Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Souvenir, Totem Pole
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
notes: label: Description
content: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, or AYP, was held in Seattle, Washington between June and October of 1909. Attracting over 3,7000 visitors, the Exposition, built upon the grounds of the University of Washington commemorated the Yukon gold rush of the 1890s. Presenters included the United States and its Pacific territories, Canada and Japan.
label: Description
content: The AYP featured massive, mostly temporary, exhibition buildings built for the event that displayed manufacturing, agricultural, transportation technologies and consumer goods as well as artworks, cultural products and educational presentations. Along with such edifices as the US Government, Agriculture, Mining and Fine Arts Buildings, the AYP included constructions representing the territories of Alaska and Hawaii and various Washington counties, a massive log cabin made to house the Forestry presentations and a Washington Woman’s Building.
label: Description
content: The AYP’s Midway was known as <i>The Pay Streak </i>. Providing carnival rides, performances and historical reenactments, the Pay Streak hosted a variety of foods and amusements, including a display of newborn babies in incubators.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Washington, Seattle
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Washington, Seattle
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1177
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: WA1909MD02
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1177
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Totem Pole, Miniature
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 8 1/8 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 20.6375 cm