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Title	Gay Way [i.e. Gayway]; Space wheel
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00525
Description	Gayway, 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...VELARE GIANT WHEEL--an American ride built especially for the Fair. A 21st century version of the ferris wheel in which swinging cars at the ends of giant booms lift riders 100 feet above ground. 50¢" (Official press book: Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, 1962, p. 62.)
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 Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Ferris wheels--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subject	Gayway
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Date	1962-07
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Gayway
Measurements	20.2 x 25 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 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