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| Title | Chief Sealth statue and Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Hike, Elmer J. |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | Amateur photographer Elmer Hike shot this unusual study in contrasts from just south of Denny Way. James Wehn's sculpture of Chief Seattle stands in the foreground, reaching upwards towards the light at the top of the Space Needle. |
| Notes | This was a slide sent to the World's Fair by an amateur photographer.
Handwritten on slide: Chief Seattle appears holding light on Needle.
Address label on image for Elmer J. Hike from Seattle. |
| Subjects | Sculpture--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1965.3598.27.1 |
| 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 | 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 slide: color; 35 mm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original slide 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. |
