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| Title | Shirley Farnham taking photo of Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Photographer | Forde Photographers |
| Date | 1962 |
| Caption | Shirley Farnham 'shoots' one of the three elevators ascending the 600-foot Space Needle, one of the most-photographed subjects on the grounds of the Seattle World's Fair. A slowly-revolving 'ring' seating 225 patrons of the 'Eye of the Needle' restaurant is not visible from this close angle, nor are the observation platform and the flaming gas beacon which top the entire structure. The sweeping view from the observation platform gives photographers their choice of Puget Sound, the Cascade or Olympic mountains, towering Mt. Rainier, or downtown Seattle and its waterfront, little more than a mile away, as pictorial subjects. |
| Notes | Stamped on verso: Exclusive Photo by Forde Photographers - Art Forde, John Hardin, Dick Cameron, Ed Watton - Members N.P.P.A. - 306 Fairview N. - Seattle 9, Wash. - MA 3-4100.
Caption by Seattle World's Fair Public Relations Department. |
| Subjects | Photography--Washington (State)--Seattle; Elevators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Farnham, Shirley |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1965.3598.25.45 |
| 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; 10 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print 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. |
