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Title	Mural in post office; Space Needle; Washington
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00806
Description	Space Needle Post Office on Boulevards of the World, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “Surrounding the Coliseum is 94,200 sq. ft. of exhibit space in clear span structures of concrete columns and tilt-up walls with a steel joist roof system and metal decking and insulation. The concrete, laid out in a repetitive form which has become the architect's trademark, relieves what might otherwise have become a monotonous perimeter facade.” (An Architect’s Guidebook to the Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 1962, p. 19)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) United States Post Office (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner United States. Post Office Dept. Postal service--Washington (State)--Seattle Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Air mail service--United States--Photographs Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
Subject	Space Needle Post Office
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
Date	1962-07
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Post Office
Measurements	25.84 x 21.06 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: 91,117,365 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	A mail service that keeps pace Continental B-1 Forty years ago – a flying boat flew privately contracted mail at 80 mph on the world’s first international route – Seattle to Victoria. 1919 Intercontinental 707 Today – 600 mile-an-hour four-engine jetliners speed airmail nonstop coast to coast and between continents in a few hours. 1960
Date created	2011-07-03