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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SR 520 from overpass near MOHAI, October 13, 1963
Seattle; Wash. View east from overpass at Museum of History and Industry; Laurelhurst upper left
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00044
Date: 1963-10-13
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Souvenir Taft Day official program, September 30, 1909
"Official Daily Programme" for 30 September 1909. Schedule for Taft Day, Sacramento Day, Live Stock Day, and Ellery Band performance. Illustration on cover of William H. Taft, 16 pages.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.34.2
Date: 1909-09-30
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Left is United Nation [i.e. Nations] Pavilion in International Mall
United Nations Pavilion and Africa Pavilion on the International Mall of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). International Mall of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). “Six hyperbolic paraboloid shells blending into a single fluted column make up two of the exhibit buildings; the third, not shown, is simply a box beam shelter. The twin structures actually are a collection of 52 of these shells and, with their classic Oriental overtones, seem to be particularly fitting for the foreign displays they contain. A fine, clean concrete surface was created by coating the four forms with fiberglass. High-early cement was used to cast the 1 ½ in. thick shells. With temperatures ranging from 35 to 65 deg., calcium chloride was added and cylinder strengths of over 3,000 lb. were obtained in 24 hours. Located on the northwest corner of the exposition site, the inside-out umbrellas with their colorful fiberglass panels present an exciting boundary.” (An Architect’s Guidebook to the Seattle World’s Fair. Seattle, Pacific Builder and Engineer, April 1962, p. 32.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00023
Date: 1962-10-01
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Lowman Building, 1907
Transcribed from photograph: "Buildings. Lowman building. First Ave. and Cherry St. 1907. 1. Alaska building. 2. Railway Exchange building."
Identifier: spl_shp_14659
Date: 1907
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Workers securing Space Needle ring girder, ca. November 13-15, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70100004
Date: 1961-11-13
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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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View NE of 5th Ave. and Pine St., December 1965
Seattle; View N.E. of 5th & Pine
Identifier: spl_wl_str_00316
Date: 1965-12
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John J. McGilvra house, 1870
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Houses. McGilvra, John J. Exterior. Laurel Shade Road. Built 1864; destroyed by fire 1933. 1870." Laurel Shade Road can be seen in the 1905 and 1912 Baist Atlases. It runs along the present-day path of 43rd Ave. E.
Identifier: spl_shp_22913
Date: 1870
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Workers atop Space Needle, ca. early December 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73670002
Date: 1961-12
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Crane operator close-up at Space Needle, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68830027
Date: 1961-07
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