	Library Collection
	Library Collection

Calendar of Events

Locations

About the Library

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Searching collections:

Century 21 Digital Collection

Add or remove collections

Home Hall of Industry; Jonson's [i.e. Johnson's] Wax exhibit

Reference URL

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Hall of Industry; Jonson's [i.e. Johnson's] Wax exhibit

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Image
Text

Close

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

A

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Digital Collection

C

Century 21 Digital Collection

S

Seattle City Directories

Seattle Historical Photograph Collection

Seattle Maps and Atlases

Seattle Room Menu Collection

Seattle Sawdust -- Bits and Pieces from the Seattle Collection

T

The Northwest Art Collection

OK

Cancel

Title	Hall of Industry; Jonson's [i.e. Johnson's] Wax exhibit
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00566
Description	Johnson’s Wax exhibit within Hall of Industry, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “While your shoes are being shined free by an electric buffing machine, you can get answers to the activities of Johnson's Wax through a unique telephone hook-up with an information board. The display is designed to capture the highlights of the company's research, product development, salesmanship, and consumer education. Robert Burgess, manager.” (Official press book : Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, p. 43.)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Domestic Commerce and Industry Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner United States--Commerce Industries--United States Johnson Wax Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Price, Robert B. (Robert Billsbrough), 1915-1981
Subject	Domestic Commerce and Industry Pavilion
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Price, Robert B. (Robert Billsbrough), 1915-1981
Date	1962-10
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso. Damage visible on print.
Folder	Hall of Industry
Measurements	21.06 x 25.91 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: 91,341,240 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
Transcript	The creative world of Johnson/s Wax
Date created	2011-06-20