Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

**Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition**
	1909 exposition in Seattle, Washington
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Instance of	world's fair;
Location	University of Washington, Seattle, King County, Washington, Pacific Northwest, Washington, Pacific States Region
Point in time	1909;
	47° 39′ 13.67″ N, 122° 18′ 28.03″ W
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English: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1909.

F.H. Nowell images of the A-Y-P Exposition[edit]

English: Groundbreaking for the exposition, 1907.
English: Manufactures Building under construction.
English: Installing the George Washington statue
English: Main (West) entrance
English: South entrance
English: Lake Washington entrance
English: Geyser Basin / Arctic Circle (now Drumheller Fountain) and part of Agricultural Building.
English: "Ends of Manufacturers Building and Machinery Hall—Lake Washington in the Distance". In the foreground is part of the Geyser Basin.
English: "Portion of the Formal Gardens." Behind garden, at right, is the low fence around Geyser Basin / Arctic Circle. In the distance at right is the U.S. Government Building.
English: "Horticultural Hall". A rather detailed insurance map of the fairgrounds doesn't show any building by that name. This might be the agricultural building.
English: Fisheries Building.
English: Metallurgy Building.
English: Geyser Basin / Arctic Circle and Manufacturers Building. In the foreground at left is part of the Agricultural Building. In background is the Mines Building.
English: "Palace of Manufactures, Showing End of Mines Building" and "Colonnade Effect of Main Front of Agriculture Building".
English: One of two cars entered by the Ford Motor Company in the contest for M. Robert Guggenheim trophy. Driven by Bert Scott and C.J. Smith. M. Robert Guggenheim is shown standing to the right of the car.

F.H. Nowell images of "The Pay Streak"[edit]

English: Crowds along the "Pay Streak" at the A-Y-P Exposition.
English: An indoor part of the LA Thompson Scenic Railway.
English: Unidentified amusement ride on the Pay Streak.
English: Army and Navy Tea Room on the Pay Streak.
English: Chinese Village on the Pay Streak.
English: Japanese Village on the Pay Streak.
English: Streets of Cairo and Oriental Village on the Pay Streak.
English: Temple of Palmistry on the Pay Streak.
English: Dixieland on the Pay Streak.
English: "Fairy Gorge Tickler" and "Mountain Slide" on the Pay Streak.
English: Foolish House on the Pay Streak.

Other (or unattributed) images of the A-Y-P Exposition[edit]

English: Dirigible "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition".
English: The A-Y-P dirigible in flight.
English: An image of the Exposition at night, from the Seattle Municipal archives.
English: Rainier Vista view, from atop the U.S. Government building.
English: The reverse view from Geyser Basin.
English: "Entrance to Manufactures Building, with Agriculture Building in distance." Romans Photographic Company tinted photo.
English: The Forestry Building.
English: College Presidents' luncheon.
English: Demonstration by a lifesaving crew.
English: Bureau of Animal Industry exhibit
English: Smithsonian Institution exhibit: "Samoan group".

Publications about the A-Y-P Exposition[edit]

English: The official guidebook.
English: Souvenir Taft Day official program
English: Souvenir programme of the sixth annual musical festival given by Pacific Kystens Norske Sangerforbund
English: The Argus Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition special issue. The Argus was a longstanding Seattle weekly.
English: A guide to the exposition published by Northern Pacific Railway
English: The 57 Exposition Number, published by H. J. Heinz Company
English: The Exposition Beautiful, Seattle Publishing Company
English: The Coast issue for the opening

Maps of the Exposition[edit]

English: Authorized birds-eye view
English: Sanborn insurance map
English: Official Ground Plan
English: A differently oriented map

Buildings and structures[edit]

Country buildings[edit]

Canadian Building
Japanese Building
Swedish Building
U.S. Government Building (at night)

U.S. state and territory buildings[edit]

Alaska Building
California State Building
Hawaii Building
Idaho State Building
Michigan Club Building
New York State Building
Oregon State Building
Philippine Building
Utah State Building
Washington State Building

Buildings of Washington State counties[edit]

Chehalis County Building
King County Building
Yakima County Building
Spokane County Building

Other Main Exposition buildings and structures[edit]

Administration Building (shown here before landscaping)
Agricultural Building
American Woman's League Building
Arctic Brotherhood Building
Auditorium, later the first University of Washington Meany Hall
Baptist Headquarters
Dairy Building / Washington State Dairy Building
Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) Building
Educational Building, a.k.a. Washington Educational Building
European Building
Another angle on the European Building; the title of the postcard refers to an earlier plan to use this as the Fisheries Building
Fine Arts Building, later University of Washington Architecture Hall, still extant 2019
Fire Station
Forestry Building, which remained until 1930 as home to the University of Washington Department of Forestry. Bandstand at Nome Circle in foreground.
Another view of the Forestry Building
Formosa Tea House
Foundry Building
Good Roads Building. This building later served as the University of Washington Highway Engineering Building, then as the Air Force ROTC building. It burned in 1961.
Grand Trunk Railway Building
Hoo Hoo House served into the 1950s as the University of Washington Faculty Club, before being replaced for that purpose by a modernist structure.
Emergency Hospital
United States Life Saving Station
Machinery Hall, shown here before landscaping.
A postcard clearly based on that photograph.
Manufactures Building
Masonic Building
Mines Building
Model Dairy Barn & Milk House
Music Pavilion
Nikko Cafe
Official Photographers Building
Oriental Building
Paraffine Paint Company Building
Puritan Inn (restaurant)
Vancouver Daily World building, a replica of the Hudson Bay Co. Bastion at Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Women's Building, a.k.a. Washington Women's Building, still extant as of 2019 (although it has been moved within the campus) and still serving a similar purpose.
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Building