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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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 14, Township 24N, Range 4E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P14_T24N_R4E
Date: 1889
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition educational exhibit, 1909
Small pamphlet including purpose and scope of Educational Exhibit. From page 3, "the contents of all these exhibits will set forth organization, legislation, administration, finances, general statistics, relating to schools and education, curriculum, principles and methods of instruction, results obtained, etc." 1 folded sheet which when folded creates 4 pages, 15 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2528464
Date: 1909
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Organization and management of the business of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1953
Hand-typed (and signed) account of the A.Y.P.E. from its inception written by the President of the Executive Committee, J. E. Chilberg. From page 1, "This is the year 1953 and I am the only member of the Executive Committee now living. As I was active in the business management with knowledge of all that occurred, I think the record should be made, as it is an important part of Seattle history." Includes a section entitled "Japan at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition." 10 pages, 28 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_556174
Date: 1953
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 42, Township 21N, Range 8E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P42_T21N_R8E
Date: 1889
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Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Japanese woods and photographs of forests exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Catalog containing descriptions of all the different types of wood from Japan as well as the photographs of Japanese national forests on display at the A.Y.P.E. Descriptions include "locality," "nature" (general physical description of the tree) and "uses." Includes Japanese names as well as Latin names for trees. 50 pages, 19 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2525440
Date: 1909
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition stock certificate, October 2, 1906
Capital stock assessment to Roland H. Vivian for the amount of $2.50 with paid stamp dated 2 October 1906.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.37
Date: 1906-10-02
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Unknown man in Seattle, ca. 1885
Photograph taken by Dorsaz & Schwerin in Seattle, Washington Territory.
Identifier: spl_lj_039
Date: 1885?
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"Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," The Coast, April 1908
A brief article with portraits of the commissioners of the state of Washington for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition asking the public for its support and enthusiasm in anticipation of the exposition. The author makes the case that the commissioners are hard at work to ensure that the fair opens on its anticipated date and that the exposition "will be the greatest and grandest success that has ever attended the efforts of the Western spirit and enterprise" (p. 299). Coast 15.4 (April 1908): 298-99, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_apr1908
Date: 1908-04
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Currency question and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: speeches of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew of New York in the Senate of the United States: February 6 and 10, 1908
From the entry on the A.Y.P.E.: "The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (S. 627) to encourage the holding of an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at the city of Seattle, State of Washington, in the year 1909, which had been reported from the Select Committee on Industrial Expositions with amendments" (p. 12). In the speech given in consideration of this bill, Senator Depew of New York expresses favorable views on expositions in general and on A.Y.P.E. in particular. 15 pages, 23 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_352521
Date: 1908-02
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"Canadian display makes distinct impression," Pacific Northwest Commerce, October 1909
A brief article discussing the Canadian Pavilion and the work of Commissioner William Hutchinson who "has assembled one of the most effective exhibits to be found at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition" (p. 24). Describes layout of exhibit and the various displays contained therein such as a displays for beavers, fish and other wildlife. Pacific Northwest Commerce magazine (official publication of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce) 1.4 October 1909: 24-26, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_362611_oct1909_24
Date: 1909-10
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