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1986.5.2698.1
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Little girl hugging a giant stuffed toy panda, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Order an ImageOversized plush toys were popular prizes sold and given away on the Gayway. The toys were two-thirds as tall as an average adult and weighed as much as a toddler. Here, a giant toy panda bear exceeds in size the little girl hugging it.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 22, 1962
Written on original envelope: FAIRS, Seattle World's Fair, Gayway, Patty Ragio of Mill Valley, California hugs toy bear.
Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 167
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 22, 1962
Written on original envelope: FAIRS, Seattle World's Fair, Gayway, Patty Ragio of Mill Valley, California hugs toy bear.
Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 167
ID Number: 1986.5.2698.1
Date: 1962
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.2698.1
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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