288 results for: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)
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Bell System exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Bell Solar Battery, Direct Distance Dialing, Push Button Telephoning and Electronic Central Office are a few of the displays in the east wing of the Bell System building which capture the attention of Fair-goers. Each tells a story of research, engineering and dependability to provide the ultimate in modern communications service for home, business and national defense. Typed on…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.9
Date:1962
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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
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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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Game at the United Air Lines exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Electronic games can be played by spectators visiting United Air Lines exhibit in Building 37 - the Hall of Industry at the Seattle World's Fair. Visitors will be able to test their skill with 'INSTAMATIC,' the airline's new electronic reservations system which has three games built into the computer for matching wits with the machine in speed, accuracy and memory.…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.27
Date:1962
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Firebird III on display in General Motors exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Automotive and highway concepts already in the test stage for the world of tomorrow are displayed in the General Motors Corporation Exhibit in the Washington State Coliseum at the Seattle World's Fair. Firebird III is an experimental automobile powered by a gasoline turbine engine and having a single control stick in place of a steering wheel. This laboratory on wheels…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.30
Date:1962
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UNIVAC computer in American Library Association exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The American Library Association, with its eight-ton UNIVAC computer, presented the library of the future. Visitors gave questions to a librarian who answered it using the computer, which had been preprogrammed with a variety of facts and quotations. Harold Ostling, in the dark suit at left, worked for the company that made UNIVAC computers and was in charge of this…
ID Number:1965.3598.15.32
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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Sculptor James FitzGerald with bronze fountain, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Turbid artistry - James FitzGerald regards fruit of his labor over last eight months, 21-ft. solid bronze sculpture which he fabricated by electric welding of forms designed first of waxed patterns. Fountain stands at entrance of World's Fair Playhouse, was created as subjective mood of nature in the Northwest."The fountain is still in operation in the courtyard of the Intiman…
ID Number:1965.3598.16.2
Date:1962
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Tree of Life sculpture, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"Shown here is 'The Tree of Life,' one of three pieces of sculpture by Everett DuPen, depicting 'The Evolution of Man.' These sculptured forms are located in a pool near the Washington State Coliseum (to the right). In the background is the 600-foot Space Needle." Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers, 306 Fairview N. - Seattle 9, Wash.,…
ID Number:1965.3598.17.3
Date:1962
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Reclining Figure III sculpture, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"The sculptures near the Fine Arts Mall are called 'Reclining Figure III' by Henry Moore, who did them in bronze in 1961."This photograph was taken towards the north, with Queen Anne Hill in the background. Stamped on verso: Complimentary Photograph, The Seattle World's Fair, Century 21 Exposition, Public Relations Dept., Seattle 9, Washington. Quote in caption from Seattle World's Fair…
ID Number:1965.3598.17.4
Date:1962