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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
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| Seattle World’s Fair Photos. 1962. Photos courtesy Chris Arena. |
World’s Fair Candids Pt. 1
August 10th, 2009 @ 12:48 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
Vintage Seattle reader Chris Arena kindly sent along these vintage Seattle World’s Fair snapshots. He notes that they were obtained while cleaning out a vacant home. Memories of a portly boy and his mother’s trip to the fair, lost until now. Thanks Chris.
These are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing them.
What in heck is that (fake?) forest of trees with a banner that says “Allium” on it?
Not fake. Allium is a bulb. Garlic is an allium. Those are giant (possibly Elephant Ear) garlic plants.
I love these shots. Classic “kid dragged away from whatever he was doing to go to something supposedly fun” shots. I like the hands in the pocket, out stance in the monorail shot. Thanks Chris and Jess.
Love the images, I am a big fan of the vintage world fair archive finds. I am compiling one right now using images from the world fair in chicago in 1893.
I think the “fake trees” are real plants. Allium are just garlic or onion plants that have flowered. This looks like it was in front of the Mural Amphiteater. Was there some sort of demonstration garden located there during the fair?
LOVE this… I was 7 then and went twice. Saw Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Stadium. In this shot it looks like it was set up for a trapeeze act of some sort. My grandparents can be seen clearly in the Elvis film shot at the fair, right by the needle…
The elevator shots may have been because they were cool looking, and also they were the last part to arrive prior to the fair opening. They ran out of time and had to build a temporary entrance that worked right up till they replaced it a few years ago with a great new “Space Base”.
The six sided booths were everywhere for years to follow… a few migrated along with the Union Oil Sky Ride to the Puyallup Fair grounds…
Wow, where are all of the people?
It looks about as crowded as Seattle Center does now, during a normal day.
That’s my thought, where are all the people? Growing up in the Seattle area, anything that had to do with the Seattle Center seemed to have a Ghost town-like quality to it. I was shocked last time in Seattle to see how many people were at the Center on a summer weekday. Does anyone know if the old amusement park rides were from the Worlds Fair, or were they a later addition? Are they still there? It seems to me they were near the Food Circus.