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Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection, 1960-1963

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ashley, Robert D., 1924-1987
Title
Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection
Dates
1960-1963 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 boxes plus oversize materials, (2 cubic feet)
Collection Number
1987.59 (acession)
Summary
The collection contains a variety of published materials and other types of media that document the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition)
Repository
Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library

P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public by appointment.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Robert D. Ashley (1924-1987) was born in Hudson, Massachusetts and received degrees in business administration and law from Boston University. He was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1953, and was a practicing attorney for 34 years. His legal practice emphasized probate, environmental and historic preservation issues as well as representing senior citizens and disabled persons. He was Assistant State Attorney General, Trial Examiner for the State Public Utilities and Transportation Commission, Snohomish County Deputy Prosecutor, and the Director of the Bar Association’s King County Legal Services Department.

As an organizer of the Friends of the Pike Place Market, Robert Ashley was instrumental in preserving the market. He was a founding member of the Northwest Seaport Association, and led preservation efforts for the Wawona and the steam ferry San Mateo. He was associated with numerous community organizations including the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board, Allied Arts of Seattle, The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Credit Consumer Counseling Service and the Historical Society of Seattle and King County. Robert Ashley served as Legal Advisor for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

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Content Description

The collection contains a variety of published materials and other types of media that document the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition). The items were acquired by Robert Ashley while he served as Legal Advisor to the Fair, and donated to the Library by his son Eli D. Ashley in July 1987. The collection is organized by format, and includes print materials, photographs, posters, slides, sound recordings and film.

The wide variety of print materials provides extensive background information about the Fair. Public relations booklets and brochures give historical context on Fair development, as well as detailed descriptions and statistics about exhibits and activities. Official materials published by the Fair organization include event programs, press releases, tickets, postcards, posters and souvenir items. Externally published items include Northwest maps, magazine articles, and tourist brochures. The print collection also has extensive postal items, including commemorative envelopes and stamps.

The audio visual materials include a collection of sound recordings (45 and 33 rpm) some with accompanying print lyrics. Music was recorded at some live Fair performances. Other music was composed about Seattle and the Fair, with humorous and other themes. The collection of slides includes a set produced by Morley Studios, the official photographer of the fair. The color photographs in the collection are enlarged and mounted on board. The 8 x 10 collection of black and white photographs with Fair subjects are captioned, and were produced and distributed by the public relations department.

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Historical Background

Over 10 million visitors attended the Seattle World’s Fair (Century 21 Exposition) from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Approximately 66% of attendees were from Washington, Oregon and California, with the rest traveling to the area from other regions and countries. In the end, the Fair showed a profit primarily because its major structures were built at the expense of taxpayer or private capital.

The 74 acre Exposition site was a mile north of Seattle’s downtown business area, and the grounds were divided into: World of Science, World of Tomorrow, World of Commerce and Industry, World of Art, World of Entertainment, Show Street, Gayway, Boulevards of the World, Exhibit Fair and Food Circus. Besides the Space Needle and Monorail, the Fair also featured a Skyride that ran across the grounds from the Gayway to the International Mall. There were over 2500 live performance events held during the Fair in various entertainment venues.

Century 21 press coverage included exposure in publications and broadcast media in every state. Over 2.5 million pieces of promotional materials were distributed. Tourist and collectible items of every type were produced by individual entrepreneurs and companies. Over 200 songs were written about the Fair, and over 50 recorded on vinyl disc. Fair related songs were sold as souvenir music sheets and recordings. Nearly 100 tunes were submitted to fair management in the hopes of becoming the official tune.

With the immense Fair organization, grounds and complex production, the functions of the office of Legal Advisor would have been diverse: personal and property liability, copyright, taxation, litigation, finance, contracts, negotiation, labor and property management.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Click here to view a selection of photographs and ephemera from the collection in digital format.

Restrictions on Use

The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 11 series:

  • Publications
  • Posters
  • Postcards
  • Souvenirs and event programs
  • Souvenir envelopes and stamps
  • Miscellaneous Century 21 materials
  • Soiund recordings
  • Films
  • Slides
  • Photographs
  • Non-Century 21 Materials

Location of Collection

2a.3.4-7 (boxes)

Location of Collection

5a.4.10 (sound recordings)

Location of Collection

5a.3.drawer2 (film)

Location of Collection

Map drawer VI.a.8 (posters)

Location of Collection

1a.3.10 (oversize photo)

Acquisition Information

Gift of Eli D. Ashley; received in 1987.

Processing Note

Processed by Martha Haid in 1988.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Publications,

    • Description: 1987.59.1 : Seattle World's Fair 1962 Official Souvenir Program, Acme Publications, $1.50
      96 pages, 2 copies 28 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.2 : Century 21: The Story of the Seattle World's Fair by Murray Morgan, Seattle: Acme Press
      159 pages 28 cm
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.3 : Space Needle USA, by Harold Mansfield and George Gulacsik, Seattle: Craftsmen Press, Inc.
      72 pages 27.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.4 : Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962, Seattle: Acme Publications, Inc.
      192 pages, 2 copies 18 x 12.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.5 : Souvenir Picture Book of Washington, Seattle and the Seattle World's Fair, Arlington, Wash.: Ellis Post Card Co.
      24 pages 15 x 23 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.6 : 1962 Seattle World's Fair Pictorial Panorama, C.P. Johnson Co., Seattle
      24 pages 28 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.7 : Century 21 Exposition, A United States World Exposition at Seattle
      39 pages, 2 copies 23.5 x 25 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.8 : Seattle World's Fair Early 1962 Status Report
      40 pages 22 x 18 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.9 : 1962 Seattle World's Fair, Speaker's Bureau Background Information
      79 pages 28 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.10 : Seattle World's Fair Preview, April 21 - October 21 1962, Washington State Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Seattle: Acme Publications
      12 pages, 2 copies 28 cm
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.11 : Domestic Exhibitors, General Rules and Regulations, Vol. 1, Issue number 2
      12 pages 28 cm
      Dates: 1962 June 1
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.12 : Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, USA, 1962
      4 pages 23 x 23 cm

      Pamphlet for potential investors

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.13 : Washington Highways, Seattle World's Fair, Official Highway Map and Tourist Guide of the State of Washington, Washington State Highway Commission, Washington State
      45 x 67 cm folds to 23 x 10 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.14 : The Traveler, The West's Auto Travel Magazine, Your Guide to the Seattle World's Fair1962
      52 pages 19 x13 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.15 : Richfield Western Wildflowers 1962, Dedicated to the Seattle World's Fair
      15 pages 25.5 x 17.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.16 : National Geographic, vol. 122, no. 3, Seattle Fair Looks to the 21st Century
      page 402
      Dates: 1962 September
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.17 : Seattle Telephone Directory (cover), Pacific Northwest Bell
      28 x 23 cm
      Dates: 1962 March
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.18 : A Sunset Discovery Book, Official Guide to Pacific Northwest and Century 21 Exposition, Menlo Park, Calif., Lane Book Co.
      173 pages 28 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,
    • Description: 1987.59.19 : Official Guide, World's Fair Luxury Liner, Dominion Monarch, Shaw Savill Line
      40 pages 20 x 25 cm
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Publications,

  • Posters,

    • Description: 1987.59.20 : Poster: Painting of Scenes from the Fair, E. Carpenter, Birdart Studio
      48 x63 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.21 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair 1962, Seven Impressions of the Fair, Irwin Caplan, Artprints, Inc.
      73.5 x 51.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.22 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair 1962, James Edward Peck, Artprints Inc.
      73.5 x 51.5 cm

      Space Needle and outline of Fair in yellow against dark background of mountains and sky

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.23 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair 1962, Ted Rand, Artprints, Inc.
      73 x 51.5 cm

      Fountain against blue background with flags in back

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.24 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair 1962, Harry Bonath, Artprints, Inc.
      73 x 52 cm

      Space Needle against yellow/green background with Mt. Rainier

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.25 : Poster: World of Art, Seattle World's Fair, Mark Tobey, Steendrukkerij de Jong and Co., Hilversum, Netherlands
      77.5 x 53 cm

      Northwest Indian art, art of the ancient east

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.26 : Poster: Sheet of 32 uncut World's Fair postcards, Mike Roberts, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle
      74 x 59 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.27 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair, Seattle Wash., U.S.A., April 21-October 21, 1962, Earle Duff
      89 x 63 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,
    • Description: 1987.59.28 : Poster: Seattle World's Fair, Wm. Werrbach
      50.5 x 64 cm

      On back "Century 21 Jewel Box", information about artist, poster and fair

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Posters,

  • Postcards,

    • Description: 1987.59.29 : Postcard: Seattle World's Fair 1962, The World's Largest Picture Kard, Walt Ashley co., Inc., Media Consultants, Phoenix, AZ.
      55 x 71 cm

      Pictures of Seattle area

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.30 : Postcard: Seattle World's Fair 1962, The World's Largest Picture Kard, Walt Ashley Co., Inc., Phoenix, AZ
      55 x 71 cm

      Painting of fair site

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box VI.a.8
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.31 : Postcard: 1962 Seattle World's Fair, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      9 x 14 cm

      Coliseum

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.32 : Postcard: Century 21 Exposition, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      9 x 14 cm

      Monorail

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.33 : Postcard: C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      9 x 14 cm

      United States Science Pavilion

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.34 : Postcard: C.P Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      9 x 14 cm

      Coliseum interior

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.35 : Postcard: Century 21 Exposition, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      9 x 14 cm

      Boulevards of the World

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.36 : Postcard: Space Needle, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle, copyright Century 21 Exposition, Inc.
      21 x 9 cm

      Painting with Monorail tracks

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.37 : Souvenir letter from the World's Fair Seattle, U.S.A., April 21 to October 21, 1962, illustrated lettergram
      9 x 16 cm folded
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,
    • Description: 1987.59.38 : 1962 Seattle World's Fair, preprinted publicity letter with illustrations of attractions
      9.5 x 15 cm folded
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Postcards,

  • Souvenirs and Event Programs,

    • Description: 1987.59.39 : Seattle World's Fair, 1962 Datebook and Diary, distributed by C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle
      12 pages 13.5 x 11 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,
    • Description: 1987.59.40 : Official Rand McNally Detail Map of the Seattle World's Fair
      23 x 10 cm folded
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,
    • Description: 1987.59.153 : Map: World's Fair, Panoramic Views of Seattle Area from the Space Needle

      Folded map with panoramic drawings

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,
    • Description: 1987.59.41 : Canadian Tattoo Program, 8 to 10 pm Daily, The Stadium, Seattle World's Fair, September 10 -15
      2 copies 21.5 x 27 cm folded
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,
    • Description: 1987.59.42 : It's the Water Ski Show, produced by Tommy Bartlett, A Seattle World's Fair Souvenir Program
      24 pages, 2 copies 25.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,
    • Description: 1987.59.43 : Backstage U.S.A., Peep, Seattle World's Fair Program
      8 pages 30.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenirs and Event Programs,

  • Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,

    • Description: 1987.59.44 : Envelope: The Philatelic Activities Committee of the Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 10 x 19 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.45 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, World of Science, U.S. Science Pavilion
      9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.46 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, Boulevards of the World
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.47 : Envelope: Alaska Saultes Century 21, Seattle '62, Alaskan Collector's Club, Chapter 1
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.48 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair 1962, Northwest Envelope Company Cachet, Seattle
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.49 : Envelope: World of Entertainment, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.50 : Envelope: Official World's Fair Commemorative Stamp, Space Needle U.S.A.
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.51 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, A Mile a Minute Monorail
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.52 : Envelope: Welcome to the Officers and Men of the U.S. Navy in Visit to Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.53 : Envelope: Japan-America Society of Seattle, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.54 : Envelope: Century 21 Exposition, Renton, Home of the Boeing 707 and 727 Jets
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.55 : Envelope: Centrex-Philatelic Exhibit of 1962, Collector's Club of Seattle, May 28-30, 1962
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.56 : Envelope: United Nations Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.57 : Envelope: World of Art, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.58 : Envelope: World of Commerce and Industry, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.59 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, Century 21 Coliseum
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.60 : Envelope: Century 21 Exposition, Official Cachet, Collector's Club of Seattle
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.61 : Envelope: Plan to Attend, Seattle World's Fair, Century 21 Exposition
      2 copies 10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.62 : Envelope: State's Day Envelopes, Seattle World's Fair, set of 50
      9 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.63 : Envelope: Century 21 Exposition, America's Space Age World Fair
      11 x 15.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.64 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, The Spectacular Space Needle
      9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.65 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, United Nations Philatelic Day, Sept. 17, 1962, Official Cachet
      2 copies 9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.66 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, Exposition Building, Seattle 9, Washington U.S.A.
      10 x 19 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.67 : Envelope: Weyerhauser Company, Visit the Forest Industries Exhibit, America's Space Age World's Fair, airmail
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.68 : Envelope: Weyerhauser Company, Visit the Forest Industries Exhibit, America's Space Age World's Fair, airmail
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.69 : Envelope: Weyerhauser Company, Visit the Forest Industries Exhibit, America's Space Age World's Fair
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.70 : Envelope: Allied Photo Duplicating, Inc., Plan to Visit Seattle World's Fair, airmail
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.71 : Envelope: King County Road Engineer, Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.72 : Envelope: Kenworth Motor Truck Company, Plan to Visit Seattle World's Fair
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.73 : Envelope: Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Visit the Electric Utilities Exhibit at Seattle World's Fair
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.74 : Envelope: Butterfield Truck Co., Century 21 Exposition
      9.5 x 22 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.75 : Envelope: A.A. Trumper, County Treasurer, Visit Century 21 Exposition
      9.5 x 17.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.76 : Envelope: West and Wheeler Associates, Inc., World's Fair Seattle 1962
      9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.77 : Envelope: James Henry Packing Co., Century 21 Exposition
      9 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.78 : Envelope: Burt Porter, Inc., Seattle World's Fair, airmail
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.79 : Envelope: Societe Fine Candies, Imperial Candy Company, America's Space Age World's Fair
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.80 : Envelope: Port of Seattle, Visit Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.81 : Envelope: El Rancho Motel, Plan Now to Visit Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.82 : Envelope: Seattle First National Bank, Plan Now to Visit Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.83 : Envelope: The E.J. Bartells Co., Insulations, Refractories, Plan Now to Visit Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.84 : Envelope: Lumber Supply and Warehouse Co., Plan Now to Visit Century 21 Exposition
      10.5 x 24 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.85 : Envelope: Last Day, Century 21, Seattle World's Fair, October 21, 1962, Official Cachet, Collector's Club of Seattle with stamp Seattle World's Fair, with U.S. postage, 4 cents
      9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.86 : Envelope: Seattle World's Fair, United Nations Philatelic Day Official Cachet, with U.S. postage, 2 stamps, 15 cents and 5 cents, cancelled United Nations, New York, Sept. 19, 1962
      9.5 x 16.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.87 : Envelope: The Philatelic Activities Committee of the Seattle World's Fair, with U.S. postage, 4 cents, cancelled Space Needle, Wash. Oct. 21, 1962
      2 copies 10 x 19 cm

      Addressed to Mr. Robert Ashley, Legal Department, Seattle World's Fair, Seattle 9, Wash.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.88 : World's Fair Souvenir Stamp Collection, 110 Assorted Stamps for Nations of the World, Seattle, $1.00, 1962
      2 copies 14 x 21 cm

      In sealed inner envelope

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.89 : Official Program, The United States Honors Those Who Have Died in the Service of the World Organization, Seattle World's Fair
      23 x 16.5 cm

      United Nations postage stamps on cover, cancelled United Nations, New York, Sept. 19, 1962

      Dates: 1962 September 17
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.90 : Official Program, The United States Honors Those Who Have Died in the Service of the World Organization, Seattle World's Fair
      23 x 16.5 cm

      United Nations postage stamps on cover, cancelled Space Needle, Wash., Sept 17, 1962

      Dates: 1962 September 17
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.91 : Program: The United States of America Commemorates the Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 25 x 20.5 cm

      World's Fair 4 cent stamp on cover

      Dates: 1962 April 25
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,
    • Description: 1987.59.92 : Leaflet: The Seattle World's Fair Century 21 Exposition presents the Official Space Age World's Fair Commemorative Medals, Northwest Historical Medals, Inc., Walla Walla, Wash., l
      21.5 x 9.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Souvenir Envelopes and Stamps,

  • Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,

    • Description: 1987.59.93 : Seattle World's Fair 1962 Scrapbook
      32.5 x 31 cm

      Chronicles the United Nations Pavilion: newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, telegrams

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.94 : The Seattle Times Salutes Century 21, World's Fair Souvenir Edition, The Sunday Times

      Complete newspaper edition

      Dates: 1962 April 8
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.95 : Seattle World's Fair 1962 Complimentary tickets #9991, #9992, Admit one adult
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.96 : Seattle World's Fair 1962 Coupon Booklet #53397, child guest
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.97 : Ticket, An Evening of Folk Music, Seattle Center Playhouse
      2 copies

      Mr. Don Firth, featuring Miss Judy Flenniken, 8:00 pm, $2.50

      Dates: 1962 March 10
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.98 : Business card, Robert D. Ashley, Legal Department, Seattle World's Fair
      2 copies 5 x 9 cm

      Century 21 logo in upper left corner

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.99 : Business card, blank
      2 copies 5 x 7.5 cm

      Century 21 logo in lower left corner, yellow

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.100 : Business card, blank
      2 copies 5 x 9 cm

      Century 21 logo in upper left corner

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.101 : Century 21 Exposition, Seattle World's Fair 1962
      2 copies 31 x 23 cm

      Silver folder with blue logo and lettering. Titled inside Seattle World's Fair Development Plan, Paul Thiry

      Dates: 1962 January 2
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.1 : Silver folder with materials inside
      31 x 23 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.2 : The Seattle World's Fair… A synopsis of its attractions, attendance and mass audience appeal
      5 pages 22 x 14 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.3 : Seattle World's Fair Preview, April 21 - October 21, 1962, Century 21 Exposition
      8 pages 28 cm

      Issued by Washington State Department of Commerce and Economic Development

      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.4 : News- Seattle World's Fair, For Immediate Release
      28 x 22 cm

      Press Release

      Dates: 1960 December 18
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.5 : News- Seattle World's Fair, For Immediate Release
      28 x 22 cm

      Press Release

      Dates: 1961 October 16
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.6 : News- Seattle World's Fair, For Immediate Release
      28 x 22 cm

      Press Release

      Dates: 1962 January 23
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.7 : News- Seattle World's Fair, For Immediate Release
      28 x 22 cm

      Press Release

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.8 : Century 21 Exposition, Inc., Interiors Pavilion, Space and Service Price Schedule
      28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.9 : Floor Plan, Seattle World's Fair Interiors Pavilion, Building # 55
      28 x 43 cm
      Dates: 1961 October 27
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.102.10 : Century 21 Exposition Site Development Plan
      28 x 43 cm

      Interiors Pavilion marked in red

      Dates: circa 1961
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.1 : Silver folder with materials inside
      31 x 23 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.2 : Communications Week, A University of Washington Symposium on the Challenge of Communication, Seattle, Washington, June 13, 14, 15 1962
      24.5 x 15.5 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.3 : Communications Week, School of Communications, June 13- 15, School of Communications, University of Washington
      35 x 21.5 cm

      Registration form

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.4 : Seattle World's Fair Welcomes You, reprinted from Spring 1962 issue of Home and Highway
      18.5 x 13.5 cm

      Magazine of Allstate Insurance Company

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.5 : Come to the Fair, Spotlight, Vol 2, No. 2
      28 x 21.5 cm

      Published for the employees and friends of Universal Services, Inc., Young's Services Ltd.

      Dates: 1962 April
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.6 : Seattle Harbor Tours brochure, See Seattle's World's Fair
      21.5 x 9.5 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.7 : Seattle World's Fair Primary Phone Number List for Press, Radio, Television
      15.5 x 33 cm

      Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Bell as a service to visiting newsmen

      Dates: 1962 April 10
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.8 : Seattle World's Fair Press Information
      12 x 20.5 cm

      Courtesy of Impact Productions, Inc.

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.9 : Presenting Jay Ward's Traveling World's Fair
      23 x 71 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.10 : Seattle World's Fair, Century 21 Exposition Inc.
      5 pages 28 x 22 cm

      Press release

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.11 : Fact Sheet on Seattle World's Fair
      28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.12 : News- Seattle World's Fair, Seattle World's Fair to Exhibit Art from 61 Museums, by Norman Davis
      3 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.13 : News- Seattle World's Fair, Seattle World's Fair Amusements Pack Fun Wallop
      3 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.14 : News- Seattle World's Fair, Space Needle Symbol of Fair
      3 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.15 : Alweg Monorail Facts
      28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.16 : News- Seattle World's Fair, President Kennedy Hails Seattle World's Fair
      28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.17 : News- Seattle World's Fair, The World of Science by Dr. Athelstan F. Spilhaus
      4 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.18 : News- Seattle World's Fair, World's Fair Theme Exhibit has Revolutionary Structure
      4 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: 1962 May 27
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.19 : From: Donald Deskey Associates, Inc., For Immediate Release, Floating Cloud of Metal Cubes Houses Theme Exhibit in Coliseum Building
      2 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.20 : News- Seattle World's Fair, Los Angeles Praises Fair, May 6
      28 x 22 cm
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.21 : Public Relations Dept., California and Hawaii Sugar Refining Corp., For Immediate Release
      2 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.22 : News- Seattle World's Fair, Coast Unity Stresses by California Governor
      2 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: 1962 June 14
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.103.23 : News- Seattle World's Fair, General Lead Seattle World's Fair
      2 pages 28 x 22 cm
      Dates: 1962 June 15
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.151 : Joseph E. Gandy, Seattle's First Citizen for 1962
      4 pages 30.5 x 25 cm

      Program

      Dates: 1963 January 22
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Miscellaneous Century 21 Materials,

  • Sound recordings,

    • Description: 1987.59.104 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Now We're in Seattle (side A) Let's Go Seattle (side B) performed by the Dreamliners
      2 copies 18 x 18 cm

      Johnson, Raymon, Barnes, Sweeney, Reeves Soundcraft Corp., Danbury Conn.

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.105 : Lyrics: Now we're in Seattle
      2 pages 33 x 24 cm

      Words and music by H. Fred Johnson, Ray Raymond, Bob Barnes, Cathy Sweeney

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.106 : Lyrics: Let's Go Seattle
      2 pages 33 x 24 cm

      Words and music by H. Fred Johnson, Ray Raymond, Bob Barnes, Cathy Sweeney

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.107 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Summer of '62 in Seattle (side A) How it Lies! How it Lies! (side B) performed by the Four-Do-Matics, Jim Iddings, Bill Lacey, Merve Clements, Del Green with Ronnie Draper
      33 x 24 cm

      Virgelle Records

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.108 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Elk's 92 Song (side A) World's Fair Seattle (side B) performed by The Jerry Tucker Orchestra featuring Billy Earle
      17.5 cm

      Nolta Records

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.109 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Come and See Seattle, Come and See the Fair (side A) A Million Dollar Smile (side B) performed by Frank Sugia Trio and Naomi
      17.5 cm

      A Souvenir Sing Along Record with mailer, music by Don Roseland and Roger Roseland, Roseland Records

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.110 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Hail to the Great Productive State of Washington (side A) The Great World's Fair (side B) performed by Henry Day with Preston Beats
      17.5 cm

      Words and music by Dallas Hickman and Arlo Woodard, Hickman Records

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.111 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, In Seattle (side A) Because You Love Me (side B) performed by Dottie Sardinha
      17.5 cm

      Words and music by Dottie Sardinha, Hilltop Records, Ashland, Ohio

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.112 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, I'm Going to Seattle (side A) performed by Naomi with the Frank Sugia Trio
      17.5 cm

      Side B uncut

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.113 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Let's All Go to Seattle (side A) Unfair to Organized Love (side B) performed by Bill Raybell
      2 copies 17.5 cm

      W.A. Raybell, Enumclaw, Wash.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.114 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, In Seattle (side A) Because You Love Me (side B) performed by Dottie Sardinha
      17.5 cm

      Words and music by Dottie Sardinha, Hilltop Records, Ashland, Ohio

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.115 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, See You in Seattle at the Big World's Fair (side A) Young in Love (side B) performed by The Lancers
      3 copies 17.5 cm

      Words and music by Tubby Clark, Ben Harkins, Virginia Burnside, theme song copyrighted by Washington State Department of Commerce and Economic Development

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.116 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Big Paul Bunyan, performed by Thurl Ravenscroft
      2 copies 17.5 cm

      Words and music by Billy Austin and Lou Hamly, Globe Records, Hollywood, Calif.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.117 : Sound Recording: 45 rpm, Everyone Come to Fair 21 (side A) Blue Eyes (side B) performed by Jackie Souders and his Orchestra with Johnny Weber
      2 copies 17.5 cm

      Words and music by Wollenweber and McBain, Nolta Records

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.118 : Sound Recording: 78 rpm, Skidattle to Seattle, A Gordon Ramsey Production
      31.5 x 24 cm

      Dick Charles Recording Service, New York, NY, includes sheet of handwritten lyrics

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.119 : Sound Recording: 78 rpm, Big Paul Bunyan Part 1 and 2
      31.5 x 24 cm

      Words and music by Billy Austin and Lou Hamly, Globe Records, United Recording Co., Hollywood, Calif., includes sheet music

      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.120 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, From the U.N. Pavilion, Folk Songs of the World
      31 x 31 cm

      Recorded at the U.N. Pavilion by Jack R. Jenkins, Century Records

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.121 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, Vincent Lopez conducts music out of Century 21, Official souvenir album of the Seattle World's Fair
      31 x 31 cm

      Music written by Toni Mineo, arranged by Attilio Mineo

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box on exhibit
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.122 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, A Licensed Album for the Seattle World's Fair, Paul Whiteman conducts Rhapsody 21
      31 x 31 cm

      Sondra Bianca, pianist, original music by Tony Mineo, Century 21 logo, Mineo and Mineo Music Publishing Corp.

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.123 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, Official Seattle World's Fair Band, Jackie Souders, Conductor
      31 x 31 cm

      Capital Records, Inc. Custom Services Dept.

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.124 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, Alexander Laszlo's The World of Century Twenty First, Vincent Price, narrator
      31 x 31 cm

      A Musical Panorama for Symphony Orchestra, Male Choir, Narration, Sound and Electronics, A Seattle World's Fair Recording

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,
    • Description: 1987.59.125 : Sound Recording: 33 rpm, Seattle World's Fair, Production Kit
      31 x 31 cm

      In cardboard sleeve, no other markings

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Sound recordings,

  • Films,

    • Description: 1987.59.127 : Film: 8 mm, Black and white print, Tournament of Thrills, Auto Racing

      Louise W. Kellman Productions, Inc., Producers of Motion Pictures, Industry and Television, in canister

      In original packaging, unopened

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5A4.2
      Location: Films,

  • Slides,

    • Description: 1987.59.128 : Slide Packets: Seattle World's Fair, Pana-Vue Slides, Morley Studios, Official Photographer
      5 packages of 4

      Faded condition

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.129 : Slide Packets: Seattle World's Fair, Morley Studios, Official Photographers, Eastman Color Film
      1 package of 4

      Faded condition

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.130 : Slide Packets: Seattle World's Fair 1962 Official Morley Studios Travel Slides
      6 packages of 4

      Faded condition

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.131 : Slides: Morley Studio Slides, Official Photographer
      236 slides

      Various Fair views: Boulevards of the World, exhibits, Gayway, grounds and buildings

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 4
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.132 : Slides: Seattle World's Fair 1962, Pana-Vue
      20 slides

      Faded condition

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.133 : Slides: Unmarked Century 21 sites
      106 slides
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.134 : Slides: Kodak Transparency
      22 slides

      Labeled: Made by Dick Anderson, "Fircrest School Visits C21" numbered 1-23, with 7, 8, 11 missing

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.135 : Slides: Color Transparency
      15 slides

      Unmarked carnival rides and scenes

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.136 : Slides: Kodak Ektachrome Transparency
      8 slides

      Various views of Ice Follies

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.137 : Slides: Custom Color Slides, Webster and Stevens Commercial Photographers, Seattle
      7 slides

      Various views of Tiviloi Amusement Park

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,
    • Description: 1987.59.138 : Slides: Technicolor Travel Slide
      13 slides

      Views of Fair and Northwest scenery

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 5
      Location: Slides,

  • Photographs,

    • Description: 1987.59.139 : View of Space Needle, Monorail tracks against downtown and Mt. Rainier
      40.5 x 50.5 cm

      Property of R.D. Ashley, on back

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box OS
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.140 : Color aerial view of fairgrounds and area beyond to water
      36 x 46 cm

      Mounted on board

      Dates: circa 1962
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.141 : Color Photo of U.S Science Pavilion at night
      25.5 x 36 cm

      Mounted on board, originally in frame

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.142 : Photographs: Color photo of Space Needle with clouds
      36 x 25.5 cm

      Mounted on board, originally in frame

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.143 : Photographs: Color Photo of United Nations Pavilion entrance
      25.5 x 35 cm

      Mounted on board

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.144 : Photographs: Black and white photos of various Fair sites, some under construction
      15 photographs 25.5 x 41 cm

      Mounted on board

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.1 : Photographs: Black and white photo, guest relations guide Loxi Williams and receptionist Sharon Brooks
      8 x 10 in

      Women standing on Monorail platform ready to greet guests

      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.2 : Photographs: Black and white photo, Paul Bunyon's birthday cake in the Food Circus
      8 x 10 in

      Large cake display

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.3 : Photographs: Black and white photo, U.S. Science Center Pavilion fountains and pool at night
      8 x 10 in
      Dates: circa 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.4 : Photographs: Black and white photo, aerial view of the Fair
      8 x 10 in

      Southeast corner of the 74 acre fair site including the southeast gate

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.5 : Photographs: Black and white photo, Fair opening ceremony
      8 x 10 in
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.6 : Photographs: Black and white photo interior view of 3,100 seat Opera House
      8 x 10 in
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.7 : Photographs: Black and white photo, American Home of the Future
      8 x 10 in

      Model of house designed by Robert Martin Englebrecht for exhibit at the Fair

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.8 : Photographs: Black and white photo, experimental automobile Firebird III
      8 x 10 in

      On display at General Motors Corporation Exhibit

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.9 : Photographs: Black and white photo, Bell System hostesses Sonya Beck and Pat Beam
      8 x 10 in

      Demonstration of direct distance dialing

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.10 : Photographs: Black and white photo, Centuria food vending machines and diners in the Food Circus lower level
      8 x 10 in
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.145.11-125 : Photographs: Black and white photos of various Fair scenes, buildings, exhibits and activities
      125 photographs 8 x 10 in

      Includes photocopies of images with detailed captions

      Dates: 1062
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.152 : Photographs: Color Photo of Space Needle with cherry trees
      25.5 x 35 cm

      Mounted on board

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3
      Location: Photographs,
    • Description: 1987.59.146 : Binder: Black and white photos of Gay-Way and Sky-Ride, Century 21 Exposition, Public Relations Dept., Seattle 9, Wash.
      10 photographs 8 x 10 in

      Includes photocopies of images with detailed captions

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Photographs,

  • : Non-Century 21 Materials,

    • Description: 1987.59.147 : Pike Place Market Leaflet
      2 copies 22 x 34 cm

      Folded promotional leaflet

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1
      Location: : Non-Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.148 : Seattle and Puget Sound, 10 Natural Color Album Prints, Mike Roberts Color Production, C.P. Johnston Co., Seattle
      7 x 10.5 cm

      Spiral bound photo booklet

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1
      Location: : Non-Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.149 : Latest Official Map of Greater Seattle Washington, compliments Pantorium Dye Works, Inc.
      56 x 44 cm

      Folded map

      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box 1
      Location: : Non-Century 21 Materials,
    • Description: 1987.59.150 : The Seattle Museum, Seattle, Washington, reprinted from U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Seattle's Maritime Museum, by Retired Vice Admiral H.N. Wallin
      25 x 17.5 cm

      Booklet

      Dates: 1961 April
      Container: Box 1
      Location: : Non-Century 21 Materials,

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)
  • Fairs--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.)

Geographical Names

  • Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.)
  • United States--Washington (State)--Seattle

Form or Genre Terms

  • Ephemera
  • Photographic prints
  • Souvenirs

Finding aid prepared by Sue Terrible
2010

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