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Title	Opening day celebration; 21 gun salute in stadium; view S.W.
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00745
Description	Opening ceremonies of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “Smoke filled Memorial Stadium at noon yesterday when rockets and 105-millimeter howitzers were fired to open the World’s Fair. Rockets burst in the air, emitting scores of flags, whic
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) Union 76 Skyride (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Spanish Village (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) CP Air Pavilion (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Food Circus (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Memorial Stadium (Seattle, Wash.) Million Silver Dollar Display (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Gathering rites CP Air Amusement rides--Washington (State)--Seattle Aerial tramways--Washington (State)--Seattle Spain--Relations--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle (Wash.)--Relations--Spain Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes--Washington (State)--Seattle Food courts--Washington (State)--Seattle Silver coins--Washington (State)--Seattle Dollar, American (Coin) Washington (State). Dept. of Commerce and Economic Development Stoddard, George W. (George Wellington), 1896-1967 Arches--Washington (State)--Seattle Stoddard, George W. (George Wellington), 1896-1967 Union 76 (Firm)
Subject	Union 76 Skyride CP Air Pavilion Spanish Village KeyArena Million Silver Dollar Display Food Circus Memorial Stadium
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Stoddard, George W. (George Wellington), 1896-1967
Date	1962-04-21
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Day Ceremonies
Measurements	25.97 x 20.94 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: 91,016,532 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