Show Street
Title
Show Street
Identifier
spl_wl_exp_00899
Description
Circus Berlin wagon at Show Street , Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) . Show Street was the "adult entertainment " section of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair)."With a thought that a sample of the best of everything belongs at a World's Fair , the northeast corner of the Fairgrounds is devoted to adult entertainment . This area is called Show Street U.S.A . Show Street offers food and drink , exciting show girls , the natural and the unusual . It's a great place to spend an evening. " (Official press book : Seattle World's Fair 1962 . Seattle : Century 21 Exposition , p . 60.) Circus Berlin "features West German highwire , trapeze and platform acts. " (Seattle Times , June 29 , 1962.)
Subjects (LCSH)
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Show Street (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle--Aerial views Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Aerial views Lenggenhager, Werner Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Circus--Germany--Berlin Advertising--Circus--Washington (State)--Seattle
Keywords
Show Street Aerial views
Photographer
Lenggenhager, Werner
Date
1962-08-11
Decade
1960/1969
Period
During the Fair
Notes
Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder
Shows
Measurements
25.97 x 20.94 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: 91,016,532 bytes.
File Format
image/jp2
Collection
Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution
The Seattle Public Library
Rights and Reproduction
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Type (DCMI)
image
Local Type
Photographs
Source
Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Date created
2011-07-06
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