154 results for: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
Cartographic material
Map of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), in 1909 on what is now the University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Howard & Galloway were the supervising architects, and the Olmsted Brothers were the landscape architects.This promotional flyer…
ID Number:2019.3.45
Date:1909
Photograph
Portage Bay with view of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
In this photo of Portage Bay the fair grounds for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition are visible on the site that later became the University of Washington.The brothers Clarence R. and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence (1880-1941) worked as a carpenter and also spent time at Mt. Rainier as a guide. Otto (1883-1969) worked for W.P. Fuller Company…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.11
Date:1909
Photograph
Crowds gathered in Pioneer Square celebration, Seattle, circa 1910
This photograph shows Pioneer Square festively decorated and with crowds gathered about 1910. It is possible that this was a celebration in junction with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held in Seattle in 1909 on a site that later became the University of Washington.This photo was taken by either Clarence R. Langstaff or his brother Otto Langstaff, who were both prolific amateur…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.32
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Students' Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, circa 1918
During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units.This image shows a Students' Army Training Corps group…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.2.10
Date:Circa 1918
Music, notated
Meet Me at the A.Y.P.
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. “Meet Me At The A.Y.P” was but one of the songs written at the time to promote the AYPE. Harry G. Robinson wrote the music and…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.343
Date:1909
Music, notated
Gloria Washington
The words and music for "Gloria Washington," the official march of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, were written by Frederick Neil Innes (1854-1926), a musician and conductor from Chicago who served as the Fair's director of music. The score was copyrighted by F. B. Innes and published by Clegg Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. The AYPE was a world's fair held…
ID Number:Lib1996.28.17
Date:1909
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Seattle Motorcycle Club, circa 1910
The Seattle Motorcycle Club was organized in February 1909 with a membership of 20 riders. The members met in August 1909 to approve the club's constitution and by-laws, elect the club officers, and form a committee on the club's participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), where they were invited to participate in the AYPE Seattle Day parade and in races…
ID Number:SHS333
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds at night, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.This view across Lake Union shows the AYPE grounds at night, with buildings and a ferris wheel outlined in lights. Caption on photo: The "Fair Beautiful" at NightHandwritten on back of…
ID Number:SHS487
Date:1909
Photograph
Court of Honor and Geyser Basin at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
In the summer of 1909, a world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, took place on the grounds of the University of Washington in Seattle. Over three million people visited the buildings, grounds, and sites of the A.Y.P.E. between June 1 and October 1, 1909.This panoramic view shows the Geyser Fountain (now known as Drumheller Fountain) looking north towards the Government Building…
ID Number:SHS7920
Date:1909
Photograph
Performers from the "Streets of Cairo" in the Oriental Village pose on the Pay Streak at AYPE, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape Architecture firm and located on the campus of the University of Washington. The AYPE's amusement park and midway area was located along what is now 15th Avenue, and was called the Pay…
ID Number:SHS7956
Date:1909