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| Title | Electricab booth, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Forde Photographers |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | "At your service on the Fairgrounds. Electricab Guided Tours & Taxis. Whether you want a complete guided tour of the fairgrounds or just a lift from here to there, ELECTRICABS are at your service. You'll find our drivers to be excellent guides...trained, courteous, knowledgeable."
Here, an Electricab waits for passengers at its ticket booth next to the Coliseum. Queen Anne Hill can be seen in the background. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Electricabs, Pedicabs. Guided Tours, Taxi Service. Electricabs - Guided Tours - Adult $1.00, Child 50 cents. Taxi Service - Adult 50 cents, Child 35 cents. Pedicabs 50 cents.
Handwritten on verso: Electricabs.
Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers - Art Forde, John Hardin, Dick Cameron, Ed Watton - Members N.P.P.A. - 306 Fairview N. - Seattle 9, Wash. - MA 3-4100.
Quotation from Electricab ad in the Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair |
| Subjects | Electric automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Kiosks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1965.3598.25.52 |
| 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 | Century 21 World's Fair Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
