Washington State Building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

• Main Author: Goetze, O.D. (Otto Daniel)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Fairs > Washington (State) > Seattle; Yukon; Pacific; St. Louis; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8643

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado. Caption on image: Washington State Bldg A.Y.P.E. Seattle 09 1 photographic postcard: b&w; 3.5 x 5.5 in.