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| Title | Steelworker on the Space Needle during construction, Seattle, 1961 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | Pacific Car & Foundry fabricated and built the Space Needle's steel structure. The steelworkers worked at great heights assembling the sections. Work sometimes had to be suspended when it was too windy.
Here, a steelworker throws a line to a buddy during the installation of the upper levels of the Space Needle. Judging by the progress made on the structure, this photo was probably taken during the summer of 1961. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: FAIRS, Seattle World's Fair, Space Needle construction.
Caption information source: Seattle Times clippings from September to November, 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): September 19, 1961. |
| Subjects | Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Building construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Iron & steel workers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Structural frames--Washington (State)--Seattle; Steel industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2797.2 |
| 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. |
