288 results for: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)
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Joseph Gandy and Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges at construction site for Seattle World's Fair, circa 1960
"Construction progress on the U.S. Science Pavilion at Century 21 Exposition was inspected by Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, shown here, right, with Century 21 President Joseph E. Gandy. The five-building pavilion, being built to house 'in complete detail the many scientific achievements of this nation,' is part of the $9,000,000 U.S. Government participation in the 1962 space age world's…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.98
Date:Circa 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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Prince Philip at Seattle World's Fair, June 1, 1962
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited the Seattle World's Fair on June 1, 1962. While there, he toured the British Pavilion and ate lunch at the top of the Space Needle. Here, Prince Philip looks on while a woman resembling Princess Margaret is greeted by a fair official. Newspaper articles make no mention of a visit by Princess Margaret. Handwritten…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.143
Date:1962
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Floor plan for Plywood Home of Living Light, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
"This is the unusual floor plan of the Century 21 Plywood Home of Living Light, which will be built and exhibited at the Seattle World's Fair by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association in cosponsorship with Practical Builder magazine. The curved walls are continuous lengths of a special sandwich panel made up of outside layers of fir plywood with a plastic…
ID Number:1965.3598.10.3
Date:Circa 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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Netherlands exhibit in European Communities Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"The Netherlands display in the European Communities Pavilion shows the region where the Zuiderzee project is being carried out. The white line shown indicates the contour of the former Zuiderzee with vertical dimensions 300 times the natural scale. The group of people studying the technical aspects of the display are, from left to right, Mr. Andre Lamy, Technical Advisor of…
ID Number:1965.3598.13.1
Date:1962
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Entrance to Japanese Village, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Crowds of Fairgoers visit the Japanese Village situated near the Gayway and the Hawaiian Pavilion at the Seattle World's Fair. Within the village visitors can shop for souvenirs or watch the Japanese Tea Ceremony, the Japanese Pearl Divers [dive] for real pearls, or enjoy the display of model pagodas and architecture. Outside near the entrance snacks of Japanese food are…
ID Number:1965.3598.13.21
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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NASA exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
At the fair, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and contributing aerospace industries displayed full-scale models of the Saturn V booster rocket and John Glenn's Mercury capsule. Glenn visited Seattle toward the end of the fair, and made appearances with the genuine Mercury capsule -- the Friendship Seven. This exhibit graphic shows the Space Capsule with its single astronaut.…
ID Number:1965.3598.14.18
Date:1962
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NASA exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and contributing aerospace industries displayed full-scale models of the Saturn V booster rocket and John Glenn's Mercury capsule. Glenn visited Seattle toward the end of the fair, and made appearances with the genuine Mercury capsule -- the Friendship Seven. Here, two visitors examine a scale model of an astronaut inside the Space Capsule.…
ID Number:1965.3598.14.19
Date:1962