Presidents Complimentary Pass to the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), issued to Mrs. Erastus Brainerd
This “President’s Pass” gave the holder free admission to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. The pass was granted to Mrs. Erastus Brainerd whose husband was a Seattle Post Intelligencer reporter in the early 1900s. The pass was signed by John Edw...
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1909
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| Online Access: | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16412 |
| Summary: | This “President’s Pass” gave the holder free admission to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. The pass was granted to Mrs. Erastus Brainerd whose husband was a Seattle Post Intelligencer reporter in the early 1900s. The pass was signed by John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) who was a prominent banker and merchant in Seattle and one of the first to promote the idea of holding a fair in the region. In 1906, he was elected president of a committee which would become the Exhibition Company and would organize and oversee the AYPE. 1 Pass; Materials: paper --ink; Dimensions: 2.5 in.H x 4 in.W |
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