Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition postcard collection, 1908-1909

Overview of the Collection

Title
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition postcard collection
Dates
1908-1909 (inclusive)
Quantity
581 postcards (1 box) ; approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Collection Number
PH0777
Summary
Postcards from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the Friends of the Library

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

The Klondike Gold Rush made Seattle the dominant city in the Pacific Northwest, as the major supplier to Alaska. The goal of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was to show off the growth and development of the Pacific Northwest, specifically Seattle, and to display the value of commercial trade with the Pacific Rim. When Japan agreed to participate, the AYPE became a truly international, multi-cultural event, which planners of the AYPE hoped would demonstrate cooperation between people from around the world. On a less philosophical level, city officials also hoped that the exposition would encourage people to relocate to the growing metropolis of Seattle.

Officials soon decided on the largely wooded grounds of the University of Washington, situated on Lake Washington, with Mount Rainier visible in the distance. The first $650,000 for the AYPE was raised by proud Seattleites, who bought “shares” of the exposition. Much of the rest was funded by the sale of public lands and by the Washington State legislature, with the understanding that the buildings built for the exposition would become part of the University of Washington at the end of the AYPE. John and Frederick Olmsted, son and stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted, prominent landscape architects in their own right, designed much of the AYPE grounds.

Thanks to two years of planning and the huge sums of money raised, the AYPE grounds and exposition were everything the planners had hoped for. It was a fascinating mix of ethnic diversity and crass commercialism, but it clearly appealed to the people of the United States. Over 80,000 people attended the AYPE on opening day in June 1909, and by closing day (October 16, 1909) 3.7 million people had paid to see attractions such as the Igorrote Village, and the Indian and Eskimo exhibits. They had seen animals built out of fruits and nuts, and rode on the Fairy Gorge Tickler. The AYPE had been a huge success. Seattle officials were pleased to note that the AYPE had drawn 700,000 people more than the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition had attracted in the rival city of Portland, Oregon.

Although the Exposition boasted its own official photographer, amateur photographers could purchase a paper permit, allowing access for one day. With the day pass, an amateur photographer with a camera smaller than 6" x 8" was allowed to take unlimited photographs of the buildings, exhibits and other features. A great many photographers, such as A.C. Warner, Goetze and the Oakes Photo Company used this opportunity to take photographs and turn them into postcards.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of photographic postcards created by various publishers and photographers of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. The postcards depict AYPE buildings, grounds, visitors and events

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Marion Brown, 2008.

Postcards within each series were numbered with the original number written on the postcards, when this was available. Some of postcards within a series did not have original numbers; in order to identify and locate them, these postcards were assigned numbers and placed at the beginning of the relevant publisher or photographer series.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Numbered SeriesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
A.Y.P. Exposition Co.
Box item
1 Expo Co. 1 1908
1 Expo Co. 2
Main Government Building
1908
1 Expo Co. 3
Looking West from Manufacturers Building
1908
1 Expo Co. 4
Looking East from Agriculture Building
1908
Charleston Foto (Mace Charleston)
Box item
1 Charleston 1
Seeing Seattle in Charleston's Air Ship
1909
1 Charleston 2
Two men in automobile with pennants
1909
E. P. Charlton
Box item
1 Charlton 1
Administration Building
1909
O.T. Frasch
Box item
1 Frasch 200 1909
1 Frasch 201
Manufacturers Building collonade
1909
1 Frasch 202
View down the Pay Streak
1909
1 Frasch 204 1909
1 Frasch 206
Fisheries Building
1909
1 Frasch 208
Forestry Building
1909
1 Frasch 209 1909
1 Frasch 210
Alaska Building
1909
1 Frasch 212
View across Geyser Basin
1909
1 Frasch 214
Canada Building
1909
1 Frasch 215
Oregon Building
1909
1 Frasch 216
Rainier Vista
1909
1 Frasch 217
Cascades & U.S. Government Building
1909
1 Frasch 218
Fine Arts Building
1909
1 Frasch 223
Washington State Women's Building
1909
1 Frasch 224
Mines Building
1909
1 Frasch 284
Cascades & Government Building
1909
1 Frasch 609 1909
Gamble
Box item
1 Gamble 1
Main Entrance at Night
1909
1 Gamble 2
Government Building
1909
1 Gamble x14
Manufacturers Building
1909
Goetze
Box item
1 Goetze 1 1909
1 Goetze 500 1909
1 Goetze 528 1909
1 Goetze 533 1909
1 Goetze 534 1909
1 Goetze 537 1909
1 Goetze 538 1909
1 Goetze 542
Eskimo family from Labrador in front of igloo
1909
1 Goetze 554 1909
1 Goetze 555 1909
1 Goetze 570 1909
1 Goetze 577 1909
1 Goetze 710
Bird's Eye View of AYPE
1909
Hopf Bros. Co.
Box item
1 Hopf 1
Agricultural Building, southwest end
1909
1 Hopf 528 undated
1 Hopf 539 undated
1 Hopf 559
Section of Waterfront, Seattle
undated
1 Hopf 563 1909
1 Hopf 564
Auditorium
1909
1 Hopf 566
Southeast entrance to Agricultures building
1909
1 Hopf 569 1909
1 Hopf 572 1909
1 Hopf 574
Glimpse of grounds, showing Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall
1909
1 Hopf 575 1909
1 Hopf 596 1909
Linkletter
Box item
1 Linkletter 1
Main Entrance at night
There is a photographer and a view camera visible.
1909
1 Linkletter 2
Main Entrance at night
1909
Lowman & Hanford Co.
Although the photographs were made by a number of different photographers, Lowman & Hanford published the postcards. Numbers Lowman & Hanford 1 through Lowman & Hanford 30 are black and white photographs. The black and white postcard show the construction of the grounds, and are possibly by A.C. Warner. Numbers Lowman & Hanford 1001 through Lowman & Hanford 3024 are in color and are after the completion of the Exposition grounds.
Box item
1 Lowman & Hanford 1
Agricultural Building from the south
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 2
Looking across Cascade Court
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 3 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 20
Lake Washington from Manufactures Building
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 21 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 22 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 23
Agricultural Building from Portico of Manufactures
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 24 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 25 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 26 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 27
Agricultural Building
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 28
Agricultural, Fisheries and Auditorium from Geyser Basin
circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 29 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 30 circa February 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1001 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1013
Looking across Geyser Basin, Cascade Mountains & Lake Washington
1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1144a
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (B.D. Voris, Sewing Machine Supplies)
1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1144b 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1168 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1336 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 1337 1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 3023
The Forestry Building from the front, Seattle
Nowell & Rognon (Photographer)
1909
1 Lowman & Hanford 3024
The Forestry Building from the rear, Seattle
Nowell & Rognon (Photographer)
1909
McDougall & Zupar
Box item
1 McDougall& Zupar 1
Suitcase with the writing "Are You Packing for the FAIR"
1909
1 McDougall& Zupar 2
Uncle Sam walking with a sign for hte A.Y.P.
1909
Edwin H. Mitchell
Box item
1 Mitchell 1
Souvenir Folding Card
This includes copies of " #1619 Manufactures Building", " #1860 Vista Showing Agricultural, Manufacturers and Machinery buildings", "South End of Manufactures Building" , "Oregon State Building", "#1862 Auditorium", "#1614 Colonnade of Agricultural Building", "#1615 Southeast end of Manufactures Building" , "#1866 Cascade Court and Geyser Basin", "California State Building", "Fisheries Building" , "#1869 Yukon Avenue showing Manufactures, Agricultural, Varied Arts and Mines buildings", "Southwest End, Manufactures Building" , "#1865 Mines Building", "#1868 Manufactures and Machinery Buildings, Lake Washington and Cascade Mountains in Distance" , "Alaskan and Siberian Eskimos".
1909
1 Mitchell 1542 1909
1 Mitchell1614
Colonnade, Agricultural Building
1909
1 Mitchell 1615
Southeast end, Manufactures Building
1909
1 Mitchell 1616
Machinery Hall
1909
1 Mitchell 1619
Manufactures Building
1909
1 Mitchell 1769 1909
1 Mitchell 1853 1909
1 Mitchell 1860
Vista showing Agricultural, Manufactures and Machinery Buildings
1909
1 Mitchell 1862 1909
1 Mitchell 1865 1909
1 Mitchell 1866 1909
1 Mitchell 1868
Manufactures and Machinery Building. Lake Washington and Cascade Mountains in distance
1909
1 Mitchell 1869 1909
1 Mitchell 1922 1909
1 Mitchell 2017 1909
Frank Nowell
Box item
1 Nowell 1012
Exterior of Forestry Building at the A.Y.P.E.
Written on verso: Coupeville, Wash. Feb. 15, 1910. Hello Myra, "Don't work too hard" Hada fine soul up here today. Tell Dr. More [ill.] Primo.
circa 1908-1909
1 Nowell 2980a
Children sitting on the "Big Stick" lumber display on Children's Day
Caption on image: A big stick holding fity-three varieties at the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. This timber is 4 1/2 feet square and 74 feet long. Cut from a Washington fir tree. Written on verso: Easter Greetings to my dear friend. all are well in this happy home. Love from N.S.E.
June 5,1909
1 Nowell 2980b
Children sitting on the "Big Stick" lumber display on Children's Day
Caption on image: A big stick holding fity-three varieties at the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. This timber is 4 1/2 feet square and 74 feet long. Cut from a Washington fir tree. Written on verso: July 4 times. Wonderful tree. See the overhanging limbs. Great day for us boys, lenaun, oh, Magra hu, F.
June 5,1909
Oakes Photo Co.
Box item
1 Oakes 1 1909
1 Oakes 2 1909
1 Oakes 1025 1909
1 Oakes 1044
Agricultural Building
1909
1 Oakes 1053 1909
1 Oakes 1153 1909
1 Oakes 1156 1909
1 Oakes 1158 1909
1 Oakes 1162 1909
1 Oakes 1169 1909
1 Oakes 1170 1909
1 Oakes 1171 1909
1 Oakes 1173 1909
1 Oakes 1186 1909
1 Oakes 1191 1909
1 Oakes 1192 1909
1 Oakes 1193 1909
1 Oakes 1195
Mines Building
1909
1 Oakes 1196 1909
1 Oakes 1197 1909
1 Oakes 1198 1909
1 Oakes 1199 1909
1 Oakes 12?0 1909
1 Oakes 1200 1909
1 Oakes 1202 1909
1 Oakes 1207 1909
1 Oakes 1208 1909
1 Oakes 1209 1909
1 Oakes 1218
Falls- Forestry Building
1909
1 Oakes 1222 1909
1 Oakes 1226
Cascades and Government Building at Night
1909
1 Oakes1236 1909
1 Oakes 1238
Fire House
1909
1 Oakes 1242
Air Ship scattering checks at AYPE
July 3, 1909
1 Oakes 1243 1909
1 Oakes 1247
Forestry Building
1909
1 Oakes 1249 1909
1 Oakes 1250
"A trip through the AYPE grounds" photo montage
1909
1 Oakes 1268 1909
1 Oakes 1289 1909
1 Oakes 1304
View in AYPE Grounds (Grand Trunk Railway and Canada Building)
1909
1 Oakes 1305
View in AYPE Grounds
1909
1 Oakes 1311 1909
1 Oakes 1312 1909
1 Oakes 1339 1909
1 Oakes 1368
Entering the AYPE grounds
1909
1 Oakes 1369
Seattle Day on the Pay Streak
1909
1 Oakes 1373 1909
1 Oakes 1374
Machinery Hall
1909
1 Oakes 1389 1909
1 Oakes 1390 1909
1 Oakes 1393
Red Cross Hospital
1909
A. J. Park
A. J. Park did not number these postcards, so they were given numbers by Special Collections.
Box item
1 Park 1 1909
1 Park 2
American Women's League Building
1909
1 Park 3 1909
1 Park 4 1909
1 Park 5 1909
1 Park 6 1909
1 Park 7 1909
1 Park 8
Three women, one man and a child in a car
The women are also in Park 9
1909
1 Park 9 September 23, 1909
1 Park 10
Three women in a car against a painted backdrop
1909
1 Park 11
Two bearded men behind a gate
1909
1 Park 12
Mrs. Samuel Frauenthal and Mrs. Wallace Rosenblatt in car
1909
1 Park 13
Portrait of children, Amy Kenney, Marguerite Covert, Kenneth Johnson
November 13, 1909
1 Park 14
People with dog sled and fur
Sign on dog sled reads: Caribou Bill's overland Dog-Team.
November 13, 1909
Portland Post Card Co.
Box item
1 PPCC 0
Souvenir Folding Card
Includes copies of the following cards: x79 Part of Nome Circle, x61 Machinery Hall, x62 Manufacturers Building and Arctic Circle, x106 Colonnade of Forestry Building, x85 Court of Honor, x63 Agricultural Building, x58 Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building, x82 Bird's-Eye View of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, x91 United States Life Saving Station, x73 Arctic Circle, Cascade Court and U.S. Government Group, x92 Rainier Vista and Music Pavilion, x71 Forestry Building, x63 Agricultural Building, x63 Agricultural Building, x15 Auditorium, x31 California State Building, x99 Scenic Railway on the Pay Streak, x55 King County Building, x47 European Foreign Exhibit Building, x93 Igorotte Village on Pay Streak, x20 Oregon State Building, x46 Official Emblem Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, x104 Canadian Government Building, x103 Looking South on Pay Streak, x70 Alaska Monument and Hawaii Building
1909
1 PPCC 1 1908
1 PPCC 2
End elevation of Manufacturers Building
1908
1 PPCC 3 1908
1 PPCC 5
Vista from the Agricultural Building steps
1908
1 PPCC 6
Looking East from the Machinery Hall
1908
1 PPCC 8
Vista from Manufacturers Building showing Agricultural Building in the distance
1908
1 PPCC 9 1908
1 PPCC 10
Looking west from Agricultural building steps
1908
1 PPCC 11 1908
1 PPCC 12
Looking over Geyser Basin
1908
1 PPCC 13 1908
1 PPCC 14
Washington State Building
1908
1 PPCC 15 1908
1 PPCC 16
One of the many pretty walks
1908
1 PPCC 17
Looking east from the steps of the Manufacturers Building
1908
1 PPCC 18 1908
1 PPCC 19
Machinery Hall
1908
1 PPCC 20
Oregon State Building
1908
1 PPCC 21
Agricultural Building
1908
1 PPCC 22
End elevation of the Manufacturers and Agricultural Buildings
1908
1 PPCC 25
Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall
1908
1 PPCC 26 1908
1 PPCC 28 1908
1 PPCC 29
Machinery Hall
1908
1 PPCC 30
Steps of the Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall
1908
1 PPCC 31 1908
1 PPCC 32 1908
1 PPCC 33 1908
1 PPCC 34 1908
1 PPCC 35 1908
1 PPCC 37
Looking over Cascades toward Manufacturers Building
1908
1 PPCC 39
Manufacturers and Oriental Foreign Exhibit Buildings
1908
1 PPCC 40
Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 41 1909
1 PPCC 42
Oriental Foreign Exhibit and Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 43 1909
1 PPCC 44 1909
1 PPCC 45
Cascade Court and Machinery Hall
1909
1 PPCC 46 1909
1 PPCC 47
European Foreign Exhibit Building
1909
1 PPCC 48 1909
1 PPCC 49
Looking Southwest from Music Pavilion
1909
1 PPCC 50 1909
1 PPCC 52
Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building
1909
1 PPCC 53 1909
1 PPCC 54 1909
1 PPCC 55
King County Building
1909
1 PPCC 56 1909
1 PPCC 57
Vancouver Avenue
1909
1 PPCC 58 1909
1 PPCC 59
Yukon Avenue looking east
1909
1 PPCC 60
Front elevation European Foreign Exhibit Building
1909
1 PPCC 61
Machinery Hall
1909
1 PPCC 62
Manufacturers Building and Arctic Circle
1909
1 PPCC 63
Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 64 1909
1 PPCC 65
Colonnade of the Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 66
Yukon Ave from Cascade Court
1909
1 PPCC 67
Cascade Court and Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 68 1909
1 PPCC 69 1909
1 PPCC 70 1909
1 PPCC 71
Forestry Building
1909
1 PPCC 72 1909
1 PPCC 73 1909
1 PPCC 74
Colonnade of the Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 75a
Hawaii and Oriental Foreign Exhibit Buildings form European building
1909
1 PPCC 75b
California State Building
1909
1 PPCC 76a 1909
1 PPCC 76b 1909
1 PPCC 77a 1909
1 PPCC 77b
End of the Agricultural and European Foreign Exhibit Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 78a
Intersection of Yukon and Bering Avenues
1909
1 PPCC 78b
Looking southeast from the Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 79a 1909
1 PPCC 79b
European and Oriental Foreign Exhibit Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 80a 1909
1 PPCC 80b 1909
1 PPCC 81a
Agricultural, European and Alaska Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 81b
European Foreign Exhibit and Manufacturers buildings
1909
1 PPCC 82 1909
1 PPCC 83a 1909
1 PPCC 83b
Machinery Hall and Cascade Mountains
1909
1 PPCC 84a
Cascades and United States Government Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 84b 1909
1 PPCC 85a 1909
1 PPCC 85b
Birds Eye view of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
1909
1 PPCC 86 1909
1 PPCC 87
Looking north on Pay Streak
1909
1 PPCC 88 1909
1 PPCC 89 1909
1 PPCC 90
Looking north on Pacific Ave. showing Forestry Building
1909
1 PPCC 91 1909
1 PPCC 92
Rainier Vista and Music Pavilion
1909
1 PPCC 93 1909
1 PPCC 96 1909
1 PPCC 103
Looking south on Pay Streak
1909
1 PPCC 104 1909
1 PPCC 106 1909
1 PPCC 120
Looking toward Lake Washington over Geyser Basin
1909
1 PPCC 121
Oriental Foreign Exhibit, Oregon State and Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 122 1909
1 PPCC 123
Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 124 1909
1 PPCC 125
Fine Arts Building
1909
1 PPCC 126
California State building
1909
1 PPCC 128 1909
1 PPCC 129 1909
1 PPCC 130
End of European Foreign Exhibit Building at night
1909
1 PPCC 131
Cascades and group of United States Government buildings
1909
1 PPCC 132 1909
1 PPCC 133
East elevation, Forestry Building
1909
1 PPCC 134 1909
1 PPCC 135
Colonnades of the Forestry Building
1909
1 PPCC 137 1909
1 PPCC 138
Mines Building and Agricultural Palace
1909
1 PPCC 140 1909
1 PPCC 141 1909
1 PPCC 142 1909
1 PPCC 143
Rainier Vista and Music Pavilion
1909
1 PPCC 144
Agricultural building at night
1909
1 PPCC 145
Mt. Rainier and court of honor as seen from the U.S. Government building
1909
1 PPCC 147
East side of Cascade Court
1909
1 PPCC 148
Yukon Avenue
1909
1 PPCC 149
Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building and entrance to Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 150 1909
1 PPCC 151
Hawaiian and Oriental Foreign Exhibit Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 152
Hoo Hoo House
1909
1 PPCC 153
New York State Building
1909
1 PPCC 154 1909
1 PPCC 155 1909
1 PPCC 156
United States Government Building and Cascade Court
1909
1 PPCC 157 1909
1 PPCC 5154
Washington State Building
1909
1 PPCC 5196 1909
1 PPCC 5197 1909
1 PPCC 5198
Joe Cook, Eskimo Village
1909
1 PPCC 5199
Eskimo Children, Eskimo Village
1909
1 PPCC 5200 1909
1 PPCC 5201 1909
1 PPCC 5208
Agriculture Building
1909
1 PPCC 5209
Manufactures Building
1909
1 PPCC 5210
Washington State building
1909
1 PPCC 5211
Oregon State Building
1909
1 PPCC 5212
Looking east from Agriculture Building
1909
1 PPCC 5213
End elevation Agriculture Building
1909
1 PPCC 5214
United States Government Building
1909
1 PPCC 5215
Cascades and group of United States Government Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 5216 1909
1 PPCC 5312 1909
1 PPCC 5346
War dance of the natives, Igorrote Village
1909
1 PPCC 5348 1909
1 PPCC 5349
Group of natives, Igorrote Village
1909
1 PPCC 5350
Machinery Hall
1909
1 PPCC 5351
Manufacturers Building and Cascade Basin
1909
1 PPCC 5352
Auditorium
1909
1 PPCC 5353
Looking northeast from the Manufacturer's building
1909
1 PPCC 5355 1909
1 PPCC 5356
Looking over lagoon toward Manufacturers and Mines Buildings
1909
1 PPCC 5357
End elevation Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 5358 1909
1 PPCC 5359
End elevation Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 5360
Colonnade of the Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 5361
Colonnade of the Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 5363 1909
1 PPCC 5364
Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 5365
Looking east through colonnade of the Agricultural building
1909
1 PPCC 5366
Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 5367
A bit of scenery on Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition grounds
1909
1 PPCC 5368
Forestry Building
1909
1 PPCC 5371
Washington State Building
1909
1 PPCC 5520
Fine Arts Building
1909
1 PPCC 5565 1909
1 PPCC 6101a 1909
1 PPCC 6101b
Oregon State Building
1909
1 PPCC 6111 1909
1 PPCC 6117
Washington State Building
1909
1 PPCC 6118
End elevation of Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 6120 1909
1 PPCC 6121
Looking west from Agricultural building
1909
1 PPCC 6122
Looking east showing Agricultural and Manufacturers building
1909
1 PPCC 6123
End elevation, Manufacturers building
1909
1 PPCC 6126
United States Government Building
1909
1 PPCC 6130
Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 6131
Looking west on Yukon Avenue
1909
1 PPCC 6132
Colonnades of the Manufacturers Building
1909
1 PPCC 6134
Colonnades of the Agricultural Building
1909
1 PPCC 6135
Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall
1909
1 PPCC 6136
Eskimo tribes of Siberia and Alaska
1909
1 PPCC 6502 1909
1 PPCC 6502a
Administration Building (A.Y.P. Expo Co.)
1909
1 PPCC 6502b
Administration Building
1909
1 PPCC 6503a
Fine Arts Palace (A.Y.P. Expo. Co.)
1909
1 PPCC 6503b
Fine Arts Palace
1909
1 PPCC 6504
Machinery Hall (A.Y.P. Expo Co.)
1909
1 PPCC 6505
Auditorium (A.Y.P. Expo Co.)
1909
1 PPCC 6506a
Emergency Hospital
1909
1 PPCC 6506b 1909
Robert A. Reid
Box item
1 Reid 42
The Largest Log House in the world
1909
1 Reid 50
Mt. Rainier from the Exposition
1909
1 Reid 51
Government Buildings
1909
1 Reid 52
Agriculture Building
1909
1 Reid 55 1909
1 Reid 56
Oriental and European Buildings
1909
1 Reid 57 1909
1 Reid 60 1909
1 Reid 62 1909
1 Reid 63
New York State Building
1909
1 Reid 64
The California Building
1909
1 Reid 65 1909
1 Reid 66 1909
1 Reid 67 1909
1 Reid 68
The Spokane Building
1909
1 Reid 69
Oregon State Building
1909
1 Reid70 1909
1 Reid 71 1909
1 Reid 72
Igorottes
1909
1 Reid 73 1909
1 Reid 75 1909
1 Reid 76 1909
1 Reid 78 1909
1 Reid 79a 1909
1 Reid 79 b
The Scenic Ferris Wheel
1909
1 Reid 80 1909
1 Reid 81 1909
1 Reid 82 1909
1 Reid 83
The U.S. Life Saving Station
1909
1 Reid 84 1909
1 Reid 86
The Court of Honor at Night
1909
1 Reid 87
King County Building
1909
1 Reid 88
The Pay Streak
1909
1 Reid 89 1909
1 Reid 90 1909
1 Reid 91 1909
1 Reid 92 1909
1 Reid 93
A Pay Streak Medley
1909
Rhodes Bros.
Box item
1 Rhodes1
Washington State Building
1909
Romans Photographic Co. (Color Printed)
Box item
1 Romans C.1
Administration Building
This number was given by Special Collections and not by Romans Photographic Co.
1909
1 Romans C 2
Agricultures Building from Entrance to Manufactures Building
This number was given by Special Collections and not by Romans Photographic Co.
1909
1 Romans C A88
Vista across Geyser Basin towards Manufacturing Building
1909
1 Romans C A371
California State Building
1909
1 Romans C A372
Manufactures and Mines Building looking towards Lake Washington
1909
1 Romans C A373
Vista northwest, general view of grounds and buildings
1909
1 Romans C A374
Emergency Hospital
1909
1 Romans C A375 1909
1 Romans C A376
Formal Garden, Geyser Basin and Agricultural Building
1909
1 Romans C A378
Vista from Agricultural steps, Geyser Basin and principal buildings
1909
1 Romans C A379
Colonnades of Agricultural Buildings
1909
1 Romans C A380
Cascades and Manufactures Building
1909
1 Romans C A381 1909
1 Romans C A382
United States Government Buildings
1909
1 Romans C A383 1909
1 Romans C A384
Oriental Building
1909
1 Romans C A385
Palace of Agriculture, Foreign Auditorium Buildings
1909
1 Romans C A386
End elevation of Agricultural building
1909
1 Romans C A387
Forestry Building
1909
1 Romans C A389
Geyser Basin, Oriental and Manufacturing Buildings
1909
1 Romans C A390
Entrance to Manufactures Building
1909
1 Romans C A391
Agricultures Building from entrance to Manufactures Building
1909
1 Romans C A392a
Auditorium
1909
1 Romans C A392b
Oregon State Building
1909
1 Romans C A394
Cascades and Oriental Building
1909
1 Romans C A395
Formal garden, Agricultural and Foreign Buildings
1909
Romans Photographic Co. Photographic Postcard
Box item
1 Romans P1
Entrance to Agricultural Building
This number was given by Special Collections and not by Romans Photographic Co.
1909
1 Romans 10937
Agricultural Building from entrance to Manufacturers building
1909
1 Romans 10953
Entrance to Manufactures Building
1909
1 Romans 10978
Mining and Manufacturers Buildings
1909
1 Romans 10981
Mining Building from Agricultural Building
1909
1 Romans 11463 1909
1 Romans 11468
Mining Building
1909
1 Romans 11472
Auditorium
1909
1 Romans 11473
Mining and Manufacturing Buildings
1909
1 Romans 11475
Pergolas of Agricultural Building
1909
1 Romans 11476
Mining Building
1909
1 Romans 12097 1909
1 Romans12100 1909
1 Romans12108 1909
1 Romans12118
Entrance to AYPE
1909
1 Romans12120
Forestry Building
1909
1 Romans12121 1909
1 Romans12127
Machinery Hall
1909
1 Romans12131 1909
1 Romans13946
Temple of Music
1909
P. Sellen
Box item
1 Sellen 1
Illustration of a dog sled
Printed on front: Look at the dogs, read each tail Come to the Fair, don't you fail. Seattle Population 1908, 276,000.
1909
A. C. Warner
Many photographs by A.C. Warner were published by Lowman & Hanford. The numbers for this series were pulled from the negatives of A. C. Warner.
Box item
1 Warner 96x 1909
1 Warner 1012 1909
1 Warner 1014
Pay Streak, Igorotte Village on left
1909
1 Warner 1015 1909
1 Warner 1016
Igorotte Warriors throwing spears
1909
1 Warner 1017
Group of Igorottes holding a pow-wow
1909
1 Warner 1018 1909
1 Warner 1021 1909
1 Warner 1022 1909
1 Warner 1025 1909
1 Warner 1026
Pay Streak
1909
1 Warner 1033
Forestry Building
1909
1 Warner 1035
Geyser Basin and ornamental urn
1909
1 Warner 1039
South Entrance of Agricultural Building
1909
1 Warner 1080
Machinery Building
1909
1 Warner 1091
Oriental Palace
1909
1 Warner 1096
Head of the Pay streak
1909
1 Warner 1097
Lower end of Pay Steak
1909
1 Warner 1104 1909
1 Warner 1111 1909
1 Warner 1113
View from the facade of the Oriental Palace
1909
1 Warner 1114
South end of Manufacturers Building
1909
1 Warner 1115
A few of the main buildings
1909
1 Warner 1117
Bear statue on the Court of Honor
1909
1 Warner 1131
Women's Building
1909
A.C. Warner Un-numbered
These are most likely by A.C. Warner, but are not numbered.
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1 Warner. Alaska Monument 1
Statue at the base of the Alaska Monument
1909
1 Warner. Arctic 1
Arctic Brotherhood Building
1909
1 Warner. Block 1
Block House
1909
1 Warner. California 1
California Building
1909
1 Warner. Canadian 1
Canadian Building
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 1a
Looking across Cascades towards Geyser Basin and the Temple of Music
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 1b
Looking across Cascades towards Geyser Basin and the Temple of Music
Hand colored
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 2
Looking up the left side of the Cascades towards the U.S. Government Building
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 3
Looking up the Cascades at the U.S. Government Building
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 4
Looking up the Cascades at the U.S. Government building
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 5
Looking up the left side of the Cascades at the U.S. Government building
1909
1 Warner. Cascades 6
Looking south from the Cascades towards Geyser Basin and the Temple of Music
1909
1 Warner. Chehalis 1 1909
1 Warner. Forestry 1
Forestry Building
1909
1 Warner. Forestry 2
Forestry Building and Nome Circle
1909
1 Warner. Forestry 3
South end of the Forestry Building
1909
1 Warner. Geyser 1
Ox statue near Geyser Basin
1909
1 Warner. Geyser 2
Bear statue near Geyser Basin
1909
1 Warner. Geyser 3
Mountain Lion statue near Geyser Basin
1909
1 Warner. Good 1
Good Roads Building
1909
1 Warner. Ground 1
View of the grounds. U.S. Government Building in the distance
1909
1 Warner. Hawaiian 1
Hawaiian Building
1909
1 Warner. Igorrotte 1 1909
1 Warner. Japan 1
Japanese Building
1909
1 Warner. Japan 2
Japanese building
1909
1 Warner. Machinery 1
Machinery Hall
1909
1 Warner. Main Entrance 1
Main Entrance with visitors
1909
1 Warner. Manufacturers 1
Manufacturers Building and Geyser Basin
1909
1 Warner. Manufacturers 2
North entrance of Manufacturers building
1909
1 Warner. Oriental 1
Oriental building and Hawaii building viewed across Cascades
1909
1 Warner. Oriental 2
Oriental building and Manufacturers building
1909
1 Warner. Paystreak 1
Upper end of the Paystreak
1909
1 Warner. Paystreak 2
Ferris Wheel on the Pay Streak
1909
1 Warner. Paystreak 3
Entrance to the Paystreak
1909
1 Warner. Spokane 1
Spokane Building
1909
1 Warner. Temple 1
Temple of Music and garden
Hand colored
1909
1 Warner. US Govt 1a 1909
1 Warner. US Govt 1b
Urn outside the U.S. Government building
Hand colored
1909
1 Warner. US Govt 2
Backside of the U.S. Government building
1909
1 Warner. US Govt 3
United States Government building viewed from the Cascades
1909
1 Warner. Utah 1
Utah State building
1909
1 Warner. Yakima 1
Yakima County Building
1909

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Container(s) Description Dates
Advertisements
Box item
1 x.Advert 1 1909
1 x.Advert 2 1909
1 x.Advert 3
University of Pennsylvania. Souvenir of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
1909
1 x.Advert 4
Midnight, Glacier Bay, Alaska
"Compliments of Alaska Coast Company"
1909
1 x.Advert 5
Eighth International Epworth League Convention and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Advertisement
1909
1 x.Advert 6 1909
1 x.Advert 7
Carnation Milk Advertisement. Souvenir of the A. Y. P. Exposition
"From contented cows. Green grass the year 'round on the North Pacific Coast."
1909
1 x.Advert 8
Exhibit of the International Typographical Union of North America at the A.Y.P. Exposition
1909
1 x.Advert 9
McDonald's Salt Lake Chocolates and Cocoa Exhibit at the Seattle Fair
1909
1 x.Advert 10
Exhibit of Atkins Silver Steel saws at the A.Y.P. Exposition
1909
1 x.Advert 11
Simonds Manufacturing Company's exhibit of the biggest saw in the world.
"I saw this saw at the Seattle Exposition. It is one of the big sights at the Exposition--don't fail to see it."
1909
1 x.Advert 12
Simonds Manufacturing Company showing the largest circular saw in the world
1909
1 x.Advert 13 1909
1 x.Advert 14
Combined Harvester at Close of Season. Compliments of Lincoln County, Washington
1909
1 x.Advert 15
Three Lincoln County Products: wheat Barley and babies. Compliments of Lincoln County, Washington
1909
1 x.Advert 16
A Grant County Threshing Outfit. Compliments of Grant County, Washington
1909
1 x.Advert 17
Combined harvester and thresher at work. Compliments of Grant County, Washington
1909
1 x.Advert 18
"See Seattle" Words and Music to the Official Song and Waltz of the A.Y.P. Exposition
Victor Kremer Co (Publisher)
1909
1 x.Advert 19
Fair Girls of the AYP with drawn in female heads and lettering
MacDougall-Zuper (Publisher)
1909
1 x.Advert 20
Illustrated map with Alaskan animals and the U.S. Mint building
Printed on front: Meet me at the fiar. Seattle, 1909.
1909
1 x.Advert 21
Moreell's Meats advertisement postcard for the A.Y.P. Exposition
Printed on front: Iowa's pride, Hams and Bacon Have the Genuine Yorkshire Flavor.
1909
1 x.Advert 22
King Co. Strawberry Day with woman in a strawberry field
Printed on front: Who said strawberries!!!
July 3, 1909
Buildings
Box item
1 x.B.Agricultural 1
Entrance to the Agricultural building
1909
1 x.B.Arctic 1
Arctic Brotherhood Building
1909
1 x.B.Auditorium 1
Landscaping at the Auditorium
1908
1 x.B.Fine Art 1
Landscaping at the Fine Arts Building
1908
1 x.B.Forestry 1
Forestry Building at the A.Y.P. Exposition, constructed with logs from the timber hub of the Northwest, Snohomish County--The County That Counts.
"SNOHOMISH COUNTY HAS: An area of 2,500 miles. A population of 75,000. An assessed valuation of $35,000,000 with low tax rate. Two hundred and forty thousand acres of standing timber. More acres of fertile bottom lands and "cut over" lands than any county in western Washington. Thirty six miles of waterfront on Puget Sound and 75 miles of inland waterways. Everett, the county seat, population 35,000, offers the cheapest and best manufacturing sites in the state with no boom-inflated valuations. TOTAL- A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU."
1909
1 x.B.Forestry 2
Forestry Building
"Built wholly of native woods, and showing all the wonderful timber resources of the region. The pillars of the colonnade are mighty trees from the Puget Sound forests. Shingles are Washington red cedar, stained with Cabot's shingle stains from the seattle stock of S. W. R. Dally."
1909
1 x.B.Forestry 3
Colonnades of Forestry Building
1909
1 x.B.Forestry 4
The Big Stick in the Forestry Building
1909
1 x.B.Forestry 5
Colonnades of the Forestry building
1909
1 x.B.Manufacturers 1
Construction of the Manufacturers Building
1908
1 x.B.Mason 1
Masonic and Order Eastern Star Building
1909
1 x.B.Nikko 1
Nikko cafe exterior
1909
1 x.B.Nome 1
Band stand in Nome circle
1909
1 x.B.Temple 1
Temple of Music and garden
1909
1 x.B.Upside 1
Construction of the Upside-Down House
1908
1 x.B.Upside 2
Roltair's Original House Upside-Down
1909
1 x.B.US Govt 1
U.S. Government building
1909
1 x.B.Utah 1
Utah State Building
1909
1 x.B.Women 1
Washington State Women's Building
1909
Exhibits
Box item
1 x.Exhibit 1 1909
1 x.Exhibit 2 1909
1 x.Exhibit 3
The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac building
"A great marine battle spectacle costing $240,000. Located on the Pay Streak.
1909
1 x.Exhibit 4
Principal scene in the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
"A thrilling reproduction of the fight between the first ironclads ever built. Nowe exhibited at the A.Y.P. Exposition."
1909
Grounds
Box item
1 x.Grounds 1
Geyser Basin. The U.S. Government Building is in the distance
1909
1 x.Grounds 2
Man standing near a circular garden bed.
1909
1 x. Grounds 3a 1909
1 x.Grounds 3b
Aerial view of the A.Y.P. Exposition showing the heart of the exposition
1909
1 x. Grounds 4
Shrubbery and lawn. Machinery Hall in the distance
1909
1 x. Grounds 5
Men standing near large tree stumps
Printed no front: Mammoth Cedar stumps on University of Washington Campass, Seattle, Wash.
1909
People
Box item
1 x.People 1
Little boy sitting on a lion statue
"William at the A.Y.P."
1909
1 x.People 2
Bagpipers on the steps of a building
1909
1 x.People 3
Close up of bagpipers
1909
1 x.People 4
Two women, Mable and Anne, on Caribou Bill's float
1909

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Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 Ca1 1909

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 :   Seattle, Wash.) hotographs
  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)--Buildings--Photographs
  • Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs