll come and let us show you part of the New Pennsylvania story.

This is Pennsylvania Week at the Fair -- we'll have lots of activity right through until next Saturday -- but our exhibit will remain open until the Fair closes in October. So if you can't visit us this week, be sure to come whenever you can.

Best of all, though, come see us in Pennsylvania. Find out why we really mean it when we urge you:

"Go Places in Pennsylvania!"

100,000 Pennsylvanians Logo


Speeding Automobile
Brochure Title Bar
Best of all, Pennsylvania is for today, and for tomorrow! You can go places in Pennsylvania and you can do things in our exciting state.
 
Visit our historic shrines and gaze at our gorgeous scenery, but don't stop there.
 
You can prepare for a happier tomorrow by studying at one of the 128 famous colleges and universities that are Pennsylvania's pride.
 
You can build your industry in the heart of America's richest market, and watch it flourish in the invigorating Pennsylvania business climate.
 
You can live in Pennsylvania, and have four great seasons every year, with just about everything in sports available, plus theatres, and music, and museums, and libraries. and some of the friendliest people on earth.
 
Go places in Pennsylvania? You et you can! Come for a day, come for a lifetime! You'll like the New Pennsylvania! 

We're building in the new Pennsylvania. building jobs, building homes, building a better state in which to live, work, travel and do business.

811 new and expanded industrial plants announced in 1964 alone have helped keep our economy running at the most rapid rate we've ever enjoyed. New jobs are being created every day and all the state's resources, both private and public, are being used to keep up the momentum.

Pennsylvanians built the first computer, the first atom-smasher, and so many other scientific marvels going right back to Ben Franklin's spectacles that it's no wonder our industries are leaders in modern technology. and our basic industries like coal and steel and textiles and oil and aluminum contribute mightily to the better life for all the world.

After all, the new Pennsylvania has more natural resources, more power, more great new roads, more building sites, more productive workers, more access to rich markets, more opportunities than almost any other industrial state. And best of all, we've got a climate for business that's planned to keep our state's economy heading up.

Source: Commemorative Pamphlet from the Pennsylvania Exhibit

Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
The Governor's Committee of 100,000 PENNSYLVANIANS for the promotion of Economic Growth, sponsors of the Pennsylvania Exhibit at the New York World's Fair and of this folder, is a non-partisan, non-profit, privatey-financed citizens' group. If you would like to learn more about the New Pennsylvania as a place in which to live, work, travel and do business, write to '100,000 PENNSYLVANIANS', Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


Source: Brochure from the Pennsylvania Exhibit

1976 Philadelphia World's Fair

 

The attention of the world will be focused on Philadelphia in 1976, the Bicentennial of American Liberty. Here's where it all began on July 4, 1776, when a new breed of men Declared their Independence and placed their reliance on Almighty God.

Today Philadelphia looks ahead to 1976, the 200th birthday of the Nation, with confidence that fee men everywhere will want to share in this historic celebration by holding a great World's Fair.

Acknowledged as the most progressive city in the Nation, Philadelphia is a unique blending of hallowed tradition with modern utility. Philadelphia is the only logical place for such a momentous birthday party -- here where it all began. Philadelphia invites you, both now and again in 1976. Walk in the footsteps of the Founding Fathers . . . relax in modern comfort . . . see PROGRESS in action.

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

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