Agricultural Building from Manufactures Building at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Transcribed from the Official Guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Agricultural Building: "The Agriculture building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is of French renaissance design with a circular pergola colonnade with ionic columns supporting trellis beams and flower tubs. Dur...
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ftseattlepldc:oai:cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org:p15015coll4/5036 2023-05-15T18:48:24+02:00 Agricultural Building from Manufactures Building at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition United States--Washington (State)--Seattle University District 190u 1909 b/w photograph 3.44 x 5.81 in http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15015coll4,5036 eng eng Seattle Historical Photograph Collection spl_shp_41557 http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15015coll4,5036 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ University of Washington Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle Wash.) Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Exhibition buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Agricultural exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle Agriculture Building (Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909 Seattle Manufacturing industries--Washington (State)--Seattle Manufactures Building (Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition image; photographs 1909 ftseattlepldc 2022-06-08T05:39:50Z Transcribed from the Official Guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Agricultural Building: "The Agriculture building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is of French renaissance design with a circular pergola colonnade with ionic columns supporting trellis beams and flower tubs. During the life of the exposition these columns will be covered with woodbine and clematis. Structurally, the Manufactures and Agriculture buildings are similar with just enough difference to avoid mechanical repetition. The end facades of the Agriculture building consist of a semi-circular arch fifty feet wide crowned with a pediment containing the official seal of the exposition worked out in staff. This is surrounded by a flowered wreath and acanthus arabesques. In this building are 60,000 square feet of exhibit space, besides the galleries. In the Agriculture building the big gallery is devoted to the educational exhibits, such as displays from the public schools of the State of Washington, the universities, the State Agricultural College at Pullman, the handiwork of the women of the state and exhibits from the industrial schools. Machinery used in manual training institutions are seen in operation. Correspondence schools also have an exhibit. The resources of the state by counties are shown In this building and methods used in the canning of fruits and vegetables are seen in a model cannery in operation. Everything from the raw material to the product ready for canning is shown. The bottling of beer by sanitary methods is shown in this building, as well as modern methods used in the making of fine syrups. Among the exhibits are the resources tributary to the transcontinental railroads entering Seattle. Motion pictures are used to a great extent. There are fine displays of fruits and vegetables and daily demonstrations of all the leading food products." Transcribed from the Official Guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Manufactures Building: "The Manufactures building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is of ... Other/Unknown Material Alaska Yukon The Seattle Public Library Special Collections Online Pacific Yukon |
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Transcribed from the Official Guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Agricultural Building: "The Agriculture building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is of French renaissance design with a circular pergola colonnade with ionic columns supporting trellis beams and flower tubs. During the life of the exposition these columns will be covered with woodbine and clematis. Structurally, the Manufactures and Agriculture buildings are similar with just enough difference to avoid mechanical repetition. The end facades of the Agriculture building consist of a semi-circular arch fifty feet wide crowned with a pediment containing the official seal of the exposition worked out in staff. This is surrounded by a flowered wreath and acanthus arabesques. In this building are 60,000 square feet of exhibit space, besides the galleries. In the Agriculture building the big gallery is devoted to the educational exhibits, such as displays from the public schools of the State of Washington, the universities, the State Agricultural College at Pullman, the handiwork of the women of the state and exhibits from the industrial schools. Machinery used in manual training institutions are seen in operation. Correspondence schools also have an exhibit. The resources of the state by counties are shown In this building and methods used in the canning of fruits and vegetables are seen in a model cannery in operation. Everything from the raw material to the product ready for canning is shown. The bottling of beer by sanitary methods is shown in this building, as well as modern methods used in the making of fine syrups. Among the exhibits are the resources tributary to the transcontinental railroads entering Seattle. Motion pictures are used to a great extent. There are fine displays of fruits and vegetables and daily demonstrations of all the leading food products." Transcribed from the Official Guide to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - Manufactures Building: "The Manufactures building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is of ... |
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