First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908
Seattle held its first world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), in 1909 on what is now the main University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region's growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Funding for the e...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/12808 2023-05-15T18:48:13+02:00 First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 United States--Washington (State)--Seattle 1908 Scanned from original item using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 1000 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CC, JPEG quality measurement 5. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/12808 unknown Museum of History & Industry Collection 1981.7191.3 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/12808 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle Wash.) Fundraising--Washington (State)--Seattle ephemera; image; text Stillimage 1908 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-16T23:37:26Z Seattle held its first world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), in 1909 on what is now the main University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region's growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Funding for the exposition came from the state and the city and the Alaska-Yukon Exposition Corporation was created in 1906, made up of various committees to oversee the work of the exposition. The Finance Committee's efforts included raising bonds to help supplement state and local government funding. The first mortgage for the exposition set out to raise $350,000 with bonds offered at donations of $100, $500, and $1000. Date of bonds were September 1, 1908, with maturity set to October 15, 1909, the day before the exposition closed. This advertisement for the bonds provides detailed information about the financing of the exposition, with estimated revenues and expenses and explanations of ticket prices. Caption information sources: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909): Committees," HistoryLink Essay 8630, http://www.historylink.org/File/8630; "The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," Seattle Municipal Archives, https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/the-1909-alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition. 1 leaflet (4 p.); 8.5 x 11 in. Still Image Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Pacific |
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Seattle held its first world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), in 1909 on what is now the main University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region's growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Funding for the exposition came from the state and the city and the Alaska-Yukon Exposition Corporation was created in 1906, made up of various committees to oversee the work of the exposition. The Finance Committee's efforts included raising bonds to help supplement state and local government funding. The first mortgage for the exposition set out to raise $350,000 with bonds offered at donations of $100, $500, and $1000. Date of bonds were September 1, 1908, with maturity set to October 15, 1909, the day before the exposition closed. This advertisement for the bonds provides detailed information about the financing of the exposition, with estimated revenues and expenses and explanations of ticket prices. Caption information sources: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909): Committees," HistoryLink Essay 8630, http://www.historylink.org/File/8630; "The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition," Seattle Municipal Archives, https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/the-1909-alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition. 1 leaflet (4 p.); 8.5 x 11 in. |
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First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 |
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First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 |
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First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 |
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First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 |
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First Mortgage of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1908 |
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first mortgage of the alaska-yukon-pacific exposition, 1908 |
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1908 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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Yukon Pacific |
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Yukon Pacific |
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Alaska Yukon |
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Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
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Museum of History & Industry Collection 1981.7191.3 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/12808 |
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http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] |
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