Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Digital Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
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"Seattle opens doors of country to Japanese commissioners," Pacific Northwest Commerce, October 1909
An article detailing the Northwest stops on a 3-month tour of the United States by the Honorary Japanese Commercial Commission, chaired by Baron E. Shibusawa. The commission's itinerary included visits to the A.Y.P.E. on September 1 and on Japan Day, September 4. Pacific Northwest Commerce magazine (official publication of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce) 1.4 October 1909: 11-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_362611_oct1909_11
Date: 1909-10
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"Ground plans of the exposition," The Coast, February 1907
A brief article in which the design for the preliminary ground plan for the A.Y.P.E. by J. C. Olmsted is presented and discussed. From page 79, "twelve large exhibit palaces arranged in an unique manner will form the nucleus of the exposition." Includes ground plan. Coast 13:2 (February 1907): 78-79, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_feb1907
Date: 1907-02
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Souvenir information guide and directory: A.Y.P. Exposition memorandum and daily calendar, 1909
Small guidebook intended to provide information about the city of Seattle and the A.Y.P.E. Guide includes information about ports, parks, amusements, points of interest, A.Y.P.E. maps and schedule, cab and hack fares, streetcar fares and schedules, ferry fares and schedules, a street directory and other information. Also includes an "identification card" on the verso of the title page in which the owner would write identifying information such as home and temporary addresses, ticket numbers, height, weight and emergency contact information. Includes map. 114 pages, 14 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_323513
Date: 1909
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Seattle Day souvenir ticket, June 6, 1909
Souvenir ticket for Seattle Day, 6 June 1909, printed with signatures of A. D. Bannall, chief of admissions, and J. E. Chilberg, president.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.1
Date: 1909-06-06
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"Next World's Fair," The Coast, July 1908
An article describing the preparations underway for the A.Y.P.E. including exhibits planned and buildings under construction as well as the passage of a bill by Congress to appropriate funds for government displays. Also included are more detailed descriptions of the three planned permanent buildings: the Fine Arts Palace (now the Architecture Building), the Auditorium and Machinery Hall. Coast 16.1 (July 1908): 16-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1908
Date: 1908-07
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Invitation to the celebration of McMinnville Day at the Oregon State Building, July 10, 1909
Printed invitation card for the reception with the program to be held at 11:00 and the reception to be held from 3:00 to 5:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.9
Date: 1909-07-10
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Anderson Map Co.'s Official map of greater Seattle, 1909
Large map of the city of Seattle and environs with A.Y.P.E. seal. Cadastral map. Black-line print. Scale [ca. 1:19,200]. 1,600 ft. = 1 in. 128 x 103 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2510925
Date: 1909
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Invitation from the Officers of the National Guard of Washington to a reception for the Interstate National Guard Association at the Washington State Building, October 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception with dancing to be held at 9:30.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.8
Date: 1909-10-04
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Invitation from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to a reception for Baron Shibusawa and the honorary commercial commissioners from Japan at the Washington State Building, September 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception to be held from 8:30 until 10:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.10
Date: 1909-09-04
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Invitation from the City of Seattle by its mayor and council to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Printed invitation to be sent to invitees and signed by the Mayor and President of the Council. With colored A.Y.P.E. seal. “The City of Seattle, by its Mayor and Council, extends to [space for invitee name] a cordial invitation to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in this City from June the first to October sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nine. [signed] President of the Council, Mayor.”
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.2
Date: 1909
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