415 results for: Entertainment
Ephemera
Strip of adult admission tickets for the 76 Skyride, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Skyride at the Century 21 Exposition consisted of bucket-like three person cars suspended up to 60 feet above the ground. The 1,400 foot-long ride stretched across the grounds from the Gayway to the International Mall. These adult tickets for the Skyride were printed with the number B252157 through B252165, and include fare price and dates for the Seattle World's…
ID Number:1963.3119.52u.1
Date:1962
Photograph
Show Street, Seattle World's Fair, 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:1963.3119.65hh
Date:1962
Photograph
Gayway, Seattle World's Fair, 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:1963.3119.65ii
Date:1962
Article
Schedule of Events for the Seattle World's Fair, March 1962
This schedule of events appeared as a supplement in a host of regional newspapers just prior to the opening of the Seattle World's Fair, and includes information on how to order advance tickets as well as accommodation reservation suggestions. Description from page 2 of supplement: A glittering array of entertainment ranging from international troupes never before seen in the United…
ID Number:1963.3119.98
Date:1962
Ephemera
Schedule of performances at the Opera House, Center Playhouse, Arena, and Stadium for the Seattle World's Fair, April 21-October 21, 1962
Schedule of dates, venues, performers, and performances at the Seattle World's Fair, including a national telecast of the Ed Sullivan Show, poetry readings by Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg, singers Johnny Mathis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole, the Folklorico Ballet of Mexico, and the Lippinzzan Horses of Vienna.
ID Number:1963.3119.100L
Date:1962
Three-dimensional object
Thirty-six piece picture puzzle depicting an illustrated bird's-eye view of the Century 21 Exposition fairgrounds, 1962
Taken from the front of the mailing envelope: The enclosed picture-puzzle is an artistic representation of the many exciting features of the fair including the 600-foot Space Needle and the five worlds of Century 21. Pictured clockwise from the upper right are the World of Science, the World of Century 21, the World of Commerce and Industry, the World of…
ID Number:1963.3119.105
Date:1962
Music, notated
Seattle Dear Seattle: Queen City of the West
In 1906, Seattle was enjoying nearly a decade of prosperity that had begun in 1897 with the arrival of the first Klondike gold. The growing city had a new public library and a new railroad station, and boosters continued to promote the city as a center for business and trade in the Pacific Northwest. Songs like “Seattle Dear Seattle,” complete…
ID Number:1964.3309.1
Date:1906
Photograph
Model of fairgrounds, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
"Century 21 Exposition, America's space age world's fair, as it will appear on opening day April 21, 1962 in Seattle, Washington. Shown on the model are the Coliseum Century 21, $4,000,000 State of Washington financed pavilion; the $3,900,000 U.S. Science Pavilion; the new Seattle Civic Center complex, including concert hall seating 3,100, exhibit banquet hall, and small theater; and the…
ID Number:1965.3598.6.1
Date:Circa 1961
Photograph
One Million Silver Dollars exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"One million silver dollars are on display at the Seattle World's Fair. Visitors to the exhibit can see it and wish the money belonged to them; however, when they go to another exhibit the money stays behind. Expressions of awe are common when a Fair visitor sees the huge cage loaded with silver dollars." Sign in image: One Million Silver…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.10
Date:1962
Photograph
Actor Jay North at the Bubbleator, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Jay North played Dennis the Menace in a popular television series. Like many other celebrities, he visited the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. Here, North (center) visits the Bubbleator in the World of Tomorrow exhibit in the Coliseum (later Key Arena, now Climate Pledge Arena). The Bubbleator lifted groups of people from the ground floor to upper levels of the…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.26
Date:1962