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Pizza At the New York World's Fair by Mastro Pizza: The Pizza King

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This video is a great historical slide show of pizza at the New York world's Fair 1964-1965. The opening lines in the video state this exhibit: "This is a pavillion of pleasure..." As you watch this video slide show you will hear a "beep" as each new slide is presented. This sound is what triggered the movement of the next slide. It is kind of irritating but necessary. But for the history of pizza this is a priceless show. This gives the history of pizza as seen through the eyes of: "The Pizza King: Mastro Pizza". During the New York world's Fair, pizza was not known as widely as it is now. Sure it was in New York, New Haven, Providence, Chicago, San Francisco, and other big cities with an Italian population. And that's where pizza stayed for a long time... Pizza was certainly not mainstream. This is a great video: THE Pizza King! MASTRO PIZZA '64-'65 NY Worlds Fair Video Frank (Mastro) Ferrentino, MD adds a descri...