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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
Subject	Show Street Aerial views
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Date	1962-08-11
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 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	2011-07-06