Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
Souvenir guide of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition : held at Seattle, Washington, June 1st to October 16th, 1909
A guidebook to the A.Y.P.E. Includes maps, directions, places and events to see in Seattle, information on hotel accommodations, and an index to "Special Days and Events" at the exposition. 64 pages, 16 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.30
Date: 1909
View this item"United States Government Exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," The Coast, July 1909
An article extensively describing the United States Government Exhibit at the A.Y.P.E. From page 13, it is "the most complete, most interesting, most instructive display ever gotten together by the United States government." Describes the physical appearance of the building and the various departments on exhibit such as the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture, the Navy Department, the War Department, the Department of State, and other government bodies including the Mint, the Assay Office, the Public Health and Marine Hospital, the Artillery Corps, the Signal Corps, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Entomology, et. al. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 13-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_13
Date: 1909-07
View this item"Exposition to Increase Pacific Trade," The Coast, May 1907
A brief article in which the author contends that the A.Y.P.E. will serve the purpose of uniting the Pacific states in the pursuit of trade relations with the Pacific nations of the East ("what is known as the Orient and Oceania" (p. 344)). Author notes that the exposition will offer traders the opportunity to study "the habits and customs" of people of the Orient and offers ideas and statistics to explain why the U.S. has been lagging behind European nations in trade with Eastern countries. Coast 13.5 (May 1907): 343-45, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_may1907
Date: 1907-05
View this item"Celebrities at A.Y.P. who favor woman suffrage," Votes for Women, October 1909
An article concerning the famous politicians and citizens that will be in attendance at the A.Y.P.E. that are in favor of women's suffrage. President Taft is cited as the most famous example. Provides quotes from politicians from suffrage states such as Utah and Idaho indicating the value of suffrage. Is a part of Votes for Woman, official organ of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association. Illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_1858397
Date: 1909-10
View this item"For great stock subscription," Washington Magazine, September 1906
A brief article describing the impending sale of exposition stock to the citizens of Seattle. Washington Magazine 2.1 (September 1906): 43.
Identifier: spl_ayp_470457_sep1906
Date: 1906-09
View this itemCentury vase, sterling silver, 1909
Pamphlet depicting the Century Vase made in sterling silver by the Gorham Company. From the title page, "to Commemorate the Completion of the First Century of the Republic of the United States of America." Exhibited by Albert Hansen, jeweler and silversmith. 16 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2227337
Date: 1909
View this itemYou'll like Tacoma: official map of the A.Y.P.E. grounds, 1909
Colored plan and map of A.Y.P.E. grounds distributed by the city of Tacoma and Pierce County. On the verso is a description of Tacoma urging the visitors of A.Y.P.E. to visit the city. Includes a list of reasons why Tacoma is a must-see and a photograph of Tacoma's harbor. Oriented with north to upper right. 31 x 25 cm. Folded to 14 x 10 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2432146
Date: 1909
View this itemAlaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition directory: Seattle, U.S.A. June 1 to October 16, 1909
Directory of names of the officers and members of committees of the A.Y.P.E. organized by department. 24 pages, 17 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2526756
Date: 1909
View this itemSupplication, ca. 1924
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_38
Date: 1924
View this itemLetter to a potential investor offering subscription for gold bonds, September 30, 1908
Letter to John W. Vaux, a potential investor, from the A.Y.P.E. Finance Committee expressing the need for additional funds to complete the A.Y.P.E. and offering subscription for gold bonds. Dated 30 September 1908.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.39
Date: 1908-09-30
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