154 results for: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
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Automated salmon processing machine, "Iron Chink," Seattle, 1909
In 1902, machines called "Iron Chinks" started replacing the largely Chinese cannery workers who butchered and canned the fish. The use of a racial slur in the machine's name is one example of the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants to the US. The name continued to be used into the mid-20th century. Today they are called butchering machines or iron…
ID Number:SHS10662
Date:1909
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Jack Adams' racing canoe, Portage Bay, Seattle, 1909
In 1909, Jack Adams (1853-1931), a member of the Suquamish Tribe, built a canoe for a canoe race at Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Adams built the vessel from a single 48-foot log. On September 6, the canoes raced to the finish line at the foot of the fair's Pay Streak, in Portage Bay. In this photo, Adams and ten other men…
ID Number:SHS11726
Date:1909
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition fairgrounds, 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 located on the campus of the University of Washington. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus.This view from a ferris wheel overlooks the Entrance Gate at East 40th Street…
ID Number:SHS12902
Date:1909
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Seattle's first motor-driven sightseeing bus, Seattle, 1907
In 1907, Seattle residents and visitors could climb on the city's first motor-driven sightseeing bus. The vehicle carried passengers to The Meadows racetrack and other destinations. The bus was also used to show visitors the sights at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE).
ID Number:SHS16180
Date:1907