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| Advertisement | Air Show at The Meadows (1910) |
| Publication Source | Pantages Theater Program |
| Publisher | Pantages Program Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | March 7, 1910
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| Advertisement Text | Festival of the Air: World famous aviators will make many flights at The Meadows...Charles K. Hamilton and other daring bird men in startling and spectacular feats: through the air to Mount Rainier, races with automobiles, drops from tremendous heights, quick starts and sudden stops. |
| Contextual Notes | In 1905, The Meadows opened as a one-mile dirt race track for automobiles. Located in Georgetown, the area was subsequently used for air shows and paved over to create Boeing Field in 1928.
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| Category | Tourism and travel
Entertainment and leisure activities
Sports and outdoor activities |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Air shows |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0008 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Theater Program Collection |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
