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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Invitation from the Hawaii Commission of the Department of the Interior to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to an event at the Washington State Building, August 26, 1909
Printed invitation card to the event to be held at 8:30. Dancing is noted as part of the event.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.14
Date: 1909-08-26
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Coupon ticket book of Mrs. Delia T. Whittelsey, 1909
Coupon ticket book inscribed with bearer’s name, Mrs. Delia T. Whittelsey, and photograph of bearer attached inside front cover, embossed with signature of Charles R. Collins, treasurer, and A. D. Bannall, chief of Bureau of Admissions, A.Y.P.E., 1909. Inscribed "One Hundred Coupon Tickets $10.00 / Delia T. Whittelsey / Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, June 1 to Oct. 16, 1909."
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.3
Date: 1909
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Invitation from the National Guard of Washington to the opening ball for the officers of the United States Army and Navy at the Seattle Armory, June 3, 1909
Two-sided, printed invitation. On the verso is a list of "patronesses" for the event.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.11
Date: 1909-06-03
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"United States Navy Department at A.-Y.-P.," The Coast, July 1909
A brief article describing the exhibit of the United States Navy Department. Includes a description of the location within the Government Building and descriptions of various models of U.S. Navy ships such as the U.S.S. Connecticut. Also described are other features of the exhibit including guns, models of anchors, maps and navigation charts and special displays like an improvised sextant used by surviving members of the U.S.S. Saginaw, etc. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 23-26, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_23
Date: 1909-07
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Program of special days at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Printed list of special days dedicated to various events, cities and causes detailed on every day of the exposition.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553092
Date: 1909
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"Why an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition?," The World To-Day, June 1908
An article describing the purpose and scope of the A.Y.P.E. The author expresses favorable views on the fair and notes that based on the amount of exposition stock purchased by Seattle citizens, the rest of the city is in favor of the fair as well. World To-day 14.6 (June 1908): 640-45, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2398447_jun1908
Date: 1908-06
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"United States Government Exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," The Coast, July 1909
An article extensively describing the United States Government Exhibit at the A.Y.P.E. From page 13, it is "the most complete, most interesting, most instructive display ever gotten together by the United States government." Describes the physical appearance of the building and the various departments on exhibit such as the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture, the Navy Department, the War Department, the Department of State, and other government bodies including the Mint, the Assay Office, the Public Health and Marine Hospital, the Artillery Corps, the Signal Corps, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Entomology, et. al. Coast 18.1 (July 1909): 13-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1909_13
Date: 1909-07
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: speech of Hon. Samuel H. Piles of Washington in the Senate of the United States: Monday, February 3, 1908
Printed version of speech given by Washington State Senator Samuel Henry Piles to the U.S. Senate on 3 February 1908. Senator Piles makes the speech for the purposes of calling the attention of the Senate to a bill requesting the participation of the government in the A.Y.P.E. Speech includes summaries of the purpose of the exposition, the benefits to the country of promoting the resources of the West (specifically those of Alaska) and a statement regarding the importance of the West to the rest of the nation. Includes appendix of climatological conditions of Alaska. 28 pages, 22 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_557576
Date: 1908-02-03
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Invitation from the Arctic Brotherhood to the opening of the Arctic Brotherhood Building, June 2, 1909
Printed invitation to the event to be held from 9:00 until 2:00. Signed by Grand Arctic Chief and Grand Arctic Recorder.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.16
Date: 1909-06-02
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List of conventions to meet in Seattle, 1909
Printed alphabetical list of conventions to occur in the months of June through September.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2553090
Date: 1909
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