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Title	Transportation Pavilion; Train of the future 500 m.p. hour
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_01007
Description	Transport 21 Pavilion, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “Four railroads have joined to finance a look at railroad transportation in the next century: Northern Pacific, Milwaukee, Union Pacific and Great Northern. There is a special emphasis on the integration of transportation and industry, making it easy to gather finished products for inter-city shipment. Dean Eastman, chairman” (Official press book: Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, 1962, p. 41.) “The top attraction [in the second of three exhibit buildings] is an operating model of the ‘Levatrain,’ presented through the cooperation of the Ford Motor Company. The ‘Levatrain’ is a wheel-less vehicle capable of carrying freight and passengers at speeds of from 200 to 500 miles an hour. It slides on a cushion of air provided by turbo-compressors. The train is moved by turbo-fan engines and it glides over special rail surfaces.” (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 48.)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Transport 21 Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Transportation buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle High speed trains--Washington (State)--Seattle Ground-effect machines--Washington (State)--Seattle Railroads--Models--Washington (State)--Seattle Railroad travel--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subject	Transport 21 Pavilion
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Date	1962-10
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Transportation Pavilion
Measurements	25.91 x 21 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: 91,084,200 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	2011-07-26