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Title	Left is Gas Industry Pavilion: right is Ford Motor Co. exhibit
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00492
Description	American Gas Association Pavilion and Ford Motor Company Pavilion, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). On the American Gas Association Pavilion, designed by Neer and Associates, Ibsen A. Nelson, and Russell A. Sabin: "The pillars supporting the roof of the Gas Pavilion, on Boulevard 21, double as natural gas torches. In the center of the pavilion is a gas-dial clock. Underneath the serrated roof is a graphic report on the uses of natural gas today and a projection of its uses in the year 2001. The educational exhibit explains the sources, processing, by-products and distribution of gas from early Greek times to the present. Time is told on the roof-top clock by the number of torches burning, while the hours are struck by bursts of flame from the central pillar. Ninety-one gas distribution companies are sponsoring the exhibit." (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 45.) On the Ford Motor Company Pavilion, designed by Paul Thiry: "Geodesic dome which exhibitor moves about country is surrounded by projecting glued laminated columns and set on interlocking terraces." (An Architect's Guidebook to the Seattle Worlds Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 1962, p. 38)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Ford Motor Company Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Gas Industry Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Ford Motor Company Gas industry--Washington (State)--Seattle Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subject	Ford Motor Company Pavilion Gas Industry Pavilion
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Neer and Associates Nelson, Ibsen A. Sabin, Russell A. Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
Date	1962-04-01
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Gas Industry Pavilion
Measurements	25 x 20 cm
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file. Photoshop used to reduce access image to 600 pixels on long edge; master image file size: 82,326,720 bytes.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	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	2011-06-07