107 results for: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)
Control console for Seattle Monorail, 1962
This driving console was in use in the Seattle Monorail during the World's Fair in 1962 and remained in use into the early 21st century. A major renovation project to update the aging monorail began in 2008, replacing this console with more up to date technology. A popular tourist attraction, the Monorail whisks passengers back and forth about 12 city…
ID Number:2012.66.1
Date:1962
Chair for Monorail operator, 1962
This driving console was in use in the Seattle Monorail during the World's Fair in 1962 and remained in use into the early 21st century. A major renovation project to update the aging monorail began in 2008, replacing this console with more up to date technology. A popular tourist attraction, the Monorail whisks passengers back and forth about 12 city…
ID Number:2012.66.2
Date:1962
Artist smock used by Jean Raleigh Eckert at the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Artist Jean Raleigh Eckert worked at Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair as a portrait artist. Working in pastels, she created portraits of fairgoers that they could take home as souvenirs. Eckert was employed by the fair organizers, and she and other portrait artists were issued these smocks as a uniform. It features a rounded collar and a large front pocket shaped…
ID Number:2013.89.1
Date:1962
Century 21 Seattle World's Fair charm bracelet, 1962
This bracelet is a souvenir from Century 21 (Seattle World's Fair) and features charms of the Space Needle, Coliseum, C-21 logo, Science Center, and Monorail.
ID Number:2014.96.1
Date:1962
Pepsi can featuring the 25th Anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, 1987
These souvenir Pepsi cans were sold and distributed during the 1987 celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:2014.102.2
Date:1987
Award sign, "Seattle World's Fair 10,000,000" given to the 10 millionth visitor, Earle Addis, when he visited Century 21 Fair on October 21, 1962
Earle Addis was the 10 millionth visitor to the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. He was awarded this sign, along with several tickets to the Gay Way, and his photo was taken for the Seattle P-I.
ID Number:2015.45.1
Date:1962
Three golden admission tickets to attractions at the Century 21 Seattle World's Fair Gayway, 1962
Earle Addis was the 10 millionth visitor to the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. He was awarded these tickets along with a sign, and his photo was taken for the Seattle P-I.
ID Number:2015.45.2
Date:1962
Red stuffed animal Teddy bear, won at the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
This teddy bear is almost three feet high and was a prize from one of the carnival games at the 1962 World’s Fair. The donor remembers that it was her grandmother that won the bear. “She spun a wheel and hit the grand prize. This was the biggest stuffed toy the man had and he was not happy to let…
ID Number:2016.61.1
Date:1962
Uwajimaya paper bags from the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
These paper bags are from the Moriguchi family who founded Uwajimaya, a family-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Seattle's Chinatown International District with other locations in the Pacific Northwest. Fujimatsu Moriguchi began his enterprise in 1928, selling fishcakes and other goods from his truck in Tacoma, Washington. In the mid 1940s, after Moriguchi and his family were released from the incarceration…
ID Number:2016.Uwajimaya.3
Date:1962
Wooden model of the Space Needle, from Century 21, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The MOHAI collection contains an abundant number of souvenirs, tickets, photos, and other ephemera from Century 21, Seattle World's Fair in 1962, including this miniature model of the Space Needle,
ID Number:2017.31.1
Date:1962