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Photograph albums

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on albums made up of mounted photographs, with or without identifying information. Works on published books illustrated by reproduced or original photographs, with or without text, in which the essential information is conveyed by the images are entered under Photobooks.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

First Transcontinental Telephone Call via Telstar Satellite commemorative album

 Collection
Accession: 2023-215
Abstract:

World's Fairs, also known as International Expositions, are large-scale exhibitions that highlight technology, agriculture, and other innovations of national or cultural significance. The Century 21 Exposition, also known as the Seattle World's Fair, ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. It began as an effort by Seattle city councilman Al Rochester (1895-1989) to revitalize the downtown core and recreate the success of the city's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. It evolved within a few years under the direction of general manager Ewen Dingwall (1914-1996). He changed the initial "Festival of the West" theme to "America's Space Age World's Fair." This item is a first edition souvenir commemorative album documenting the first transcontinental telephone call via the groundbreaking Telestar Satellite from U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson (1905-1989) and Senator Robert Kerr (1896-1963), calling Washington State Governor Albert Rosellini (1910-2011) and Ewen Dingwall from atop the newly constructed, 600-foot-high Space Needle.

Dates: 1962 July 10