Ready or not, here comes Part 4 of the World’s Fair Sliding feature. If you need to catch up — just click
here,
here, and
here. Thanks once again to Josh Salwitz
discovering and sending in this motherload of vintage Seattle Center construction photos.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Seattle Center and Space Needle under construction, 1961-1962. Photo courtesy Josh Salwitz.
Paccar!
Plus I’ve never seen an arrow on the block-number “hat” before. Love that first shot.
I still can’t get over all the “audience participation” shown in these slides. Number 6 has somebody’s grandmother walking the narrow lip on the perimeter of the fair’s “Bottomless Pit” feature. I love the happy family in the last one. Looks like it might be the beginning of one of those carefree ads for Lucky Strikes or Tareytons or Chesterfields.
“Taking a family stroll through the fairgrounds..time for a cigarette…Lucky Strike…LSMFT..Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco…”
LSMFT….Loose Strap Means Floppy Tit