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.
Worker welding Space Needle pagoda, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220017
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemWorker guiding Space Needle ring girder into place, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70080015
Date: 1961-11-11
View this itemView of Space Needle and downtown from Queen Anne, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220012
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemWorkers welding outside Space Needle core, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68800009
Date: 1961-07
View this itemView of Space Needle from KeyArena construction, ca. November 7, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70050006
Date: 1961-11-07
View this itemWorkers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_75450005
Date: 1961-12-21
View this itemCrane operator at Space Needle construction site, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820028
Date: 1961-07
View this itemWorkers guide steel plate into place on Space Needle, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070016
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemSpace Needle workers, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210015
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemView looking up completed Space Needle, ca. 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76550001
Date: 1962
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