103 results for: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
Chair from the house of the Hoo-Hoo lumberman fraternal organization, 1909
The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. This chair is from the Hoo-Hoo House that was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The organization's mascot is the black cat and this feline image is stamped into the chair. The AYPE building was designed for the…
ID Number:2024.24.2
Date:1909
Poster for Golden Potlatch celebration, 1911
The Seattle Potlatch was an annual event to celebrate Seattle's prosperity after the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in 1909. The name "Golden Potlatch" appropriates a Chinook Jargon word describing a Native ceremony celebration and gift giving. It also reflects the importance of the Klondike Gold Rush to Seattle's growth. Many organizers and participants in the Golden Potlatch dressed in stereotyped imitations…
ID Number:Lib.SHS.18157
Date:1911
Ticket books with black leather case from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in Seattle, 1909
These tickets allowed entry into the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.
ID Number:Lib1996.13
Date:1909