Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection

Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection, 1958-2004

Overview of the Collection

Title: Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection
Dates: 1958-2004 (bulk)
19582004
Quantity: 3 cubic feet, ( )
Collection Number: 7614-01
Summary: Seattle Center Foundation photographs created by various City and non-City agencies that interacted with the Century 21 World's Fair in 1962.
Repository: Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions: Records are open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Seattle Center Department was created in 1965 to administer, manage and control the facilities on the site of the 1962 World's Fair. The facilities at the Seattle Center date back to 1927 with completion of the construction of the Civic Auditorium, Civic Arena, Veterans Hall, and the Civic Playfield. The property expanded to 74 acres in 1962 to accommodate the World's Fair. The Center's purpose is to be an active civic center providing facilities and programs supporting the arts, education, sports and entertainment. It is home for the Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, three resident theaters, and the Seattle Storm professional basketball team. In addition, there are five facilities on the grounds that are not owned by the City: the Space Needle, Memorial Stadium, the Pacific Science Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass, and the Experience Music Project.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Seattle Center Foundation photographs created by various agencies that interacted with the 1962 Century 21 World's Fair. Media consists primarily of prints, some negatives and slides are also available. Content consists of people, dignitaries, ceremonies and openings, exhibits, buildings, fair grounds, rides, concessions, and performances.

Permissions vary. Contact archives at archives@seattle.gov for use questions or an appointment to view the collection in our research room.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], **series title***, Record Series XXXX-XX. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Officials, Directors, Management, GovernmentReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		President Kennedy, Senator Magnuson, and Seattle businessman,William P Woods with a booklet on the US Science Exhibit to be built at the fair	1958-2004
		President Eisenhower, November 10, 1958 starting the electronic countdown to the opening of the fair 911 days later	1958-2004
		Vacant	1958-2004
		President Kennedy opening the fair from Florida	1958-2004
		Cropped picture of President Kennedy opening the fair	1958-2004
		Group of men sitting around a table with Century 21 sign behind them Name cards are visible for some	1958-2004
		Gandy and Carlson with 2 other men signing paper	1958-2004
		Gandy and Dingwall with Century 21 banner	1958-2004
		Gandy pointing to a sign for Exo Lodging Service (another man pictured)	1958-2004
		TBD - 2 men with Century 21 chart of logos (?)	1958-2004
		TBD - 2 men with Century 21 chart of logos (?)	1958-2004
		2 men looking at model	1958-2004
		9 men looking at model of part of fairground with Monorail and how it relates to street and stores	1958-2004
		Lowell Mickelwait, Nat S Rodgers, Henry Broderick	1958-2004
		24 men sitting in a room	1958-2004
		6 women and (Dingwall?) sitting at a table with diagram of fair behind them	1958-2004
		7 men and Dingwall pointing to diagram of fairgrounds	1958-2004
		6 men and 1 lady with Dingwall at the construction site of the Coliseum	1958-2004
		Vacant	1958-2004
		Danny Kaye at microphone on opening day Other dignitaries pictured	1958-2004
		Scout presenting lady with roses Eddie Carlson with trophy - opening day	1958-2004
		Dingwall at microphone with other dignitary's visible - opening day	1958-2004
		John Raitt opening day speaking in front of the Aquadrome	1958-2004
		Vacant	1958-2004
		Vacant	1958-2004
		Vacant	1958-2004
		Dedication of the Seattle Center (with 2 men)	1958-2004
		Dedication of the Seattle Center with audience visible and the place for the time capsule visible	1958-2004
		Time capsule (2 men)	1958-2004
		Eddie Carlson spraying Century 21 logo on plane with girl in formal and tiara, costumed man, another man	1958-2004
		Henry A Smith	1958-2004
		Gov and Mrs Rossellini, Senator Magnuson the Space Needle restaurant on opening day	1958-2004
		Identified on back as A E Beach at the 1959 Tokyo International Trade Fair He managed the US Exhibit - were prefabricated buildings	1958-2004
		Identified as Evans on back	1958-2004
		Alfred Rochester, Executive Director of the Washington Century 21 Commission	1958-2004
		Identified as just DeGrassi on back	1958-2004
		Minoru Yamasaki ·_ architect of the US Science Pavilion (FYI -also World Trade Center)	1958-2004
		Senator Jackson at a periscope	1958-2004
		Senator Jackson (from the Henry M Jackson Foundation)	1958-2004
		Jay Rockey in his office	1958-2004
		Jay Rockey and Steve Camp in 2004	1958-2004
		Jay Rockey and 3 other men	1958-2004
		Italian Consul Rota raises the Italian flag on Columbus Day Gov Rossellini raises the American flag	1958-2004
		Eddie Carlson, Joe Gandy, Prince Wan - in tuxedos	1958-2004
		Carlson and Dingwall with 2 other men - in tuxedos	1958-2004
		Zollie Volchok, manager of the Supersonics in 1967	1958-2004
		Walter Teague	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		TBD - 2 men, one is presenting a medal to a military officer	1958-2004
		It looks like the word Phillips is on back	1958-2004
		Five men and 1 lady meeting around a table - food and drinks	1958-2004
		Workers, visitors on scaffolding painting building	1958-2004
		Two ladies and a man looking up at the ceiling in the Opera House	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw, interview of Lyn Renaud of the Casino de Paris Show, and William Phillips, Paris, April 1ith	1958-2004
		Lyn Renaud and William Phillips, Paris, April 12rh	1958-2004
		William Phillips and Roger Cauvigny in front of the Century 21 door in Paris Plaque shows	1958-2004
		William Phillips and Roger Cauvigny at the Century 21 Paris office, April lih	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Set Svanholm, a Swedish cultural leader, sitting in Svanholm's office	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Set Svanholm in his office	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and IDLA Girls' Team in Sweden	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Karl-Biger Blomdahl, Aniara's composer	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Ernst Ilda and the Ilda Girls' Team	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Ernst Ilda with the ILDA Girls' Team - different pose	1958-2004
		F Marovani (Lyn Renaud's agent) and Harold Shaw in Paris	1958-2004
		F Marovani, Harold Shaw, and Lyn Renaud in Paris, April 13th	1958-2004
		William Phillips under picture of President and Mrs Kennedy	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and William Phillips	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and Lyn Renaud	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw and 5 other men	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw sponge buying with Richard Stubbs and Eddie Mavrocordatos in Athens	1958-2004
		Harold Shaw at the Dionysus Theater in Athens	1958-2004
		Proof sheet of 4 pictures of Harold Shaw	1958-2004

Buildings and ExhibitsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		TBD	1958-2004
		Canada Building	1958-2004
		Canadian Pacific Building	1958-2004
		Variety - Oriental sign is visible	1958-2004
		Draped circular enclosure	1958-2004
		Model of Hydro Building -(Pl)	1958-2004
		Hydro at night	1958-2004
		Hydro	1958-2004
		Hydro	1958-2004
		Hydro	1958-2004
		Fine Arts Pavilion	1958-2004
		Fine Arts Pavilion	1958-2004
		Art Pavilion - noted on back	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		General Motors	1958-2004
		Space Age Car	1958-2004
		Firebird "gets final polish"	1958-2004
		Belgium Waffle House	1958-2004
		Japan	1958-2004
		Japan	1958-2004
		Japanese textiles, word Kobe seen on wall 20. Bell Building	1958-2004
		2 hostesses	1958-2004
		10-city direct dial system	1958-2004
		First US satellite, Vanguard I	1958-2004
		PaulBunyanCake	1958-2004
		PaulBunyanCake	1958-2004
		Paul Bunyan Cake	1958-2004
		Paul Bunyan Cake	1958-2004
		US Department of Commerce Building	1958-2004
		"Metamatic" - Artist - Jean Tinguely	1958-2004
		Cycled by an electric timer	1958-2004
		Laughing spectators	1958-2004
		Metamatic labeled - jal look at picture 2/1	1958-2004
		NASA	1958-2004
		Mock-up of a space man in his capsule	1958-2004
		Model of capsule used by Commander Shepard	1958-2004
		Full-scale mock-up of Mercury capsule	1958-2004
		NASA - future weather satellite	1958-2004
		NASA - functions of Mercury Control Center	1958-2004
		Spectacular Wax Museum Building	1958-2004
		France - "Toys of the World" - model of diving saucer made by Jacques Cousteau	1958-2004
		France - Court of Louis VXV - Wax Museum	1958-2004
		One Million Dollars	1958-2004
		Great Britain - item in Hall Of Science (frame of reference - railing at bottom of picture)	1958-2004
		House of Horrors	1958-2004
		India Building	1958-2004
		Textiles of India	1958-2004
		Denmark Building - with postman on bike	1958-2004
		Danish postman mailing letter in Danish mailbox	1958-2004
		Ford car	1958-2004
		Alaska Building	1958-2004
		Northwest Designer Craftsmen	1958-2004
		2 men holding Century 21 flag outside of the Thailand Building	1958-2004
		Mobile - "Test Your Driving Skills"	1958-2004
		Visitors testing their driving skills	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		General Electric	1958-2004
		Sign with Space Needle in back	1958-2004
		Appearance of space ships - made of varied colored plastic balls	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004

Attractions, Shows, Celebrities, EntertainersReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		Pictures 1 through 14 water skiing	1958-2004
		Pictures 15 through 19 Scottish bagpipe players	1958-2004
		Pictures 20 through 22 could be closing ceremonies in Memorial Stadium	1958-2004
		Pictures 23 through 25 - Las Vegas Review	1958-2004
		Motorcycle carrying 2 men across tightrope	1958-2004
		Man and a child walking across tightrope	1958-2004
		Line up in Memorial Stadium for a parade	1958-2004
		Pictures 29 through 33 - Skyride	1958-2004
		Danny Kaye and Harold Shaw	1958-2004
		Danny Kaye in front of the Space Needle	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		Woman having model of Space Needle attached to her head	1958-2004
		Pictures 38 and 39 orchestra conductor	1958-2004
		Theodore Bikel, 5/22/62 - opera	1958-2004
		Cosmonaut Titov and his wife with the cast of the "Littlest Circus"	1958-2004
		Cosmonaut Titov greeting a child and Jay Rockey behind him	1958-2004
		Cosmonaut Titov on a motorcycle at the Japanese exhibit (AP Wire Photo)	1958-2004
		Roy Rogers on Trigger	1958-2004
		TBD	1958-2004
		10,oooth baby	1958-2004
		Count Basie	1958-2004
		Fashion show from Hong Kong	1958-2004
		Fashion show -Hong Kong (?)	1958-2004
		Billy Graham (?)	1958-2004
		Pasadena City College -Lancer Band	1958-2004
		Suzanne Carlson, Seattle Camp Fire girl salutes States of the Union as part of Camp Fire Day	1958-2004
		Some of the 10,000 Camp Fire Girls	1958-2004
		Calypso Ride	1958-2004
		Shooters gallery	1958-2004
		Bubblelator -with visitors	1958-2004
		Bubblelator-with visitors	1958-2004
		Bubblelator -empty	1958-2004
		Gracie Hanson at 10th Anniversary	1958-2004
		Celebrity with a cannon -someone must know who he is!	1958-2004
		Sal Durante -who did not catch the ball -with Joe Gandy and another man -someone noted Dana Andrews	1958-2004
		International Five at the Fair (Pl)	1958-2004
		7,000,000 Visitor -Rod Dewer with Gov. Rossellini, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (Pl)	1958-2004
		Don Love, 13, first visitor through the Mercer St. Gate and his sister Jerri Love, 16 (Pl)	1958-2004
		Robert Le Maire, Charles Knowles, Herbert H. Hasche, John Stahl on Golden Gate Bridge hiking to the Fair (AP Wire Photo)	1958-2004
		John Butler, 17 and Danny Parson, 19 leave Tyler, TX on bikes for the Fair (AP Wire Photo)	1958-2004
		Boy-1,000,000 visitor to the Skyride	1958-2004

Public at the FairReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		Man and girl sitting down man has shoe off clutching his foot, and is holding a World's Fair pennant	1958-2004
		People eating in the Space Needle restaurant	1958-2004
		Opening night at the opera noted on back, people are looking at paintings	1958-2004
		Visitors at a formal dance	1958-2004
		Large crowd in building with a round stage; DuPont, Bulova are visible	1958-2004
		Solid mass of humanity waiting to enter the US Science Exhibit	1958-2004
		Boy and man holding 2 views of the world's largest postcard (ST)	1958-2004
		Large crowd waiting to enter fairgrounds, Bartell Drugs, Chandler Shoes visible (ST)	1958-2004
		Man striking pose in front of a construction site, a man on a ladder, a man standing on top of the construction (ST)	1958-2004
		Crowd waiting to get on the Skyride, 12:10 pm noted on back (Pl)	1958-2004
		Crowd in Coliseum looking at Library 21 (Pl)	1958-2004
		Visitors walking in fun area along Skyride (Pl)	1958-2004
		Adults on Mouse Ride (Pl)	1958-2004
		Children on Mouse Ride (Pl)	1958-2004
		Young adults jumping on trampoline	1958-2004
		Pictures donated by Cece Fleege (customer service employee) of her family at the Fair	1958-2004

Food Circus/Food AreaReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		Wide view of crowd, Camelot Tavern banner predominates	1958-2004
		Food vendors surrounding Paul Bunyan cake	1958-2004
		Visitors sitting at tables - Paul Bunyan cake in background	1958-2004
		General view with people sitting at tables	1958-2004
		Visitors sitting around stage	1958-2004
		Visitors at vending machines	1958-2004
		Visitors around stage= David Nanuk (?) playing a Baldwin organ	1958-2004
		View with the Dutch Smorgasbord, Gordo's, California Fresh Fruit, Dairyland, U-1 Sugar visible	1958-2004
		Empty tables with Carol Ann Bakery visible	1958-2004
		Old Hickory Rib Pit	1958-2004
		Visitors eating outside near Skyride	1958-2004
		Empty eating pavilion	1958-2004
		Crowded food court area around Paul Bunyan cake, sign for 15 cents scones visible ( P-1)	1958-2004

Iconic Buildings, (bulk 1958-2004) Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		Space Needle	1958-2004
		Space Needle and Surrounding Area	1958-2004
		US Science Pavilion	1958-2004
		Coliseum	1958-2004
		Monorail	1958-2004

Fountains, Opera house, Exhibition Hall, Mural, MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Volume
		Fountains	1958-2004
		Opera house	1958-2004
		Exhibition Hall	1958-2004
		Mural	1958-2004
		Totem Pole and Totem Pole with Space Needle	1958-2004
		Workers at the Fair	1958-2004
		Roadside signs promoting the Fair	1958-2004
		China with Fair motif	1958-2004
		Miss Seattle World's Fair Doll	1958-2004
		Gates (one labeled South Gate, second labeled East Entrance -both look the same	1958-2004
		High school student, Ric Brown, with his model of the Fair grounds	1958-2004
		Joseph Gandy with French liner liberte with World's Fair banner at its New York berth	1958-2004
		Demolition (Nalley Exhibit, Gayway, East Gate	1958-2004
	Folder
4	1	Square dancing	1962-1984
4	2	Sonics	1962-1984
4	3	Clown contest	1962-1984
4	4	Football game _ Memorial Stadium ?	1962-1984
4	5	Vendors	1962-1984
4	6	Rides	1962-1984
4	7	Monorail	1962-1984
4	8	Sculpture	1962-1984
4	9	Grounds	1962-1984
4	10	Buildings – internal and external	1962-1984
4	11	Christmas decoration	1962-1984
4	12	Performances – stadium interiors	1962-1984
4	13	Fitzgerald Fountain	1962-1984
4	14	Whirly-gig	1962-1984
2	1	Fisher Pavilion topping off – 2002	1958-2004
2	2	SCOH Closing – Dec 2001	1958-2004
2	3	Opera House	1958-2004
2	4	McCaw Hall groundbreaking – folder contains list of itemized photo descriptions	1958-2004
2	5	McCaw Hall 2000, performance hall open house	1958-2004
2	6	Tsutakawa Sculpture – 2000	1958-2004
2	7	(General)	1958-2004
2	8	Dedication	1958-2004
2	9	SC Grounds	1958-2004
2	10	International Fountain	1958-2004
2	11	Moon Gates – 1999	1958-2004
2	12	Olympic Illiad (sculpture) – 1992	1958-2004
2	13	Ewen Dingwall courtyard restoration	1958-2004

People at the Fair, Fair Grounds, EntertainmentReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Volume
2	247	President Kennedy opening·the fair	1958-2004
2	247	Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Dancey, Clarksville, TN tie a sign on their car "to World's_ Fair & Back or 'Bust' on$99.00"	1958-2004
2	247	Line up for the Space Needle	1958-2004
2	247	Early morning fair crowd, Wednesday, July 18 (?), 1962	1958-2004
2	247	Construction of East Gate at for the Worl.d's Fair	1958-2004
2	247	Construction of the International Fountain and Coliseum, copyright - The Seattle Times	1958-2004
2	247	Bucket cars riding the Skyride cables, Dudley, Hardin & Yang photo·	1958-2004
2	247	Girl.and boy in a "bucket" ride (adults seemto be dressed in 1962 mode) Bob Carver photo	1958-2004
2	247	Crowd and 2 ferris wheels, Royal Cardon photo	1958-2004
2	247	Space Needle and Coliseum (cars look 1960ish)	1958-2004
2	247	Space Needle with rhododendron bush in foreground	1958-2004
2	247	Space Needle, fountain, peop!e on ground, Bob Carver photo	1958-2004
2	247	Space Needle in foreground, view of Seattle behind it	1958-2004
2	247	Pacific Science Cente.r at night, Dudley, Hardin & Yang photo	1958-2004
2	247	Rail and Company were high on the Coliseum when this picture was taken	1958-2004
2	247	Boys in bumper cars	1958-2004
2	247	Girl on merry-go-round	1958-2004
2	247	3 girls on roller coaster- Fun Forest	1958-2004
2	247	7 girls on roller coaster - one has OREGON tee on, Fun Forest, Summer 1977	1958-2004
2	247	People watching around the International Fountain, Popcornacopia,·Royal Cardon photo	1958-2004
2	247	People walking with the arches in the background	1958-2004
2	247	Boy and girl running around the International Fountain	1958-2004
2	247	People at a concert in front of the mural, Bob Carver photo	1958-2004
2	247	Crowd and Easter Bunny, Dick Balch, Easter Egg Scramble, David Medley photo	1958-2004
2	247	4 girls with Easter baskets, Royal Cardon photo	1958-2004
2	247	Man playing fiddle	1958-2004
2	247	Girl with puppet	1958-2004
2	247	Boy in front of Dexter Horton Bank, Winterfest, 3 copies	1958-2004
2	247	Northwest Boychoir - promoting "The Christmas Place"·	1958-2004
2	247	Crowd in front of the train display	1958-2004
2	247	Close up of traln display and Christmas tree	1958-2004
2	247	Huge snowman	1958-2004
2	247	Huge snowman with lady holding a child point to it	1958-2004
2	247	Tigger and Pooh launch a candy carie	1958-2004
2	247	Tigger and Pooh tilt a candy cane for Michelle Wyemura	1958-2004
2	247	2 ladies walking in the snow past the Coliseum sign with-view of Seattle, Bob Carver photo· .'	1958-2004
2	247	Seattle Symphony Orche	1958-2004
2	247	More _of a dose-up of RainerMiedel, William E, Duncan, photographer	1958-2004
2	247	Entire Seattle Symphony	1958-2004
2	247	Noel Tyl and Ute Vinzing in Ring of Nibelung, Chris Bennion photo 42; Paul Cook (?) and Noel Tyl as Wotan in Siegfried (?)	1958-2004
2	247	2 men in clownish costumes, one is balancing a "bowling pin" on his nose	1958-2004
2	247	Uncle Sam	1958-2004
2	247	2 men, one is showing the other how to hold a ball	1958-2004
2	247	Pacific Indoor Rodeo, Bob Carver photo	1958-2004
2	247	Sonics and New York, 3 players, #11 on the left, Phil Weber photo	1958-2004
2	247	Sonics and New York, 5 players #42 on the left, Phil Weber photo	1958-2004
2	247	Freddie Brown (?), #32 intercepting ball, Phil Weber photo	1958-2004
2	247	4 Phil Weber proof sheets - numbered each one	1958-2004
2	247	2 proof sheets: children eating watermelon and couples dancing	1958-2004
		Fair Scenes, concession & ride ticket booths	1962-1989
		People enjoying the fair, couples	1962-1989
		Monorail construction, reopening	1962-1989
		Fair site construction (donated envelope)	1962-1989
		Aerials – Space Needle, Seattle Center area	1962-1989
		Models of buildings	1962-1989

GraphicsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
4	Charts, Designs, Drawings, and Models

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