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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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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Seattle 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
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Section 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
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Japan exhibits building: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
A pamphlet featuring "information in regard to commerce of Japan" (from title page). Names of government exhibits are included which relate to various bureaus, departments and offices of the government in Japan. Also included are names of private exhibits relating to the various exports and art forms of Japan. Also includes list of names involved in exhibits, a ground plan of the Japan Building and several advertisements from some of the export related exhibits. A ground plan of A.Y.P.E. with Japan Building highlighted in bold is included on the back of the pamphlet. 24 pages, 15 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2418625
Date: 1909
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Bulletin No. 1; Headquarters Pioneers' Exhibit; Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, November 15, 1908
A call for volunteers and contributors for a proposed exhibition of "old Oregon Country" pioneer life. Describes building requirements, menus, plans for musical performances, and exhibitions of textiles, schoolbooks, and Indian relics. Bulletins to be issued monthly until close of exposition. Includes plan of grounds and buildings, 4 pages.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.31.5
Date: 1908-11-15
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Invitation from the Washington State Art Association to a press viewing of Japanese paintings and sculptures and a reception for artist Kinsen Kubota at the Carnegie Library Building, August 13, 1909
Printed invitation card to the press viewing. Includes a list of names of hostesses for the event.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.13
Date: 1909-08-13
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SGS Bulletin, v.21, no. 2, Dec. 1971
Identifier: spl_sgs_475325_021_002_Dec1971
Date: Dec. 1971
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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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Totem pole
Born in 1881 in Detroit, Michigan, Eustace Ziegler was a painter of the Alaskan School who painted mainly landscapes, portraits and figure drawing of Northwest Indians. He was trained at Yale University. He taught private art lessons in Seattle in the 1920’s and 30’s and was highly influential to many Northwest artists. One of his pupils was Guy Anderson. Ziegler died in 1969.
Identifier: spl_art_Z624To
Date: 1934
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"Hawaiian Exhibit," The Coast, July 1909
A brief article describing the Hawaiian Exhibit. Includes descriptions of maps (including a large, plaster-cast relief map), a series of oil paintings of the Hawaiian landscape as well as displays of the prime exports of Hawaii including coffee, fruit and hardwoods. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 30-32, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_30
Date: 1909
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