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Title	Plaque on westside of Coliseum
Identifier	spl_wl_exp_01097
Description	Washington State Coliseum, Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). “Superlatives are helpful in describing the fair’s $4 million theme building, for it is one of the largest clear span structures in the world; and the aluminum roof, the only one of its kind in existence, sweeps 110 ft. into the air at the apex, supported by steel compression trusses rising from massive concrete abutments.” (An Architect’s Guidebook to the Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 1962, p. 17)
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Washington (State). Dept. of Commerce and Economic Development Signs and signboards--Washington (State)--Seattle Plaques, plaquettes--Washington (State)--Seattle Rosellini, Albert D. (Albert Dean), 1910- Washington (State). Governor (1957-1965 : Rosellini) Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
Keywords	KeyArena
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993
Date	1962-04-16
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Washington State Exhibit
Measurements	20.82 x 25.84 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: 90,073,410 bytes.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights and Reproduction	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Type (DCMI)	image
Local Type	Photographs
Source	Original: 8 x10 b/w photographic print
Transcript	Washington State Coliseum Honorable Albert D. Rosellini Governor World’s Fair Commission Edward E. Carlson Chairman Victor Rosellini Vice Chairman Lieutenant Governor John A. Cherberg Senator Howard Bargreen Councilman J.D. Braman Clarence C. Dill Senator Herbert H. Freise Paul S. Friedlander Senator Michael J. Gallagher Senator Reuben A. Knoblauch H. Dewayne Kreager Representative Audley F. Mahaffey Representative Ray Olsen Representative Leonard A. Sawyer Representative Jeanette Testu Alfred R. Rochester Executive Director Paul thiry FAIA Architect Constructed by Department of Commerce and Economic Development Howard S. Wright Construction company General Contractors April 21 1962
Date created	2011-07-26