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| Title | Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 |
| Photographer | Harwood, Frank M. |
| Date | 1909 |
| Caption | Visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition crowded to the concessions on the Pay Streak. Here they could enjoy exciting rides, visit a reconstruction of the Streets of Cairo, buy snacks at the Tokio Cafe, and look at native people of the Philippines in a reconstructed village. The Pay Streak was named after concentrated streaks of gold or other valuable ore.
This photo shows a section of the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Find the Lost Lady. Laugh Shop - Billiken's Temple. Matrimonial Bureau Get a Wife. The Missing Link - Refined & [Instru...].
Embossed on mount: Harwood.
Handwritten on sleeve: A.Y.P. 1909.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Midways--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
University District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1974.5868.184 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Frank M. Harwood Stereographs |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, b&w; 4 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
