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1965.3598.19.8
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Water skiing show in Memorial Stadium, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Order an ImageWashington's Olympia Brewing Company (ad slogan "It's the water") sponsored Tommy Barlett's International Water Ski Stars in the World's Fair's "It's the Water" Water Ski Show. Four free shows per day were held in Memorial Stadium, in a large, ring-shaped, concrete "aquadrome" that held nearly a million gallons of water.
Here, two male skiers speed around the aquadrome, carrying two women skiers. The shows featured fast boats and acrobatics.
Handwritten on verso: It's the water ski show - stadium 1962.
Here, two male skiers speed around the aquadrome, carrying two women skiers. The shows featured fast boats and acrobatics.
Handwritten on verso: It's the water ski show - stadium 1962.
ID Number: 1965.3598.19.8
Date: 1962
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv17999
Credit: MOHAI, Walter Straley Century 21 Exposition Photograph Collection, 1965.3598.19.8
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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