George Gulacsik Space Needle Photograph Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Space Needle’s construction during the early 1960s was an epic feat of architecture and design. George Gulacsik chronicled the project with over 2000 photos. Browse through our timeline to see the Needle’s construction milestones.
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Worker guiding steel plate into place on Space Needle, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070020
Date: 1961-11-08
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Workers on Space Needle Restaurant level, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210019
Date: 1961-12-28
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Blue Max Steak House Menu
Located right by Boeing Field, the Blue Max, an aeronautically themed restaurant, was part of the Red Baron Steakhouse chain in California. It held lip-sync contests every Saturday night from 1979 until it closed in 1988.
Identifier: spl_menu_00065
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Workers on Space Needle construction float, ca. late September 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69690004
Date: 1961-09
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Workers atop Space Needle, ca. early December 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73670002
Date: 1961-12
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Raising part of third Space Needle leg, ca. July 31, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68840013
Date: 1961-07-31
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Worker surveying construction at top of Space Needle, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70090016
Date: 1961-11-11
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Workers installing cross-tie between Space Needle legs, ca. September 12, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69670021
Date: 1961-09-12
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Workers pour concrete at 100' Space Needle observation deck, ca. November 27, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73550018
Date: 1961-11-27
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