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.
Worker laying cement on Space Needle roof, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220021
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemBlack Man - Arapaho
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 eighteenth volume, featuring the Wichita, Cheyenne, Oto, and Commanche tribes, was published in 1930.
Identifier: spl_nai_19_674
Date: 1927
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 itemWorkers on outer ring of Space Needle, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74550006
Date: 1961-12-04
View this itemColiseum Theater marquee and view of front, March 1976
Seattle - Coliseum Theater; N.E. corner 5th Av. & Pike Clark Gable & Carol Lombard formerly of the silver screen.
Identifier: spl_wl_thr_00064
Date: 1976-03
View this itemSR 520 bridges at Union Bay, September 25, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east across Union Bay with ramps of Evergreen Floating Bridge
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00040
Date: 1963-09-25
View this itemSpace Needle workers, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210015
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemSeattle Chinese Post - English Ed., v.3, no.18, May 5, 1984
Volume and issue numbering begins with vol. 6, no. 8. Volume and Issue numbers for earlier issues are based on the later volumes.
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_19840505
Date: 1984-05-05
View this itemJewish Transcript, v. 15, no. 18, Jul. 1, 1938
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_15_18
Date: 1938-01-01
View this itemWorkers on Space Needle Restaurant level, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210019
Date: 1961-12-28
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