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| Title | Boy looking at French exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | The French exhibit occupied a large portion of the ground floor of the Washington State Coliseum, now Key Arena. It showcased France's contributions to science and culture.
Here, a boy looks at a model of Jacques Cousteau's diving saucer. The saucer's portholes, looking rather like eyes in this view, allowed divers to see life on the sea floor. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Exhibit inside Coliseum. |
| Subjects | Oceanography--Washington (State)--Seattle; Children--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 | 1965.3598.26.3 |
| 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 film transparency: color; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original transparency 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. |
