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Title	White cross and red flag of Switzerland and "Needle"
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_00781
Description	Plaza of the States, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “Created at the specific request of Washington’s Governor Albert D. Rosellini and erected from funds voted by the Legislature, the Plaza of the States is a flag-surrounded open-air ceremonial area used for special programs honoring the fifty states. Located in the geographic center of the fairgrounds, the area contains a bandstand, speakers’ platform and a huge, gas-fed flame font -- symbol of the unity of the states. The flame will burn throughout the 184 days of the Fair.” (Official press book: Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Century 21 Exposition, 1962, p. 65.) In the background is 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.) Plaza of the States (Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash.) Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) Plazas--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Flags--Switzerland Bouillon, Richard, 1927-1973 John Graham and Company
Subject	Space Needle Plaza of the States
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Bouillon, Richard, 1927-1973 John Graham and Company
Date	1962-06
Period	During the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Plaza of the States
Measurements	20.94 x 25.97 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	2011-07-03