3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Photograph
Aerial view of the construction of the Space Needle, November 26, 1961
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is…
ID Number:2009.23.493
Date:1961
Photograph
Aerial view of the construction of the Century 21 Exposition fairgrounds, Seattle, January 9, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is…
ID Number:2009.23.505
Date:1962
Photograph
Aerial view of the construction of the Century 21 Exposition fairgrounds and Magnolia, Seattle, January 9, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is…
ID Number:2009.23.508
Date:1962
Photograph
Aerial view of the construction of the Century 21 Exposition fairgrounds, Seattle, February 11, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is…
ID Number:2009.23.520
Date:1962
Photograph
Aerial view of the construction of the Westlake monorail station, Seattle, March 9, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is…
ID Number:2009.23.543
Date:1962
Photograph
Aerial view of Century 21 Exposition site, Seattle, April 12, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962.. Nearly 10Â million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is now…
ID Number:2009.23.550
Date:1962
Photograph
Aerial view of Century 21 Exposition site on opening day, Seattle, April 21, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10Â million people attended the fair. As planned, the exposition left behind a fairground and numerous public buildings and public works; some credit it with revitalizing Seattle's economic and cultural life. The site, slightly expanded since the fair, is now…
ID Number:2009.23.564
Date:1962
Poster
Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, September 4-7, 1998
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.The poster pictured here was designed by David Lemley Design. Printed on poster: Poster by David Lemley DesignCaption information source: "Bumbershoot," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 4, 1998, p. 21.Caption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul…
ID Number:2011.49.28
Date:1998
Book
Prudence Penny's Centennial Cookbook, 1963
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper published recipes and home economics advice in the Prudence Penny column, which ran from the 1930s to the 1970s. Prudence Penny was a pseudonym created by Hearst newspapers, and each local paper employed a person writing under her name. The column was written by as many as thirty authors around the country.This cookbook includes 100 recipes…
ID Number:2014.3.2.5
Date:1963
Photograph
The Beatles onstage at the Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
Teenage photographer Timothy Eagan managed to obtain a press pass from a family friend when the Beatles came to his hometown in August 1964. On the third stop of their first official world tour, the Beatles played to a sellout crowd at the Seattle Center Coliseum. Four bands--the Bill Black Combo, the Exciters, the Righteous Brothers and Jackie DeShannon--warmed up…
ID Number:2014.14.111
Date:1964