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Image of Water skiers performing in Memorial Stadium, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
1965.3598.25.2
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Water skiers performing in Memorial Stadium, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

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Washington'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 "aquadrome" that held nearly a million gallons of water.

Here, five skiers speed around the aquadrome in a pyramid. The shows featured fast boats and acrobatics.
ID Number: 1965.3598.25.2
Date: 1962
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 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, 1965.3598.25.2
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair), Entertainment

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