Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Digital Collection
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.
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Program of the Seventh Annual Convention of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, July 12-15, 1909
Includes titles of papers presented during proceedings at the Hoo-Hoo House and Fine Arts Hall and a list of lumber industry companies that served as hosts. Booklet with wood cover and six wood pages bound with leather ties.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.33
Date: 1909-07
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Secretary'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
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Invitation to the celebration of McMinnville Day at the Oregon State Building, July 10, 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: 1909-07-10
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"Ground plans of the exposition," The Coast, February 1907
A brief article in which the design for the preliminary ground plan for the A.Y.P.E. by J. C. Olmsted is presented and discussed. From page 79, "twelve large exhibit palaces arranged in an unique manner will form the nucleus of the exposition." Includes ground plan. Coast 13:2 (February 1907): 78-79, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_feb1907
Date: 1907-02
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"Alaska Tells Its Own Story," The Coast, July 1909
An article describing the Alaskan building. The author notes that the building portrays "a vivid and accurate idea of what Alaska is today and suggest[s] the possibilities of the near future" (p. 20). Includes a discussion of the resources and exports on display and offers praise for the work of exhibit Commissioner John C. McBride. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 20-22, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_20
Date: 1909-07
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Seattle Day souvenir ticket, June 6, 1909
Souvenir ticket for Seattle Day, 6 June 1909, printed with signatures of A. D. Bannall, chief of admissions, and J. E. Chilberg, president.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.1
Date: 1909-06-06
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Invitation from the Officers of the National Guard of Washington to a reception for the Interstate National Guard Association at the Washington State Building, October 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception with dancing to be held at 9:30.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.8
Date: 1909-10-04
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Invitation from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to a reception for Baron Shibusawa and the honorary commercial commissioners from Japan at the Washington State Building, September 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception to be held from 8:30 until 10:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.10
Date: 1909-09-04
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Beautiful smiling stranger, Volunteer Park Be-In, April 30, 1967
Beautiful smiling stranger, Volunteer Park Be-In
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Date: 1967-04-30
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"Next World's Fair," The Coast, July 1908
An article describing the preparations underway for the A.Y.P.E. including exhibits planned and buildings under construction as well as the passage of a bill by Congress to appropriate funds for government displays. Also included are more detailed descriptions of the three planned permanent buildings: the Fine Arts Palace (now the Architecture Building), the Auditorium and Machinery Hall. Coast 16.1 (July 1908): 16-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1908
Date: 1908-07
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