Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Space Needle’s construction during the early 1960s was an epic feat of architecture and design. George Gulacsik chronicled the project with over 2000 photos. Browse through our timeline to see the Needle’s construction milestones.
Workers on scaffolding below Space Needle, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74540020
Date: 1961-12-04
View this itemConstruction of Space Needle foundation, ca. May 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68750014
Date: 1961-05
View this itemCrane lifting section of Space Needle ringer girder, ca. October 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69760024
Date: 1961-10-29
View this itemWelder working on Space Needle stairwell, ca. December 14, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74600020
Date: 1961-12-14
View this itemWorkers on Space Needle core, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68810017
Date: 1961-07
View this itemWorker sanding Space Needle beam, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070001
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemWorker on scaffolding beneath Space Needle, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76200027
Date: 1961-12-21
View this itemRuins at 2nd Ave. and Columbia St. following the Great Fire, June 1889
Fire. Ruins. Front Street. Looking West from Second Avenue and Columbia Street from the Boston Block.
Identifier: spl_shp_5049
Date: 1889
View this itemLake City Branch, Seattle Public Library, ca. 1966
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Public Library. Branches. Lake City branch. 12501 - 28th N. E. Built 1966. Bronze gates designed by George Tsutakawa. View from the inside taken from the right. Photo by John Morse. John Morse, architect."
Identifier: spl_shp_21871
Date: 1966?
View this itemRocks at unidentified coastal beach, ca. August 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68840034
Date: 1961-08
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