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| Title | Coliseum interior showing Bubbleator, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | "Rising in the center of the Coliseum, symbolically just beyond reach and yet within modern man's range of vision, is a structure of cubes bathed in light. Within this cellular formation are the promises of tomorrow....Visitors ascend to the overhead exhibit in a globe-shaped elevator...for a tour of the future."
Washington State funded the Coliseum and its exhibit "Century 21 - The Threshold and The Threat." Some 3500 interlocking aluminum cubes, shown here, housed audiovisual equipment and exhibit space. The elevator, called the Bubbleator, can be seen in the center.
The building is now Key Arena. |
| Notes | Caption and information from Official Guide Book to the Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Subjects | Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Elevators--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 | 1965.3598.11.9 |
| 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. |
