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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
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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
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Space Needle and Monorail, 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:1963.3119.65o
Date:1962
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Interior of European Communities Pavilion, France Exhibit, 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:1963.3119.65pp
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
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
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International Fountain and Coliseum under construction, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
"In the foreground 150-foot excavation made for the future International Fountain. The circular center will eventually be a gigantic 'pod' with hundreds of tiny holes out of which water will rise 100 feet in the air. Washington State Coliseum in background." Today, the Coliseum, now Key Arena, and the fountain are still among the most popular places at Seattle Center.…
ID Number:1965.3598.2.9
Date:Circa 1961
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Interior of Coliseum under construction, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
"The mammoth interior of the giant Washington State Coliseum building, which is 11 stories high in its center and offers almost four acres of unobstructed space, will house the theme exhibit of Man in the Space Age at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. A six-story complex of cube-shaped structures is under construction to house the theme exhibit. On the floor…
ID Number:1965.3598.2.10
Date:Circa 1961
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Cubed structure for the World of Tomorrow exhibit under construction, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
This structure in the World of Tomorrow exhibit required the construction of over 3000 aluminum cubes, ramps and light fixtures to create a futurist effect. The completed structure, exhibited in the Washington State Coliseum (later the KeyArena) stood over sixty feet tall. Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy.…
ID Number:1965.3598.2.11
Date:1962
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Space Needle and U.S. Science Pavilion under construction, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
The US Science Pavillion became the Pacific Science Center after the fair. Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers, 306 Fairview N. - Seattle 9, Wash., MA3-4100 - Gateway to the World, Century 21 Exposition, April 21-Oct 21, 1962.
ID Number:1965.3598.2.21
Date:Circa 1961