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Title	View N.W. from Space Needle; lower left is big center fountain
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00315
Description	View of Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) grounds from Space Needle. “The Space Needle, a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair, was conceived by Eddie Carlson as a doodle in 1959 and given form by architects John Graham Jr., Victor Steinbrueck, and John Ridley. When King County declined to fund the project, five private investors, Bagley Wright, Ned Skinner, Norton Clapp, John Graham Jr., and Howard S. Wright, took over and built the 605-foot tower in less than a year.” (Walt Crowley, “Space Needle (Seattle).” HistoryLink.org, http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1424) On the International Fountain: “The fountain, a fitting symbol of the fair, graces the center of Boulevards of the World. Designed by Japanese architects Kazuyuki Matsushita and Hideki Shimizu, the fountain is centered in a huge bowl-shaped granite plaza. Its surface is composed of irregular white rock chips suggesting a rocky plain on some unexplored asteroid far beyond the reaches of this galaxy.” (Official souvenir program, Seattle World's Fair, 1962. Seattle: Acme, p. 55.)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--Aerial views Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) Playhouse (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) International Mall (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Fine Arts Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Seattle Center Exhibition Hall International Fountain (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle--Aerial views Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Aerial views Lenggenhager, Werner Building--Washington (State)--Seattle Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle Art museums--Washington (State)--Seattle John Graham and Company Matsushita, Kazuyuki Shimizu, Hideki
Subject	Playhouse Space Needle International Fountain Aerial views Fine Arts Pavilion International Mall
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	John Graham and Company Matsushita, Kazuyuki Shimizu, Hideki
Date	1962-02-24
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Construction
Measurements	25 x 20.3 cm
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file. Photoshop used to reduce access image to 600 pixels on long edge; master image file size: 84,715,779 bytes.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Type (DCMI)	image
Item Type	Photographs
Source	Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Date created	2011-05-09