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Space Needle restaurant test run, Everett, 1961
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| Title | Space Needle restaurant test run, Everett, 1961 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The restaurant on top of the Space Needle (called the Eye of the Needle), sat on a giant doughnut-shaped track and turntable. Shown here is a test run conducted by the manufacturer, Western Gear Corporation, in their Everett parking lot. A makeshift platform with table and chairs was placed on the 94.5-foot-diameter ring, and a waitress/model served coffee to the architect, designer, and other dignitaries. With its one-horsepower motor, the turntable made one complete rotation in an hour. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 52-53.
Typewritten on verso: A. H. Fast, Project Architect, John Graham & Company; L. A. Myhre, Vice-President and Division Manager, Western Gear Corp.; Jack Borg, President, Top of the Needle, Inc.; Harlan S. Bixby, Vice-president, Howard S. Wright Construction Co.; Kathy Dolan, Model |
| Subjects | Building--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962: Seattle, Wash.); Construction--1960-1970; Space Needle Restaurant; Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Waitresses |
| Personal Names | Bixby, Harlan S.; Borg, Jack; Dolan, Kathy; Fast, A. H.; Myhre, L. A. |
| Places | Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.); United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2005.6.134 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Alfred H. Fast Collection on the Space Needle, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Alfred H. Fast Collection on the Space Needle |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
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