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Image of Shirley Farnham taking photo of Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
1965.3598.25.45
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Shirley Farnham taking photo of Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

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"Shirley Farnham 'shoots' one of the three elevators ascending the 600-foot Space Needle, one of the most-photographed subjects on the grounds of the Seattle World's Fair. A slowly-revolving 'ring' seating 225 patrons of the 'Eye of the Needle' restaurant is not visible from this close angle, nor are the observation platform and the flaming gas beacon which top the entire structure. The sweeping view from the observation platform gives photographers their choice of Puget Sound, the Cascade or Olympic mountains, towering Mt. Rainier, or downtown Seattle and its waterfront, little more than a mile away, as pictorial subjects."

Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers - Art Forde, John Hardin, Dick Cameron, Ed Watton - Members N.P.P.A. - 306 Fairview N. - Seattle 9, Wash. - MA 3-4100.
Caption by Seattle World's Fair Public Relations Department.
ID Number: 1965.3598.25.45
Date: 1962
Creator(s): Forde Photographers, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 10 x 8 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, 1965.3598.25.45
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)

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