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No Caption: Yellow ribbon commemorating "San Francisco Day" at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Held in Seattle to celebrate the development of the Pacific Northwest, the fair attracted 3.7 million visitors over the course of its run from June to October 1909. Although most of the fair's buildings have since been destroyed, several of them now serve as part of the University of Washington campus.
Date: 9/4/1909
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Caption: "Tannery Ruins, Benicia," c. 1905, shows the destroyed building of the Benicia Tannery.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Smith Building -- Seattle." View of the neoclassical Smith Tower in Seattle, built by industrialist Lyman Cornelius Smith. At the time of its completion in 1914, the Smith Tower was the tallest building on the West Coast, until being superseded by the Space Needle in 1962. See also 96-07-08-alb05-177.
Date: 1914
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Caption: "Court of the Universe Looking East," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-040.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Australia," shows the Australian Pavilion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-137.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Court of Palms," shows The Pioneer,(Solon Borglum, sculptor) in the Court of Palms at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Date: 1915