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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Flag ceremony atop Space Needle gas torch, ca. December 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74570009
Date: 1961-12-08
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View east from Space Needle, ca. late January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_048
Date: 1962-01
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Space Needle workers and view east, ca. November 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_012
Date: 1961-11
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Chief Joseph - Nez Percé
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 eighth volume, featuring the Nez Perce, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Cayuse, Tlakluit (or Wishham) and Chinook tribes, was published in 1911.
Identifier: spl_nai_08_256
Date: 1903
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Worker installing Space Needle stairs to 300' level, ca. October 14, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69710020
Date: 1961-10-14
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Workers in Space Needle skip, ca. December 4-7, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74530026
Date: 1961-12-04
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Space Needle core under construction, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830030
Date: 1961-07
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Workers within Space Needle core, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70080023
Date: 1961-11-11
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Worker laying cement on Space Needle roof, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220020
Date: 1961-12-28
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Derrick installing section of Space Needle core, ca. August 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_042
Date: 1961-08
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