3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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
Photograph
Yacht Fatome at drawbridge near Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962
The Fantome was a steel-hulled sailing yacht built for Great Britain’s Duke of Westminster in 1927, and later acquired by beer baron Ernest Guinness. It sailed into Seattle in 1939 and became stranded by the outbreak of World War II. After the war, King County blocked its departure in an effort to recover property taxes from Guiness. The vessel ended…
ID Number:2009.23.1054
Date:Circa 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
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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
Photograph
Paul McCartney and George Harrison taking a bow at the Beatles concert in Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
When the Beatles performed in Seattle on the third stop of their first official world tour, nineteen-year-old Timothy Eagan and his camera had an enviable view of the band from the edge of the stage. Eagan, who grew up in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, had gotten a press pass from a family friend, and had elbowed his way…
ID Number:2014.14.122
Date:1964
Photograph
George Harrison playing guitar at the Beatles concert at Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
When the Beatles performed at the Seattle Center Coliseum in August 1964, 19-year-old Timothy Eagan was lucky enough to score a press pass from family friend Ed Donohoe, editor of The Washington Teamster newspaper. The young photographer elbowed his way to the edge of the stage for this enviable view the Fab Four, shooting three rolls of film at the…
ID Number:2014.14.129
Date:1964
Photograph
Ringo Starr playing drums during the Beatles concert at Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
Teenager Timothy Eagan made good use of his press pass, given to him by a family friend, when he pushed up to the stage's edge to shoot three rolls of film of the Beatles' 1964 concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. Eagan shot dozens of photographs of the charismatic band, including a number of individual portraits of each musician, such…
ID Number:2014.14.234
Date:1964
Photograph
George Harrison and John Lennon performing at the Beatles concert, Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
When the Beatles performed in Seattle on the third stop of their first official world tour, nineteen-year-old Timothy Eagan and his camera had an enviable view of the band from the edge of the stage. Eagan, who grew up in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, had gotten a press pass from a family friend, and had elbowed his way…
ID Number:2014.14.235
Date:1964
Photograph
John Lennon performing at the Beatles concert, Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
Nineteen-year-old Seattle native Timothy Eagan was right up near the stage when he shot this photograph of John Lennon playing his Rickenbacker 325 guitar during the Beatles concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. The lucky teenager had gotten a press pass from family friend Ed Donohoe, editor of the Washington Teamster newspaper, giving him an amazing opportunity to practice the…
ID Number:2014.14.236
Date:1964