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Image of Barry Upson, employee of the Seattle World's Fair, circa 1960
1965.3598.8.16
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Barry Upson, employee of the Seattle World's Fair, circa 1960

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In 1957, recent UW School of Architecture graduate Barry Upson was hired to work on the Seattle civic center project. After his two month contract ended, Upson stayed on to work on the Seattle World's Fair, becoming Ewen Dingwall's executive assistant. As the march toward the fair progressed, Upson bore increasingly important duties, becoming manager of the fair's New York office and eventually director of domestic exhibits.

Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. Page 21.
ID Number: 1965.3598.8.16
Date: Circa 1960
Creator(s): Forde Photographers, Photographer
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, 1965.3598.8.16
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair)

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