View east of Show Street at night
Title
View east of Show Street at night
Identifier
spl_wl_exp_00519
Description
Gayway and Show Street , Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) . "The Gayway is a $2 million operation designed by two experts in the amusement business : J . W . Patty Conklin , a 50-year veteran who handles amusements for the Canadian National Exposition in Toronto , and Harry Batt , who operates the Lake Ponchartrain Amusement Park in New Orleans. " (Official press book : Seattle World's Fair 1962 . Seattle : Century 21 Exposition , 1962 , p . 62.) Show Street was the "adult entertainment " section of the Century 21 Exposition."With a thought that a sample of the best of everything belongs at a World's Fair , the northeast corner of the Fairgrounds is devoted to adult entertainment . This area is called Show Street U.S.A . Show Street offers food and drink , exciting show girls , the natural and the unusual . It's a great place to spend an evening. " (Official press book , p . 60.)
Subjects (LCSH)
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Gayway (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Amusement rides--Washington (State)--Seattle Amusement parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
Keywords
Gayway
Photographer
Lenggenhager, Werner
Date
1962-05-13
Decade
1960-1969
Period
During the Fair
Notes
Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder
Gayway
Measurements
25 x 20.2 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: 84,450,324 bytes.
File Format
image/jp2
Collection
Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution
The Seattle Public Library
Rights and Reproduction
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Type (DCMI)
image
Local Type
Photographs
Source
Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Date created
2011-06-07
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