Seattle's 1962 World's Fair (Images Of America) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
When the United States entered the 1960s, the nation was swept up in the Space Race as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for supremacy in rocket and satellite technologies. Cities across the country hoped to attract new aerospace companies, but the city leaders of Seattle launched the most ambitious campaign of all. They invited the whole world to visit for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, and more than nine million people took them up on the offer. A colorful collection of exhibits turned 74 acres of rundown buildings into a futuristic wonderland where dozens of countries and companies predicted life in the future. The entire city was transformed with the addition of the soaring Space Needle and the futuristic monorail. When the fair ended, the site became a complex of parks and museums that remains a vibrant part of Seattle city life today.
File Size: 46034 KB
Print Length: 128 pages
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (October 11, 2010)
Publication Date: October 11, 2010
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0099V24W8
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #922,435 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #143 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Lifestyle & Events > Celebrations & Events #173 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest #418 in Books > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments
I have a few of these little historical photo books and enjoy flipping through them. Mostly they are of fairly remote eras and therefore, a collection of black and white photos is entirely appropriate. However, this fair took place in 1962 at the height of the Populuxe era and while it's nice to have photos of this event collected in one place, it's somewhat unsatisfying to see an entire book of this subject without the bright colors associated with documents we otherwise have of the era. I found myself wondering if some photos were originally shot on Kodachrome and wondering what the original shots would have looked like. Additionally, the small size of this series makes them somewhat unsatisfying when depicting events like world's fairs - luckily with others (the AYPE, etc.) there are competing/additional book choices which are more satisfying considering the scale of an event like this. If you're familiar with this series and would like one about Century 21, though, don't hold back...it gets the job done and has a nice selection of photos.
I did not attend this world's Fair, I was too young. I did attend the 1986 Vancouver Expo and the 1992 Sevilla ExpoBut the Seattle Fair started my interest on these events. A very informative book on how the whole Fair became a reality. Thanks, Jorge
A great compilation of photos from The Seattle World's Fair. Many are rare. This told the story. This is black and white photos and these Images of America books go that way. Bill Cotter has done the New York World's Fair edition (1964-1965) as well. This is the first book I have purchased in the series and I might buy a few more.
Seattle's 1962 World's Fair (Images of America) The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair (Images of America) The Tunbridge World's Fair (VT) (Images of America) 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, The (Images of Modern America) 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, The (Images of America) Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair A Century of Progress (Images of America) The Tunbridge World's Fair (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (Images of America) The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair: Creation and Legacy (Images of America) Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) Vanity Fair: The Portraits: A Century of Iconic Images Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987 The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970 National Geographic: February 1962 (Atlas Map Supplement: The Balkans) (Vol. 121) National Geographic Magazine, April 1962 (Vol. 121, No. 4) Jefferson Nickels Folder 1962-1995 T. S. Eliot: Collected Poems, 1909-1962 (The Centenary Edition) The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962 London: Portrait of a City 1950-1962 How to Restore Ford Tractors: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding and Restoring N-Series and Later Tractors 1939-1962
