Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair showcased Seattle as a space-age city. See photos, brochures, postcards and other items related to Seattle’s 1960s vision of the future.
View N.W. of Skyride from Gay Way [i.e. Gayway]
The Skyride of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “The Skyride, which starts in the amusement zone, ends in the International Mall on the other side of the Fairgrounds. It is something more than the typical midway ride. Cables strung 60 and more feet above the ground carry bucket-like cars, with capacities of three persons, on a 1,400 foot sky ride. The passengers see the fair below them.” (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 115.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00984
Date: 1962-04-18
View this itemClark's Northgate Menu
Part of the Clark's restaurant chain, founded by Walter Clark, with 22 restaurants all across Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and Yakima. Opened in the early 1950's. Clark sold the chain to Campbell Soup Company in 1970. The family eventually bought back their favorite, The Red Carpet, and renamed it "Gene's Red Carpet Restaurant."
Identifier: spl_menu_00184
View this itemFord Motor Co. Pavilion; entrance to space trip show
Ford Motor Company Pavilion, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle Worlds Fair). "A realistic simulated journey to outer space aboard a specially constructed, 100-seat passenger spacecraft is just one of the attractions at this exhibit, one of the most popular on the grounds. Also featured is the farm of the future, a dream car, consumer products of tomorrow and a new products display. Lee Kollins, Manager." (Official press book : Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, p. 40.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00467
Date: 1962-10
View this itemSpace Needle at night, 1962
Space Needle, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “The Space Needle, a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair, was conceived by Eddie Carlson as a doodle in 1959 and given form by architects John Graham Jr., Victor Steinbrueck, and John Ridley. When King County declined to fund the project, five private investors, Bagley Wright, Ned Skinner, Norton Clapp, John Graham Jr., and Howard S. Wright, took over and built the 605-foot tower in less than a year.” (Walt Crowley, “Space Needle (Seattle).” HistoryLink.org, http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1424)<br><br>Clarence E. "Gene" Voiland was a West Seattle pharmacist who enjoyed using his new Balda Baldamatic I 35 mm camera.
Identifier: spl_c21_jv_025
Date: 1962
View this itemView S.E. from Berlin Pavilion N.W. corner of fairground
Berlin Pavilion on the International Mall of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). “The story of a divided Berlin is told to visitors through a network of four movie projectors that keep a film constantly in operation, an illuminated map, earphones through which visitors may hear a message in English from Mayor Willy Brandt, and eight panels containing photographs of the history of the city. Gerhard Zimmerman, Director” (Official press book: Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, 1962, p. 35)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00236
Date: 1962-04-28
View this itemSeattle Mail and Herald, v. 7, no. 40, Aug. 13, 1904
Page 1 features portrait of Ira A. Nadeau, general agent of the Northern Pacific Railway. Page 4 features article on the Butterworth Mortuary including photos of the mortuary, hearses along with portraits of E.R. Butterworth and his sons. Page 8 article discusses railroad interests in Seattle and includes portraits of some of the men involved in the industry. Page 9 includes photographs of a Seattle streetcar and the steamboat Dix along with an illustration of the steamboat Alice Gertrude.
Identifier: spl_mh_198239_1904_07_40
Date: 1904-08-13
View this itemSpace Needle & House of Light [i.e. Plywood Home of Living Light]; View S.E.
Space Needle and Plywood Home of Living Light exhibit, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). On the Space Needle: “The Space Needle, a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair, was conceived by Eddie Carlson as a doodle in 1959 and given form by architects John Graham Jr., Victor Steinbrueck, and John Ridley. When King County declined to fund the project, five private investors, Bagley Wright, Ned Skinner, Norton Clapp, John Graham Jr., and Howard S. Wright, took over and built the 605-foot tower in less than a year.” (Walt Crowley, “Space Needle (Seattle).” HistoryLink.org, http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1424) On the Plywood Home of Living Light: "The unique Home of Living Light for Tomorrow, The Douglas Fir Plywood Association Exhibit which dramatizes the many possibilities of a completely new approach to home construction, is located on Freedom Way, at the north end of the Boulevards of the World. The Practical Builder, a trade publication, cooperated in the design of the house, which was created by the Tacoma architectural firm of Liddle and Jones. The walls are made of continuous wood paneling which, like corrugated packing paper, is rigid in one direction and flexible in the other. The results are walls that can take shape and still support the required roof loads." (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 47.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00594
Date: 1962-04-28
View this itemBungalow Magazine, v. 5, no. 12, Dec. 1916
Home of Harry W. and Elizabeth Thurlow at 2567 5th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119 featured on pages 755-764.
Identifier: spl_bm_531811_1916_5_12
Date: 1916-12
View this itemPlaza of the State; Welsh singers in concert; View S.E.
Welsh Day ceremonies in Plaza of the States, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). Welsh Day ceremonies: “The red dragon of Wales floated high over the World’s Fair yesterday. The happy, singing people who trace family ties back to Wales were in firm control under their green-and-white dragon-emblazoned flag…Strange words, oddly pronounced but beautifully sung, drew hundreds to Welsh Day ceremonies in the Plaza of the States.” (Bob Lane, Seattle Times, June 30, 1962, p. 2.) On the Plaza of the States: “Created at the specific request of Washington’s Governor Albert D. Rosellini and erected from funds voted by the Legislature, the Plaza of the States is a flag-surrounded open-air ceremonial area used for special programs honoring the fifty states. Located in the geographic center of the fairgrounds, the area contains a bandstand, speakers’ platform and a huge, gas-fed flame font -- symbol of the unity of the states. The flame will burn throughout the 184 days of the Fair.” (Official press book: Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, 1962, p. 65.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00780
Date: 1962-06-29
View this itemMarine Digest, v.7, no.2, Sep. 1, 1928
Cover photo caption: The Tusitalia (see first news page [3]) [copyright 1926 Walter P. Miller]
Identifier: spl_md_840284_1928_07_02
Date: 1928-09-01
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