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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Souvenir programme of the sixth annual musical festival given by Pacific Kystens Norske Sangerforbund, August 28th to 31st, 1909
Souvenir book with lists of Norwegian societies participating in the A.Y.P.E. as well as their portraits. Also contains program for the "Grand Concert" with portraits of chorus members and conductors. Approximately 60 pages, 18 x 27 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_214269
Date: 1909-08
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Exotic visitor
On the steps of the Food Circus of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). "Close to the center of the fairgrounds is the Food Circus, a great bustling eaters' delight. Ranged about the vast floor are 52 concessions, all producing food in its manifold phases." (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 137.) The building was constructed in 1938 as the Washington National Guard Armory (Architects: Floyd A. Naramore and Arrigo M. Young) and was transformed into the Food Circus for the Century 21 Exposition (Architects: Durham, Anderson, and Freed).
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00320
Date: 1962-06-10
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Municipal News, v. 53, no. 9, May. 13, 1963
Page 68 article discusses plan for redeveloping downtown Seattle.
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_09
Date: 1963-05-13
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Souvenir bulletin of articles exhibited by Pacific University at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Bibliography of books from the Pacific University Library on exhibit at the A.Y.P.E. On verso of title page, “as a pioneer institution Pacific University has had a part in the history of the 'Land West.' The exhibit prepared for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is arranged with a view to represent the development and life of a Historic school.†From page 8, “the collection...includes rare works of geography and travel from the Morse collection; works relating to the development of the Pacific Coast; some interesting specimens of Americana; and texts in Indian, Hawaiian and other Oriental languages.†24 pages, 19 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_296548
Date: 1909
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Invitation from the Washington State Governor to a banquet in honor of William Howard Taft at the Washington State Building, September 30, 1909
Three part invitation including cover, page detailing a list of speakers and the menu to be prepared for the banquet.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.5
Date: 1909-09-30
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Hawaii Day souvenir ticket, August 25, 1909
Souvenir ticket for Hawaii Day, 25 August 1909, depicting elements from what would later become the Hawaii state seal.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.2
Date: 1909-08-25
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Invitation to a reception and ball for the president and officers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at the Washington State Building, October 15, 1909
Invitation from the Governor of the State of Washington and the Washington State Commission to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to a reception and ball for the president and officers of the Exposition at the Washington State Building.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.12
Date: 1909-10-15
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List of conventions to meet in Seattle, 1909
Printed alphabetical list of conventions to occur in the months of June through September.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553090
Date: 1909
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United States government at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle, June 1st to October 16th, 1909
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
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