George Gulacsik Space Needle Photograph Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Space Needle’s construction during the early 1960s was an epic feat of architecture and design. George Gulacsik chronicled the project with over 2000 photos. Browse through our timeline to see the Needle’s construction milestones.
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Das Gasthaus, July 8, 1971
Seattle; "Das Gasthaus" Old Seattle Square; View South from Main Str.
Identifier: spl_wl_res_00038
Date: 1971-07-08
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Seattle Municipal News, v. 33, no. 2, Jan. 9, 1943
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_33_02
Date: 1943-01-09
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Space Needle workers, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70080020
Date: 1961-11-11
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Worker welding Space Needle pagoda, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220017
Date: 1961-12-28
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Workers atop Space Needle, ca. early December 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73670002
Date: 1961-12
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Walpi Architecture
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The twelfth volume, featuring the Hopi tribe, was published in 1922.
Identifier: spl_nai_12_421
Date: 1921
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Workers preparing to raise steel plates at Space Needle, ca. late September 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69700010
Date: 1961-09
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Meany Hall, University of Washington, 1909
Transcribed from photograph: "Colleges & Universities. Washington (state) University. Meany Hall Exterior. 1909. West facade, with statue of George Washington by Lorado Taft in the foreground. Classic style. Howard & Galloway, architects."
Identifier: spl_shp_20074
Date: 1909
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Construction of Space Needle foundation, ca. May 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68750014
Date: 1961-05
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Crane lifting section of Space Needle ringer girder, ca. October 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69760024
Date: 1961-10-29
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