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Exhibit in California building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Exhibitions of California products in the California building included often elaborate displays of dried and fresh fruits, nuts, olives, and peppers. This image depicts a cow constructed of almonds and an elephant made out of walnuts. Embossed on mount: Harwood
ID Number:1974.5868.174
Date:1909
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Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition crowded to the concessions on the Pay Streak. Here they could enjoy exciting rides, visit a reconstruction of the Streets of Cairo, buy snacks at the Tokio Cafe, and look at Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines in a reconstructed village. The Pay Streak was named after concentrated streaks of gold or other valuable ore.This photo…
ID Number:1974.5868.184
Date:1909
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Visitors on Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition crowded to the concessions on the Pay Streak. Here they could enjoy exciting rides, visit a reconstruction of the Streets of Cairo, buy snacks at the Tokio Cafe, and look at Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines in a reconstructed village. The Pay Streak was named after concentrated streaks of gold or other valuable ore.This photo…
ID Number:1974.5868.185
Date:1909
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Agriculture Building under construction on Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds, Seattle, 1907
This photo shows the Agriculture Building under construction. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: 1907 - Building the A.Y.P. Expo
ID Number:1974.5868.197
Date:1907
Ephemera
Manning & Byrne Undertakers business card, circa 1912
Joseph R. Manning was born and educated in New Haven, Connecticut. He held a position on the city council in New Haven, and was appointed health commissioner. Manning moved to Seattle in 1905, first working in the county auditor's office, and as superintendent of the King County Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, before establishing an undertaking business in around 1911.…
ID Number:1974.5903.59a
Date:Circa 1912
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Major John C. Gotwals, Seattle, March 30, 1926
In 1912, President William H. Taft created the Alaska Railway Commission to study the feasibility of rail transport in the northern territory. Two years later Congress authorized construction of the Alaska Railroad. Major John C. Gotwals, an Army Corps engineer, was a member of the Alaska Engineering Commission that oversaw completion of the 470-mile segment between Fairbanks and Seward. The…
ID Number:1974.5923.143
Date:1926
Music, notated
See Seattle: Official Song and Waltz of the A.Y.P. Exposition
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held on the University of Washington campus from June 1 to October 16, 1909. The fair celebrated the years of prosperity brought to the city since the first gold arrived from Alaska in 1897. “See Seattle” was promoted as "the official song and waltz of the A-Y-P Exposition," but many pieces were written to promote Seattle’s…
ID Number:1975.6130.1
Date:1909
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Rainier Restaurant and Bakery advertising card, circa 1920
Jim Boldt's Rainier Restaurant & Bakery was located at 913 Second Avenue. Jim Boldt was a caterer and restaurateur who came to Seattle from Kansas in 1909 to set up a concession stand at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Boldt fed Seattle for 51 years, either from his various restaurants, bakeries, and concession stands, or at catered events. Boldt was also president…
ID Number:1976.6296.6
Date:Circa 1920
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Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used imagery common to local Indigenous Peoples to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a…
ID Number:1977.6531.2
Date:1911
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Panoramic view of Dawson, circa 1903
By 1899, Dawson had a population of around 15,000 people. It had a city government with a volunteer fire department, and its businesses and amenities included 50 to 60 restaurants, a hospital, and four churches. There were 35,000 people in the region, primarily working in the mining industry. By this time, individual miners had been replaced by large mining companies.This…
ID Number:1978.6557.8
Date:Circa 1903