2012-05-28T09:08:18Z http://blog.seattleworldsfair1962.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.seattleworldsfair1962.com,2010-01-15:79c4f339-c174-4fa6-96df-071a67c56a05 Bill's Seattle Blog 2010-01-16T02:21:00Z 2010-01-16T02:21:00Z A quick note, on February 28, 2010, The Pioneer Square Antique Mall will close its doors.&nbsp; BIG SALES, markdowns going on until then.&nbsp; I will look for a suitable venue to show the collection and sale items before then.&nbsp; This business is changing, lean economy, ebay, craigslist all add opportunities and challenges.<BR>Stay Tuned, and I will also tag:blog.seattleworldsfair1962.com,2009-10-07:de03b2b6-8322-4c77-be67-2254334433e6 Bill's Seattle Blog 2009-10-07T15:49:00Z 2009-10-07T15:49:00Z I am holding a post card of Pioneer Square and First Avenue.&nbsp; The pergola is there, men in suits, women in long dresses.&nbsp; Hats were the style.&nbsp; There's earlty automobiles (not many).&nbsp; First avenue is cobblestones and horse drawn carriages navigate this Alaska Yukon Boom town, elevated Puget Sound's Elliott Bay after the great fire leveled Seattle in 1889, coincidentially&nbsp; Washington became a state that same year.&nbsp; The printing and practice of postcard correspondence became utilized only a year earlier.&nbsp; In one year, the city would showcase, market, invite and host the world in Seattle's (first world's fair) Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition.<BR><BR>"The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Washington's first world's fair, took place from June 1 through October 16, 1909, on the Universityu of Washington Campus in Seattle.&nbsp; It exposed 3.7 million visitors to thousands of entertaining and educational exhibits, opened&nbsp; their eyes to the&nbsp; region's natural wonders, and focused a bright light on tghe young state of Washington and its largest city.&nbsp; Once concluded the fair was relegated to happy memory, but left a compelling legacy still visible today"<BR><STRONG>Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, A Timeline History, May 2009, University of Washington Press, Alan J Stein, Paula Becker &amp; The Historylink Staff&nbsp; </STRONG>This is a great history book in coffee table picture loaded format.&nbsp; Only $29.95&nbsp; Amazing in my 58 years living here to imagine how far, how much the city, region, and world has changed<BR> tag:blog.seattleworldsfair1962.com,2009-10-07:aada90c2-61f8-49fe-8c02-c401cd756237 Bill's Seattle Blog 2009-10-07T10:16:55Z 2009-10-07T10:16:55Z I am holding a post card of Pioneer Square and First Avenue.&nbsp; The pergola is there, men in suits, women in long dresses.&nbsp; Hats were the style.&nbsp; There's earlty automobiles (not many).&nbsp; First avenue is cobblestones and horse drawn carriages navigate this Alaska Yukon Boom town, elevated Puget Sound's Elliott Bay after the great fire leveled Seattle in 1889, coincidentially&nbsp; Washington became a state that same year.&nbsp; The printing and practice of postcard correspondence became utilized only a year earlier.&nbsp; In one year, the city would showcase, market, invite and host the world in Seattle's (first world's fair) Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition.<BR><BR>"The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Washington's first world's fair, took place from June 1 through October 16, 1909, on the Universityu of Washington Campus in Seattle.&nbsp; It exposed 3.7 million visitors to thousands of entertaining and educational exhibits, opened&nbsp; their eyes to the&nbsp; region's natural wonders, and focused a bright light on tghe young state of Washington and its largest city.&nbsp; Once concluded the fair was relegated to happy memory, but left a compelling legacy still visible today"<BR><STRONG>Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, A Timeline History, May 2009, University of Washington Press, Alan J Stein, Paula Becker &amp; The Historylink Staff&nbsp; </STRONG>This is a great history book in coffee table picture loaded format.&nbsp; Only $29.95&nbsp; Amazing in my 58 years living here to imagine how far, how much the city, region, and world has changed<BR> tag:blog.seattleworldsfair1962.com,2009-10-06:3445d5bb-5def-4ed5-9076-8269096c6a07 Bill's Seattle Blog 2009-10-06T08:48:53Z 2009-10-06T08:48:53Z Welcome to my blog. Please check back soon for new entries.