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Title	Coliseum as seen from Domestic Commerce & Industry Bldg. View N.W.
Identifier	spl_wl_sec_00443
Description	View of Washington State Coliseum from Hall of Industry, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). On the Coliseum, designed by Paul Thiry: “Superlatives are helpful in describing the fair’s $4 million theme building, for it is one of the largest clear span structures in the world; and the aluminum roof, the only one of its kind in existence, sweeps 110 ft. into the air at the apex, supported by steel compression trusses rising from massive concrete abutments.” (An Architect’s Guidebook to the Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 1962, p. 17.) On the Hall of Industry, designed by Robert B. Price: “The domestic exhibitors in this building all show how the ‘magic key’ of research has just begun to open the way to the future. The pavilion is 277 feet long and is highlighted by six-foot multi-colored plastic pyramids that extend on both sides of the roof and ceiling.” (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.) KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Trees--Washington (State)--Seattle United States--Commerce Industries--United States Snow--Washington (State)--Seattle Fountains--Washington (State)--Seattle Concrete sculpture--Washington (State)--Seattle Building--Washington (State)--Seattle Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993 Price, Robert B. (Robert Billsbrough), 1915-1981
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993 Price, Robert B. (Robert Billsbrough), 1915-1981
Date	1962-02-28
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Coliseum
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, 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	2011-12-27