WaSMAR7614_01.xml Guide to Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection Julie B. Irick Seattle Municipal Archives 2023
PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle 98124-4728 archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-11. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Seattle Center Foundation Century 21 Photograph Collection 7614-01 3 cubic feet 1958-2004 Seattle Center Foundation photographs created by various City and non-City agencies that interacted with the Century 21 World's Fair in 1962. English .

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.

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.

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Records are open to the public.

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

 Officials, Directors, Management, Government 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 1 1 232 President Eisenhower, November 10, 1958 starting the electronic countdown to the opening of the fair 911 days later 1958-2004 1 1 232 Vacant 1958-2004 1 1 232 President Kennedy opening the fair from Florida 1958-2004 1 1 232 Cropped picture of President Kennedy opening the fair 1958-2004 1 1 232 Group of men sitting around a table with Century 21 sign behind them Name cards are visible for some 1958-2004 1 1 232 Gandy and Carlson with 2 other men signing paper 1958-2004 1 1 232 Gandy and Dingwall with Century 21 banner 1958-2004 1 1 232 Gandy pointing to a sign for Exo Lodging Service (another man pictured) 1958-2004 1 1 232 TBD - 2 men with Century 21 chart of logos (?) 1958-2004 1 1 232 TBD - 2 men with Century 21 chart of logos (?) 1958-2004 1 1 232 2 men looking at model 1958-2004 1 1 232 9 men looking at model of part of fairground with Monorail and how it relates to street and stores 1958-2004 1 1 232 Lowell Mickelwait, Nat S Rodgers, Henry Broderick 1958-2004 1 1 232 24 men sitting in a room 1958-2004 1 1 232 6 women and (Dingwall?) sitting at a table with diagram of fair behind them 1958-2004 1 1 232 7 men and Dingwall pointing to diagram of fairgrounds 1958-2004 1 1 232 6 men and 1 lady with Dingwall at the construction site of the Coliseum 1958-2004 1 1 232 Vacant 1958-2004 1 1 232 Danny Kaye at microphone on opening day Other dignitaries pictured 1958-2004 1 1 232 Scout presenting lady with roses Eddie Carlson with trophy - opening day 1958-2004 1 1 232 Dingwall at microphone with other dignitary's visible - opening day 1958-2004 1 1 232 John Raitt opening day speaking in front of the Aquadrome 1958-2004 1 1 232 Vacant 1958-2004 1 1 232 Vacant 1958-2004 1 1 232 Vacant 1958-2004 1 1 232 Dedication of the Seattle Center (with 2 men) 1958-2004 1 1 232 Dedication of the Seattle Center with audience visible and the place for the time capsule visible 1958-2004 1 1 232 Time capsule (2 men) 1958-2004 1 1 232 Eddie Carlson spraying Century 21 logo on plane with girl in formal and tiara, costumed man, another man 1958-2004 1 1 232 Henry A Smith 1958-2004 1 1 232 Gov and Mrs Rossellini, Senator Magnuson the Space Needle restaurant on opening day 1958-2004 1 1 232 Identified on back as A E Beach at the 1959 Tokyo International Trade Fair He managed the US Exhibit - were prefabricated buildings 1958-2004 1 1 232 Identified as Evans on back 1958-2004 1 1 232 Alfred Rochester, Executive Director of the Washington Century 21 Commission 1958-2004 1 1 232 Identified as just DeGrassi on back 1958-2004 1 1 232 Minoru Yamasaki ·_ architect of the US Science Pavilion (FYI -also World Trade Center) 1958-2004 1 1 232 Senator Jackson at a periscope 1958-2004 1 1 232 Senator Jackson (from the Henry M Jackson Foundation) 1958-2004 1 1 232 Jay Rockey in his office 1958-2004 1 1 232 Jay Rockey and Steve Camp in 2004 1958-2004 1 1 232 Jay Rockey and 3 other men 1958-2004 1 1 232 Italian Consul Rota raises the Italian flag on Columbus Day Gov Rossellini raises the American flag 1958-2004 1 1 232 Eddie Carlson, Joe Gandy, Prince Wan - in tuxedos 1958-2004 1 1 232 Carlson and Dingwall with 2 other men - in tuxedos 1958-2004 1 1 232 Zollie Volchok, manager of the Supersonics in 1967 1958-2004 1 1 232 Walter Teague 1958-2004 1 1 232 TBD 1958-2004 1 1 232 TBD 1958-2004 1 1 232 TBD - 2 men, one is presenting a medal to a military officer 1958-2004 1 1 232 It looks like the word Phillips is on back 1958-2004 1 1 232 Five men and 1 lady meeting around a table - food and drinks 1958-2004 1 1 232 Workers, visitors on scaffolding painting building 1958-2004 1 1 232 Two ladies and a man looking up at the ceiling in the Opera House 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw, interview of Lyn Renaud of the Casino de Paris Show, and William Phillips, Paris, April 1ith 1958-2004 1 1 232 Lyn Renaud and William Phillips, Paris, April 12rh 1958-2004 1 1 232 William Phillips and Roger Cauvigny in front of the Century 21 door in Paris Plaque shows 1958-2004 1 1 232 William Phillips and Roger Cauvigny at the Century 21 Paris office, April lih 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Set Svanholm, a Swedish cultural leader, sitting in Svanholm's office 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Set Svanholm in his office 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and IDLA Girls' Team in Sweden 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Karl-Biger Blomdahl, Aniara's composer 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Ernst Ilda and the Ilda Girls' Team 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Ernst Ilda with the ILDA Girls' Team - different pose 1958-2004 1 1 232 F Marovani (Lyn Renaud's agent) and Harold Shaw in Paris 1958-2004 1 1 232 F Marovani, Harold Shaw, and Lyn Renaud in Paris, April 13th 1958-2004 1 1 232 William Phillips under picture of President and Mrs Kennedy 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and William Phillips 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and Lyn Renaud 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw and 5 other men 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw sponge buying with Richard Stubbs and Eddie Mavrocordatos in Athens 1958-2004 1 1 232 Harold Shaw at the Dionysus Theater in Athens 1958-2004 1 1 232 Proof sheet of 4 pictures of Harold Shaw 1958-2004 1 1 232 Buildings and Exhibits TBD 1958-2004 1 2 233 Canada Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 Canadian Pacific Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 Variety - Oriental sign is visible 1958-2004 1 2 233 Draped circular enclosure 1958-2004 1 2 233 Model of Hydro Building -(Pl) 1958-2004 1 2 233 Hydro at night 1958-2004 1 2 233 Hydro 1958-2004 1 2 233 Hydro 1958-2004 1 2 233 Hydro 1958-2004 1 2 233 Fine Arts Pavilion 1958-2004 1 2 233 Fine Arts Pavilion 1958-2004 1 2 233 Art Pavilion - noted on back 1958-2004 1 2 233 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 233 General Motors 1958-2004 1 2 233 Space Age Car 1958-2004 1 2 233 Firebird "gets final polish" 1958-2004 1 2 233 Belgium Waffle House 1958-2004 1 2 233 Japan 1958-2004 1 2 233 Japan 1958-2004 1 2 233 Japanese textiles, word Kobe seen on wall 20. Bell Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 2 hostesses 1958-2004 1 2 233 10-city direct dial system 1958-2004 1 2 233 First US satellite, Vanguard I 1958-2004 1 2 233 PaulBunyanCake 1958-2004 1 2 233 PaulBunyanCake 1958-2004 1 2 233 Paul Bunyan Cake 1958-2004 1 2 233 Paul Bunyan Cake 1958-2004 1 2 233 US Department of Commerce Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 "Metamatic" - Artist - Jean Tinguely 1958-2004 1 2 233 Cycled by an electric timer 1958-2004 1 2 233 Laughing spectators 1958-2004 1 2 233 Metamatic labeled - jal look at picture 2/1 1958-2004 1 2 233 NASA 1958-2004 1 2 233 Mock-up of a space man in his capsule 1958-2004 1 2 233 Model of capsule used by Commander Shepard 1958-2004 1 2 233 Full-scale mock-up of Mercury capsule 1958-2004 1 2 233 NASA - future weather satellite 1958-2004 1 2 233 NASA - functions of Mercury Control Center 1958-2004 1 2 233 Spectacular Wax Museum Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 France - "Toys of the World" - model of diving saucer made by Jacques Cousteau 1958-2004 1 2 233 France - Court of Louis VXV - Wax Museum 1958-2004 1 2 233 One Million Dollars 1958-2004 1 2 233 Great Britain - item in Hall Of Science (frame of reference - railing at bottom of picture) 1958-2004 1 2 233 House of Horrors 1958-2004 1 2 233 India Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 Textiles of India 1958-2004 1 2 233 Denmark Building - with postman on bike 1958-2004 1 2 233 Danish postman mailing letter in Danish mailbox 1958-2004 1 2 233 Ford car 1958-2004 1 2 233 Alaska Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 Northwest Designer Craftsmen 1958-2004 1 2 233 2 men holding Century 21 flag outside of the Thailand Building 1958-2004 1 2 233 Mobile - "Test Your Driving Skills" 1958-2004 1 2 233 Visitors testing their driving skills 1958-2004 1 2 233 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 233 General Electric 1958-2004 1 2 233 Sign with Space Needle in back 1958-2004 1 2 233 Appearance of space ships - made of varied colored plastic balls 1958-2004 1 2 233 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 233 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 233 Attractions, Shows, Celebrities, Entertainers Pictures 1 through 14 water skiing 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pictures 15 through 19 Scottish bagpipe players 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pictures 20 through 22 could be closing ceremonies in Memorial Stadium 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pictures 23 through 25 - Las Vegas Review 1958-2004 1 2 234 Motorcycle carrying 2 men across tightrope 1958-2004 1 2 234 Man and a child walking across tightrope 1958-2004 1 2 234 Line up in Memorial Stadium for a parade 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pictures 29 through 33 - Skyride 1958-2004 1 2 234 Danny Kaye and Harold Shaw 1958-2004 1 2 234 Danny Kaye in front of the Space Needle 1958-2004 1 2 234 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 234 Woman having model of Space Needle attached to her head 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pictures 38 and 39 orchestra conductor 1958-2004 1 2 234 Theodore Bikel, 5/22/62 - opera 1958-2004 1 2 234 Cosmonaut Titov and his wife with the cast of the "Littlest Circus" 1958-2004 1 2 234 Cosmonaut Titov greeting a child and Jay Rockey behind him 1958-2004 1 2 234 Cosmonaut Titov on a motorcycle at the Japanese exhibit (AP Wire Photo) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Roy Rogers on Trigger 1958-2004 1 2 234 TBD 1958-2004 1 2 234 10,oooth baby 1958-2004 1 2 234 Count Basie 1958-2004 1 2 234 Fashion show from Hong Kong 1958-2004 1 2 234 Fashion show -Hong Kong (?) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Billy Graham (?) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Pasadena City College -Lancer Band 1958-2004 1 2 234 Suzanne Carlson, Seattle Camp Fire girl salutes States of the Union as part of Camp Fire Day 1958-2004 1 2 234 Some of the 10,000 Camp Fire Girls 1958-2004 1 2 234 Calypso Ride 1958-2004 1 2 234 Shooters gallery 1958-2004 1 2 234 Bubblelator -with visitors 1958-2004 1 2 234 Bubblelator-with visitors 1958-2004 1 2 234 Bubblelator -empty 1958-2004 1 2 234 Gracie Hanson at 10th Anniversary 1958-2004 1 2 234 Celebrity with a cannon -someone must know who he is! 1958-2004 1 2 234 Sal Durante -who did not catch the ball -with Joe Gandy and another man -someone noted Dana Andrews 1958-2004 1 2 234 International Five at the Fair (Pl) 1958-2004 1 2 234 7,000,000 Visitor -Rod Dewer with Gov. Rossellini, Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (Pl) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Don Love, 13, first visitor through the Mercer St. Gate and his sister Jerri Love, 16 (Pl) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Robert Le Maire, Charles Knowles, Herbert H. Hasche, John Stahl on Golden Gate Bridge hiking to the Fair (AP Wire Photo) 1958-2004 1 2 234 John Butler, 17 and Danny Parson, 19 leave Tyler, TX on bikes for the Fair (AP Wire Photo) 1958-2004 1 2 234 Boy-1,000,000 visitor to the Skyride 1958-2004 1 2 234 Public at the Fair Man and girl sitting down man has shoe off clutching his foot, and is holding a World's Fair pennant 1958-2004 4 3 236 People eating in the Space Needle restaurant 1958-2004 4 3 236 Opening night at the opera noted on back, people are looking at paintings 1958-2004 4 3 236 Visitors at a formal dance 1958-2004 4 3 236 Large crowd in building with a round stage; DuPont, Bulova are visible 1958-2004 4 3 236 Solid mass of humanity waiting to enter the US Science Exhibit 1958-2004 4 3 236 Boy and man holding 2 views of the world's largest postcard (ST) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Large crowd waiting to enter fairgrounds, Bartell Drugs, Chandler Shoes visible (ST) 1958-2004 4 3 236 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 4 3 236 Crowd waiting to get on the Skyride, 12:10 pm noted on back (Pl) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Crowd in Coliseum looking at Library 21 (Pl) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Visitors walking in fun area along Skyride (Pl) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Adults on Mouse Ride (Pl) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Children on Mouse Ride (Pl) 1958-2004 4 3 236 Young adults jumping on trampoline 1958-2004 4 3 236 Pictures donated by Cece Fleege (customer service employee) of her family at the Fair 1958-2004 4 3 236 Food Circus/Food Area Wide view of crowd, Camelot Tavern banner predominates 1958-2004 4 3 235 Food vendors surrounding Paul Bunyan cake 1958-2004 4 3 235 Visitors sitting at tables - Paul Bunyan cake in background 1958-2004 4 3 235 General view with people sitting at tables 1958-2004 4 3 235 Visitors sitting around stage 1958-2004 4 3 235 Visitors at vending machines 1958-2004 4 3 235 Visitors around stage= David Nanuk (?) playing a Baldwin organ 1958-2004 4 3 235 View with the Dutch Smorgasbord, Gordo's, California Fresh Fruit, Dairyland, U-1 Sugar visible 1958-2004 4 3 235 Empty tables with Carol Ann Bakery visible 1958-2004 4 3 235 Old Hickory Rib Pit 1958-2004 4 3 235 Visitors eating outside near Skyride 1958-2004 4 3 235 Empty eating pavilion 1958-2004 4 3 235 Crowded food court area around Paul Bunyan cake, sign for 15 cents scones visible ( P-1) 1958-2004 4 3 235 Iconic Buildings 1958-2004 Space Needle 1958-2004 4 4 237 Space Needle and Surrounding Area 1958-2004 4 4 237 US Science Pavilion 1958-2004 4 4 237 Coliseum 1958-2004 4 4 237 Monorail 1958-2004 4 4 237 Fountains, Opera house, Exhibition Hall, Mural, Miscellaneous Fountains 1958-2004 4 5 238 Opera house 1958-2004 4 5 239 Exhibition Hall 1958-2004 4 5 240 Mural 1958-2004 4 5 241 Totem Pole and Totem Pole with Space Needle 1958-2004 4 5 242 Workers at the Fair 1958-2004 4 5 242 Roadside signs promoting the Fair 1958-2004 4 5 242 China with Fair motif 1958-2004 4 5 242 Miss Seattle World's Fair Doll 1958-2004 4 5 242 Gates (one labeled South Gate, second labeled East Entrance -both look the same 1958-2004 4 5 242 High school student, Ric Brown, with his model of the Fair grounds 1958-2004 4 5 242 Joseph Gandy with French liner liberte with World's Fair banner at its New York berth 1958-2004 4 5 242 Demolition (Nalley Exhibit, Gayway, East Gate 1958-2004 4 5 242 Square dancing 1962-1984 4 1 Sonics 1962-1984 4 2 Clown contest 1962-1984 4 3 Football game _ Memorial Stadium ? 1962-1984 4 4 Vendors 1962-1984 4 5 Rides 1962-1984 4 6 Monorail 1962-1984 4 7 Sculpture 1962-1984 4 8 Grounds 1962-1984 4 9 Buildings – internal and external 1962-1984 4 10 Christmas decoration 1962-1984 4 11 Performances – stadium interiors 1962-1984 4 12 Fitzgerald Fountain 1962-1984 4 13 Whirly-gig 1962-1984 4 14 Fisher Pavilion topping off – 2002 1958-2004 2 1 SCOH Closing – Dec 2001 1958-2004 2 2 Opera House 1958-2004 2 3 McCaw Hall groundbreaking – folder contains list of itemized photo descriptions 1958-2004 2 4 McCaw Hall 2000, performance hall open house 1958-2004 2 5 Tsutakawa Sculpture – 2000 1958-2004 2 6 (General) 1958-2004 2 7 Dedication 1958-2004 2 8 SC Grounds 1958-2004 2 9 International Fountain 1958-2004 2 10 Moon Gates – 1999 1958-2004 2 11 Olympic Illiad (sculpture) – 1992 1958-2004 2 12 Ewen Dingwall courtyard restoration 1958-2004 2 13 People at the Fair, Fair Grounds, Entertainment 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 2 247 Fair Scenes, concession & ride ticket booths 1962-1989 1 5 244 People enjoying the fair, couples 1962-1989 1 5 244 Monorail construction, reopening 1962-1989 1 5 245 Fair site construction (donated envelope) 1962-1989 1 5 245 Aerials – Space Needle, Seattle Center area 1962-1989 1 5 246 Models of buildings 1962-1989 1 5 246 Graphics Charts, Designs, Drawings, and Models 4