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.
Howard S. Wright workers and unidentified supervisors on Space Needle, ca. November 24-26, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_72740027
Date: 1961-11-24
View this itemUnidentified visitors from Howard S. Wright and John Graham and Company inspecting Space Needle, ca. January 23, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76300003
Date: 1962-01
View this itemView up to first section of Space Needle fins, ca. October 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69750013
Date: 1961-10-28
View this itemFlag ceremony atop Space Needle gas torch, ca. December 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74570009
Date: 1961-12-08
View this itemView east from Space Needle, ca. late January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_048
Date: 1962-01
View this itemSpace Needle core under construction, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830030
Date: 1961-07
View this itemSpace Needle workers and view east, ca. November 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_012
Date: 1961-11
View this itemWorkers within Space Needle core, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70080023
Date: 1961-11-11
View this itemWorker laying cement on Space Needle roof, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220020
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemMorgan Johanson, Olympic National Park, September 1967
Morgan Johanson in Olympic Mountain National Park
Identifier:
Date: 1967-09
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