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Title	View west of south facade of Coliseum
Identifier	spl_wl_sec_00435
Description	Concession kiosks in front of 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.) On the concession kiosks, designed by Wendell Lovett and Ted Bower: “Shelters for some 80 concessions will be provided by these large inverted umbrellas arranged in gay clusters throughout the fairgrounds. When floodlighted from below at night, the fabric covers of vinyl-coated nylon in yellow, bright orange, light blue and white will produce a colorful pattern.” (An Architect’s Guidebook to the Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Enginee
Subjects (LCSH)	Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Lenggenhager, Werner Building--Washington (State)--Seattle Arches--Washington (State)--Seattle Ladders Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993 Lovett, Wendell Bower, Ted, 1922- 2009
Photographer	Lenggenhager, Werner
Architect	Thiry, Paul, 1904-1993 Lovett, Wendell Bower, Ted, 1922- 2009
Date	1962-02-08
Period	Before the Fair
Notes	Title taken from handwritten caption on verso. Date stamped on verso.
Folder	Coliseum
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, saved as TIFF file.
File Format	image/jp2
Collection	Century 21 Digital Collection
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Rights Management	To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, 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	2011-12-27