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Title	Spring blossoms & Space Needle
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00655
Description	Space Needle, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). On the World's Fair landscaping: “Landscape architects have praised the Seattle World's Fair, as it is unique among international expositions. For the first time, landscape design is permanent, remaining in the Seattle Center after the Fair.” (Official press book : Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, p. 71.) On the Space Needle: “The Space Needle, a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair, was conceived by Eddie Carlson as a doodle in 1959 and given form by architects John Graham Jr., Victor Steinbrueck, and John Ridley. When King County declined to fund the project, five private investors, Bagley Wright, Ned Skinner, Norton Clapp, John Graham Jr., and Howard S. Wright, took over and built the 605-foot tower in less than a year.” (Walt Crowley, “Space Needle (Seattle).” HistoryLink.org, http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=1424)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Flowering trees--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subject	Space Needle
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	John Graham and Company
Date	1962-04-19
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Landscaping
Measurements	21.12 x 25.79 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: 91,164,237 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	2011-06-22