Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Space Needle’s construction during the early 1960s was an epic feat of architecture and design. George Gulacsik chronicled the project with over 2000 photos. Browse through our timeline to see the Needle’s construction milestones.
Worker laying cement on Space Needle roof, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76220021
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemWorkers hammer drift pins into place on Space Needle leg, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820032
Date: 1961-07
View this itemWorker guiding steel plate into place on Space Needle, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70070020
Date: 1961-11-08
View this itemWorkers on Space Needle Restaurant level, ca. December 28, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76210019
Date: 1961-12-28
View this itemWinter - Apsaroke
In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The fourth volume, featuring the Crow and Hidatsa tribes, was published in 1909.
Identifier: spl_nai_04_127
Date: 1908
View this itemSeattle Municipal News, v. 33, no. 16, Apr. 17, 1943
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_33_16
Date: 1943-04-17
View this itemWorker on top of Space Needle roof beam, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74540001
Date: 1961-12-04
View this itemWorker guides Space Needle cross-tie into place, ca. July 19, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68820013
Date: 1961-07-19
View this itemWorkers securing cross-ties against Space Needle leg, ca. mid-October 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69720015
Date: 1961-10
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