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Senator Warren Magnuson showing model of Science Center to federal officials, Seattle World's Fair, 1960
"'Doorway' which will draw 10,000,000 persons to federal building during Century 21 Exposition opening April 21, 1962, is shown by Senator Warren G. Magnuson, D., Wash., to (l to r) General Services Administrator Franklin Floete, Undersecretary of Commerce Philip A. Ray, and Robert J. Dodds, Jr., General Counsel, Department of Commerce. All participated in planning federal 'showcase' for the world's…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.78
Date:1960
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World's Fair Oldsmobile cars, Seattle, November 1961
Oldsmobile was named the Official Car for the Seattle World's Fair, "And appropriately so! For just as the Fair offers a projected view of the world of the future, so does Oldsmobile indicate the trend of automobile achievements...in style, performance, luxury and comfort!"Here, Ewen C. Dingwall, left, managing director of Century 21, stands in front of the Coliseum with Donald…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.129
Date:1961
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Coliseum interior showing Bubbleator, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Rising in the center of the Coliseum, symbolically just beyond reach and yet within modern man's range of vision, is a structure of cubes bathed in light. Within this cellular formation are the promises of tomorrow..Visitors ascend to the overhead exhibit in a globe-shaped elevator...for a tour of the future." Washington State funded the Coliseum and its exhibit "Century 21…
ID Number:1965.3598.11.9
Date:1962
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High school student Lewis Haberly at the National Science Fair, Seattle World's Fair, May 1962
The National Science Fair took place at the Seattle World's Fair on May 3rd and 4th. Student Lewis Haberly from New York, pictured here, won a first place award for his project, "Investigation of the Hearing Ability of the Brown Bullhead." Handwritten on verso: High school exhibits Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle…
ID Number:1965.3598.14.7
Date:1962
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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
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Bubbleator, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Empty - the bubbleator descends for another 100 passengers to the World of Tomorrow in the center of the Washington State Coliseum. On its return trip to the twenty-first century the modernistic elevator rises in a glow of gold light while passing through shimmering reflections from the rainbow of the future world."Here, the Bubbleator rises to the upper floor of…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.35
Date:1962
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Romeo and Juliet performance, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Romeo (John Stride, extreme left) watches the duel between Mercutio (Alec McCowen, left) and Tybalt (Thomas Kempinski, right) in the Old Vic's production of Romeo and Juliet. The play was performed by London's Old Vic touring repertory players and directed by Franco Zeffirelli at the Opera House. Typed on verso: The Old Vic Company. Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare. Director: Franco…
ID Number:1965.3598.19.17
Date:1962
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Jackie Souder's World's Fair band playing in Plaza of the States, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Plaza of the States - State ceremonies honoring each of the fifty states will be held in this flag-surrounded plaza, located in the geographic center of the Fairgrounds. Programs for the day will include outstanding performing arts talent from the honored state." Later known as the Flag Pavilion and Plaza, Fisher Pavilion and Plaza now occupy this site. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1965.3598.19.19
Date:1962
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Monorail at Westlake Station, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Monorail was built for the Fair by the West German company, Alweg International, to demonstrate "the cure for metropolitan traffic ills." This photo shows one of the two Monorail trains at Westlake Station. At the time the photo was taken, Westlake Center had not yet been built. Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers - Art Forde, John…
ID Number:1965.3598.25.34
Date:1962
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Space Needle and monorail, Seattle, World's Fair, 1962
A number of the structures built for the 1962 World's Fair have become Seattle icons. Here, one can see three in the same view: the Space Needle, the Monorail, and the airy white arches of the U.S. Science Pavilion (now the Pacific Science Center). Handwritten on sleeve: Space Needle & Monorail.
ID Number:1965.3598.26.2
Date:1962