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| Title | Construction of a winding passenger ramp to guide fairgoers through the World of Tomorrow Exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair, October 31, 1961 |
| Photographer | Dudley, Roger |
| Date | 1961 |
| Notes | Printed in lower left corner: Century 21 Theme Exhibit. State of Washington Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Donald Deskey Associates, Inc.-Designers; Synergetics, Inc.-Engineers; Howard S. Wright Construction Co.-Contractors. Date: 10-31-61.
Stamped on verso: Roger Dudley. Commercial Photographer. PH. MA. 2-8878. RM. 64-Cobb Building, Seattle 1, Washington
Handwritten on verso:42719A
This photograph is No. 6 in a series. |
| Historical Notes | The Washington State Coliseum (now Key Arena) was built to house the World of Tomorrow Exhibit, the centerpiece of the Century 21 Exposition. The exhibit offered fairgoers a startling glimpse of the future through an elaborate multimedia presentation featuring images projected onto the translucent surfaces of thousands of cubed structures, described by designers as "suspended nebulae--much like a floating city." Ominous narration spoke of the day's most pressing concerns--the ever-present threat of nuclear war chief among them--and comforted visitors with the promises of a better life through the scientific advances and technological innovations of the future. The visions and voices telling the story repeated on an elaborate schedule every two minutes and forty seconds, meeting each new group as they moved along the winding ramp. Never before had an exhibit combined the use of staging, timing and electronics on as large a scale. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--Facilities |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Twenty-first century--Forecasts; Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA3161
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Alfred R. Rochester papers. Accession No. 3048. Box 4/6 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2011 |
