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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Space Needle worker and view west with helicopter, ca. November 27, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73540004
Date: 1961-11-27
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Workers installing screening on Space Needle roof, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_019
Date: 1961-12-28
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Workers on outrigger fins of Space Needle, ca. November 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_017
Date: 1961-11-29
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Scaffolding at Space Needle base, ca. August 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68910006
Date: 1961-08
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Worker balances on cable inside Space Needle, ca. November 19, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_72700015
Date: 1961-11-19
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Workers applying concrete on Space Needle pagoda, ca. early January 1965
Identifier: spl_gg_76240022
Date: 1962-01
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Rooftop looking east over 2nd Ave. between Bell and Blanchard, January 1967
Rooftops as seen from nearby the apartment I shared with Charles Potts, in Belltown.
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Date: 1967-01
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Workers guiding Space Needle leg into place, ca. September 13, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69680006
Date: 1961-09-13
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Workers install Space Needle decking, ca. November 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73560003
Date: 1961-11-29
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Visitors on Space Needle observation deck, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_72330006
Date: 1962
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