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| Title | Early stage in the construction of the Space Needle, Seattle, 1961 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The first concrete for the Space Needle was poured on May 22, 1961, and Pacific Car & Foundry (now PACCAR) began work on the steel superstructure. When this photo was taken, some of the leg segments had been placed in position. The company designed a special derrick and hoist that grew upwards along with the structure to lift the sections of the Space Needle into place. |
| Notes | Signs in image include: Steel fabricated and erected by Pacific car & Foundry Co., Structure Division.
Handwritten on sleeve: FAIRS, Seattle World's Fair, Space Needle construction progress.
Caption information source: Seattle Times clippings from September 24 and October 1, 1961 in Gibbons Scrapbook, MOHAI Library.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 26, 1961. |
| Subjects | Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Building construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Structural frames--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--Seattle; Vehicles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Construction workers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Scaffolding--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cities & towns--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2825.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
