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.
Official catalogue of the Department of Fine Arts, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Catalogue listing artwork on display in the Fine Arts Gallery and Exhibit of Arts and Crafts. From the introduction on page 4, "Galleries A and B contain the most notable collections of Old Masters, early English and Barbizon men shown in any public exhibition. The remaining Galleries, containing the works of early Americans and the foremost contemporary painters, are hung as a comparative exhibition, showing sharp contrasts, rather than any attempt at grouping." Includes index of artists, glossary of abbreviations and list of loaning institutions. 96 pages (not including illustrated plates), 20 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.36
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation from the Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs to a luncheon in honor of the officers and delegates of the National Council of Women at the New York State Building, July 14, 1909
Printed invitation card to the luncheon.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.15
Date: 1909-07-14
View this itemThe Exposition Beautiful, 1909
Book of essays about the A.Y.P.E. with official photographs, portraits and ground plan. Titles of the essays include "The World-Wide Significance of the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition," "The Fair That Kept a Promise," "The United States Government Building at the A.-Y.-P. Exposition," "Architecture and the Grounds" and "A Trip Over the Grounds." 31 pages, 23 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.10
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation from the President and the Officers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to the reception for French Ambassador Jusserand at the New York State building, June 14, 1909
Printed invitation card to be sent to invitees of the reception.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.3
Date: 1909-06-14
View this item"Progress of the Fair," Washington Magazine, October 1906
A brief article containing snippets describing the progress of the exposition in several aspects. The snippets are entitled as follows: "Subscription Day," " Major T. S. Clarkson's Trip," "Designer of Grounds Arrives," "$100,00 for Livestock Show" and "Mr. Nadeau in Alaska." Washington Magazine 2.2 (October 1906): 173-74, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_470457_oct1906
Date: 1906-10
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