Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's First World's Fair: A Timeline History

by Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein

Book Overview

This richly illustrated and well-researched volume chronicles the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held in Seattle in 1909. The 3.7 million visitors to the fair during its four-month run, on what was to become the University of Washington campus, beheld a cornucopia of exhibits housed in an astonishing collection of buildings and enjoyed the carnival-like - and sometimes controversial - entertainments of the Pay Streak midway. Starting with the Klondike...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989262
• ISBN13: 9780295989266
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Historylink
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.7" x 11.4"