Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
Invitation from the Lumbermen of Seattle to the reception and ball in honor of the delegates to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at the Washington State Building on 13 July 1909
Printed invitation to the reception and ball to be held on Tuesday evening.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.17
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation from Rear Admiral H. Ijichi and the Imperial Japanese Training Squadron to event on board of H.I.J.M.S. "Aso" on 9 June 1909
Printed invitation card to event to be held from 3:00 until 6:00. Card states that "boats will be in attendance at the foot of Madison St." and asks for guests to present the card to the "officer in charge of boats."
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.47.4b
Date: 1909
View this itemOfficial guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Seattle, Washington, June 1 to October 16, 1909
Includes statement of exposition mission, suggestions for touring the exposition, information on surrounding points of interest, photographs and information about exposition buildings and exhibits, and a program of special days and events. 6 pages, 22 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.28
Date: 1909
View this itemSmithsonian and National Museum Exhibit
An article describing the Smithsonian and National Museum Exhibit within the Government Building at the A.Y.P.E. The author notes the particularly educational quality of this exhibit. U.S. development in terms of land and water transportation, telegraphy and the political, religious and economic history of the Pacific states are also discussed. The exhibit also includes a portrait gallery of important persons involved in the history and discovery of America. A special feature of the exhibit is the display of an excavation of the Casa Grande Reservation showing settlements of Indian ancestors in Arizona. Also discussed are displays concerning Pacific Islanders. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 26-29, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_26
Date: 1909
View this itemUnited States government at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle, June 1st to October 16th
Pamphlet describing the U.S. Government Building at the A.Y.P.E. including statistics related to its cost and construction as well as interesting facts about the exhibits including "one or more dirigible balloons will be part of the War Department's exhibit." 1 sheet at 15 x 16 cm, folded to 15 x 8 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2526751
Date: 1909?
View this itemA-Y-P Addition real estate brochure
Joseph E. Thomas & Company, Inc. real estate brochure advertising lots for sale on Ravenna Boulevard in the "A-Y-P Addition."
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.51
Date: 1909?
View this itemSouvenir program of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Eisteddfod
Program for a Welsh literature and music festival held at the Exposition Auditorium on 27-28 August 1909. Includes lists and images of Eisteddfod Association officers, trustees, officials, literary adjudicators, presidents, and stockholders as well as schedule and conditions for literary and musical competitions. Printed lyrics to Virginius (English); Old Ironsides (English); Y Bore Olaf (Welsh); Prize Verses to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (English and Welsh); Ton Aberystwyth (Welsh); Ton Huddersfield (Welsh); Ton Crug-Y-Bar (Welsh); Ton Malvern (Welsh); God Be With You (English); America (English). 34 pages, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.34.3
Date: 1909
View this itemSecretary's report of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: held at Seattle, June 1st to October 16th, 1909
Detailed compilation of A.Y.P.E. financial and logistical information including a balance sheet, a capital stock statement, exhibit earnings and expenditures, revenue from exhibit buildings, a profit and loss account, etc. Logistical information includes lists of board members, committee members, stockholders, etc. 83 pages, 24 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_324355
Date: 1909
View this itemSeattle opens doors of country to Japanese commissioners
An article detailing the Northwest stops on a 3-month tour of the United States by the Honorary Japanese Commercial Commission, chaired by Baron E. Shibusawa. The commission's itinerary included visits to the A.Y.P.E. on September 1 and on Japan Day, September 4. Pacific Northwest Commerce magazine (official publication of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce) 1.4 October 1909: 11-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_362611_oct1909_11
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation to the celebration of McMinnville Day at the Oregon State Building on 10 July 1909
Printed invitation card for the reception with the program to be held at 11:00 and the reception to be held from 3:00 to 5:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.9
Date: 1909
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