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.
Fair buildings under construction and Space Needle, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76460010
Date: 1962
View this itemWorkers install Space Needle decking, ca. November 29, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73560003
Date: 1961-11-29
View this itemWes the math teacher sits on stump near Deer Lake, Olympic National Park, September 1967
Wes the math teacher sits on stump in Olympic National Park, near Deer Lake
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Date: 1967-09
View this itemView up to Space Needle ring girder, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70060008
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemWorkers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76200007
Date: 1961-12-21
View this itemJakk Corsaw at home in his studio gallery with flavor of the week girlfriend, Jakk Corsaw's Art Gallery, Pike Place Market, circa 1967
Jakk Corsaw at home in his studio gallery with flavor of the week girlfriend
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Date: 1967
View this itemWorkers at top of Space Needle and view SE, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70090023
Date: 1961-11-11
View this itemDemolition of Rivoli Theatre for new Federal Building at 1st Ave. and Madison St., January 9, 1971
Seattle; Start of demolition of site of new Federal Bldg. Photo of Rivoli Theatre on Madison.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00102
Date: 1971-01-09
View this itemConstruction of I-5 viaduct at Lakeview, January 1962
Seattle; Wash. View S.E. on Lakeview freeway viaduct with beam laying machine
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00075
Date: 1962-01
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