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| Title | "Folk Songs of the World, " souvenir record album from the U.N Pavilion at the Seattle World's Fair, 1962 |
| Date | 1962 |
| Publication Date | 1962 |
| Caption | Among the myriad souvenirs marketed at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair were fair-related songs, sold in the form of souvenir sheet-music and as musical recordings. At least 200 fair-themed songs were composed by professional and amateur songwriters, with more than fifty of these released as vinyl discs.
Local folk singers would spontaneously gather every afternoon to sing in front of the United Nations Pavilion at the Seattle's World's Fair. The performances could go on for hours, and audiences could be in the thousands. The live recordings made of some of these performances were compiled on this album. |
| Notes | Printed on album label: Recorded outdoors at the U.N. Pavilion by Jack R Jenkins Century Records
Postcard of the U.N. Pavilion glued on cover.
Caption information sources: HistoryLink.org essay 9372, "Century 21 Exposition (1962): Theme Songs and Souvenir Records"; Pacific Northwest Folklore Society, http://pnwfolklore.org/FolkSongsOfTheWorld-62.html |
| Subjects | Album covers; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Folk music; Sound recordings |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Collection |
| ID Number | 1987.59.120 |
| 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 | Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection |
| Type | Image, text |
| Physical Description | Sound recording; 33 1/3 rpm: 11 7/8 in. disc in 12 x 12 in. cover |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original item using Epson Expression 10000XL at 100% original size as a TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 1000 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
