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 New York State Committee to a reception in honor of Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York, August 2, 1909
Printed invitation card for New York Governor Charles E. Hughes at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition's New York Building. Card to be presented for admission to the reception to be held from 3:00 until 5:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.47.4a
Date: 1909-08-02
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Catalogue of educational exhibits in the Washington Educational Building, A.-Y.-P. Exposition, 1909
Catalog of booths contained within the Educational Exhibit in the Educational Building. Organized by name of booths which are named after Washington counties and further divided into city/town "cabinets." 36 pages, 12 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2528463
Date: 1909
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The 57 Exposition Number: Published by H.J. Heinz Co. in the interest of the Pure Food Movement booklet, 1909
Booklet distributed by the H.J. Heinz Company that includes three kinds of essays. The first type discusses the A.Y.P.E. and its purpose and scope. The second type relates to the Pure Food Movement and makes a case for the elimination of preservatives in all food. The third type concerns stories and anecdotes about the selling and eating of Heinz products. Approximately 25 pages, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.11
Date: 1909
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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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Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: message from the President of the United States, 1911
Participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the United States Government Board of Managers of the government participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. From page 3, "To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the report of the United States Government board of managers of the Government participation in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held at Seattle, Wash., June 1 to October 16, 1909, inclusive, and call the attention of the Congress to the recommendation of the board as to printing the report. Wm. H. Taft. The White House, December 7, 1910." Report includes descriptions of the government buildings and department exhibits as well as the exhibits of Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines. 100 pages (not including illustrated plates), 29 x 23 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_895585
Date: 1911
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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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"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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"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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"Exposition to Increase Pacific Trade," The Coast, May 1907
A brief article in which the author contends that the A.Y.P.E. will serve the purpose of uniting the Pacific states in the pursuit of trade relations with the Pacific nations of the East ("what is known as the Orient and Oceania" (p. 344)). Author notes that the exposition will offer traders the opportunity to study "the habits and customs" of people of the Orient and offers ideas and statistics to explain why the U.S. has been lagging behind European nations in trade with Eastern countries. Coast 13.5 (May 1907): 343-45, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_may1907
Date: 1907-05
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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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