August 1st, 2007 @ 1:59 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post
Let’s stick with that
Seattle Center theme from last week and look once again at the
1962 Seattle World’s Fair aka Century 21 Exposition. The Fair opened April 21, 1962 and ran until October 21 of that same year and almost 10 million people attended during that time. And did you know that President John Kennedy was scheduled to attend the Expo but bowed out due to “a cold” (when in actuality he was knee deep in the
Cuban Missile Crisis). Enough trivia though, let’s take a look at two vintage postcards from the Expo. As always, clickity click for a larger view:
Dear Irene,
We are at Christine’s, been to the fair today. It’s nice and very clean. Train was all the time late, makes planned tour off some. Going to Victoria tomorrow, I hope. Weather is very nice here. We are taking more time than we had planned, can’t get too tired, wishing you are well. Sorry I am slow and am not writing many cards.
Love Mom
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Front: Seattle’s World Fair.
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Back: Seattle World’s Fair. Industrial Exhibits. Exhibition industriel. Exhibicion industrial. Color photo by Mike Roberts. Postcard sent June 1962.
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Mailing this from the Fairgrounds — it should bear a special postmark. This is our third day and already some things are being put off until tomorrow. So much to see and so many in our party. Cloudy and cool today. Love to all.
Jane + Mom
Alice’s 2nd letter came this AM.
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Front: Seattle’s World Fair.
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Back: Seattle World’s Fair. Aerial view of the Fair. Vue a vol d’oiseau de la exposition. Vista de pajaro de la exposicion. Color photo by Mike Roberts. Postcard sent August 1962. It did in fact “bear a special postmark.”
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August 25th, 2007 @ 3:10 am
Yikes, I never would’ve guessed that the Space Needle was at one time orange.