Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Digital Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 21, Township 24N, Range 5E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P21_T24N_R5E
Date: 1889
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Invitation and admission card from the President and Officers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to a luncheon at New York State Building on opening day, June 1, 1909
Printed invitation card and admission card (to be presented at the door) to the luncheon to be held at 1:00. Inscribed to "Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Rubin." Printed on the admission card is the name of the chairman, Josiah Collins.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.47.3
Date: 1909-06-01
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Section francaise de beaux-arts [catalogue officiel], 1909
A catalogue organized alphabetically by last name of artist detailing paintings on display in the French section of the Fine Arts Building. Details include brief biographical notes about the artists as well as titles of paintings (and English translations of titles). Note on verso of title page, "All information concerning the sale of the pictures included in the Official Catalogue are to be obtained from Monsieur Surtel, special Delegate for the Section of the French Fine-Arts." Catalogue is in French. 30 pages, 19 cm, illustration on cover.
Identifier: spl_ayp_324353
Date: 1909
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Unknown man in Burlington, Iowa, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by S.T. Bryan in Burlington, Iowa.
Identifier: spl_lj_022
Date: 1880?
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General history, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, fully illustrated: meet me in Seattle 1909
Complimentary book of photographs and essays including biographies of A.Y.P.E. officials, an essay on exposition's plan and scope, and descriptions of buildings and exhibits. Photographs include views of downtown Seattle streets and buildings, official photographs of A.Y.P.E. grounds and buildings under construction, scenic shots of Seattle and other Western Washington locations. Includes a section about the City of Seattle and its facilities, resources, and opportunities. Approximately 115 pages, 17 x 25 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.15
Date: 1908?
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"Alaska Tells Its Own Story," The Coast, July 1909
An article describing the Alaskan building. The author notes that the building portrays "a vivid and accurate idea of what Alaska is today and suggest[s] the possibilities of the near future" (p. 20). Includes a discussion of the resources and exports on display and offers praise for the work of exhibit Commissioner John C. McBride. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 20-22, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_20
Date: 1909-07
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Argus: A.Y.P. ed., February 20, 1909
Special A.Y.P.E. edition of "the Argus" magazine. Articles concern the city of Seattle, the exposition, the Pay Streak, etc. Authors include J. E. Chilberg, Director General I. A. Nadeau, J. A. Wood, Robert Watson Boyce, George W. Kummer, Geo. E. Boos and C. B. Yandell. Also includes several pages of advertisements. Argus 16:3 (20 February 1909). 80 pages, 31 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_160304
Date: 1909-02-20
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Workers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76200007
Date: 1961-12-21
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Seattle, June 1-October 16, 1909
Guidebook released by the Northern Pacific Railway detailing the scope and purpose of the A.Y.P.E. and an overview of the buildings as well as "miscellaneous features" like the Pay Streak. Also included are statements about the ease of finding accommodations although "there will be no hotel on the grounds" (p.27), interesting side trips to take as well as stops to make along the Northern Pacific Railway. Includes fold out map of the United States depicting the Yellowstone Park Line and the stops along the way between Wisconsin and Washington. 45 pages, 22 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2524191
Date: 1909
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'High Noon for the Pike Place Market' article from The Seattle Sound News
Article outlining the reasons to support the preservation of Pike Place Market including a description of the various supporters and opponents of the Save the Market Initiative.
Identifier: spl_ps_014
Date: 1971-10
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