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| Title | Space Needle restaurant test run, Everett, 1961 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The restaurant on top of the Space Needle (called the Eye of the Needle), sat on a giant doughnut-shaped track and turntable. Shown here is a test run conducted by the manufacturer, Western Gear Corporation, in their Everett parking lot. A makeshift platform with table and chairs was placed on the 94.5-foot-diameter ring, and a waitress/model served coffee to the architect, designer, and other dignitaries. With its one-horsepower motor, the turntable made one complete rotation in an hour. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 52-53.
Handwritten on sleeve: FAIRS, Seattle World's Fair, Space Needle, restaurant turntable.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 8, 1961. |
| Subjects | Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Building construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.); Photographers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waitresses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Structural frames--Washington (State)--Seattle; Vehicles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parking lots--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Everett |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2802.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 120 roll film; 6 x 6 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative 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. |
