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.
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
View this itemInvitation 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
View this itemSection francaise de beaux-arts [catalogue officiel], 1909
A catalogue organized alphabetically by last name of artist detailing paintings on display in the French section of the Fine Arts Building. Details include brief biographical notes about the artists as well as titles of paintings (and English translations of titles). Note on verso of title page, "All information concerning the sale of the pictures included in the Official Catalogue are to be obtained from Monsieur Surtel, special Delegate for the Section of the French Fine-Arts." Catalogue is in French. 30 pages, 19 cm, illustration on cover.
Identifier: spl_ayp_324353
Date: 1909
View this itemSeattle Public Library Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Resource Guide
A detailed listing of A.Y.P.E. resources featured in The Seattle Public Library's collections including 1) descriptions of items in the digital collection, 2) resources available for viewing at the library such as postcards and images, and 3) citations to magazine and newspaper articles transcribed from the library's Northwest Index. 27 pages.
Identifier: spl_ayp_resourceguide2
Date: 2008
View this itemProgram 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
View this item"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
View this itemInnes Day souvenir program, July 10, 1909
"Festival Performance of Americana: An Allegory of the Civil War in Song" performed by the Innes Orchestral Band of New York, A.-Y.-P. Festival Chorus, Haydn Quartette, Wagner's A.-Y.-P. Band, and the Clan Fraser Troupe of Highland Pipers at the Natural Amphitheatre on 10 July 1909. Festivities also included a military pageant, fireworks, and an opening concert by The Massed Bands. Admission 10 cents. Illustration on cover of Frederick Neil Innes, music director, A.Y.P.E., 4 pages.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.34.1
Date: 1909-07-10
View this itemTownship Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 20, Township 23N, Range 5E
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_P20_T23N_R5E
Date: 1889
View this itemAlaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Seattle, U.S.A. June 1st to October 15th 1909, 1907
Booklet describing the plan, scope and aims of the A.Y.P.E. Also descriptions of the environs and features of Seattle, the grounds, building plan and funding of the exposition as well as the states and foreign countries that will be featured. Contains photographs of Alaska, Seattle and Washington State and a ground plan of the exposition. Approximately 25 pages, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.1
Date: 1907
View this itemClara Latimer Bickford letter to Alexander Latimer, May 21, 1893
Clara Latimer Bickford was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer and sister of Narcissa Leonora Latimer Denny. She married Arthur Farrington Bickford in 1888 in Minnesota. They lived in Seattle from roughly 1892-1900 before moving to Oregon. In the letter, Clara discusses the health of her mother, Sarah, and the activities of her daughter, Ethel.
Identifier: spl_lj_003
Date: 1893-05-21
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