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.
William Hickman Moore, ca. 1906
Transcribed from photograph: "Portraits. Moore, William Hickman. 1861-1946. Mayor, 1906-1908."
Identifier: spl_shp_15121
Date: 1906?
View this itemWorkers hammer drift pins into place on Space Needle leg, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820032
Date: 1961-07
View this itemWorker guiding steel plate into place on Space Needle, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070020
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemWorkers on Space Needle Restaurant level, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210019
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemThe Town Crier, v.7, no.20, May 18, 1912
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_20
Date: 1912-05-18
View this itemRocky runoff channel, en route to Palo Alto with Kathy Hansen, October 1967
Olympic Park rocky runoff channel [incorrect]
Identifier:
Date: 1967-10
View this itemWorker on top of Space Needle roof beam, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74540001
Date: 1961-12-04
View this itemWorker guides Space Needle cross-tie into place, ca. July 19, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820013
Date: 1961-07-19
View this itemLeon Sarsozo in his studio, Pike Place Market, circa 1967
Leon Sarsozo in his studio
Identifier:
Date: 1967
View this itemView NE from 3rd Ave S. and S. Main St., April 1977
Seattle - View N.E. from third Av. S. & S. Main Str. - White wall on left belongs to Union Gospel Mission
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00408
Date: 1977-04
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