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Space Needle Restaurant menu, approximately 1962
No full textSpace Needle Restaurant, Seattle, WA.
The Space Needle is distinctive in the Seattle skyline at 603 feet. It was constructed for the 1962 "Century 21" Seattle World's Fair and is still one of Seattle's main attractions today. The Restaurant is near the top of the Needle on the widest part, and revolves once per hour, so patrons watch the entire landscape from their table. The Drink Menu is also round, listing novelty drinks such as "Cloud Buster," "'Round the World" and "Panorama Punch." "The Space Needle" cocktail comes in a Space Needle-shaped container that may be purchased. The reverse of the Drink Menu shows a map of Washington State with the Space Needle at its center. It has compass points around it and small drawings depicting and describing something of interest at every point on the compass, such as "Whidbey Island: Second longest island in the United States" and "Queen Anne Hill: TV Towers and High School" to the North, or "Mt. St. Helens:9,671feet, 165 miles from here" to the South. A patron would align the compass with his/her location and identify the points of interest from the table.
PH Coll 617 Series IV. Restaurants: Seattle:Q-Z.The Sixties Illustrated Menus Novelty Menus Map
Space Needle restaurant interior, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
No full textThe revolving Eye of the Needle Restaurant, at the top of the Space Needle, served a variety of regional dishes. Visitors could enjoy a three-course meal of steak or salmon for $6.75 while watching the changing view below. Like much of the rest of the fair, the restaurant was decorated in shades of olive, orange and gold.Handwritten on verso: Interior, Space Needle restaurant.1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in
Space Needle restaurant test run, Everett, 1961
No full textThe restaurant on top of the Space Needle (called the Eye of the Needle), sat on a giant doughnut-shaped track and turntable. Shown here is a test run conducted by the manufacturer, Western Gear Corporation, in their Everett parking lot. A makeshift platform with table and chairs was placed on the 94.5-foot-diameter ring, and a waitress/model served coffee to the architect, designer, and other dignitaries. With its one-horsepower motor, the turntable made one complete rotation in an hour.Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center Foundation, 2011. p. 52-53.
Typewritten on verso: A. H. Fast, Project Architect, John Graham & Company; L. A. Myhre, Vice-President and Division Manager, Western Gear Corp.; Jack Borg, President, Top of the Needle, Inc.; Harlan S. Bixby, Vice-president, Howard S. Wright Construction Co.; Kathy Dolan, Model1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in
Space Needle Restaurant dinner menu, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
No full textThe Space Needle is embossed in gold on the front cover.
Printed on back cover: Erection of the main steel structure was a 166-day race against time, accomplished with the aid of an ingenious buit-in crane which lifted itself along with the tower. Now the windowed capsule elevators travel the once precarious route of ironworkers to the restaurant level in just 40 seconds. Here, the Space Needle diners may watch the hour-long sweep of a grand panorama: mountains, waters, green shorelines, and a city multi-jeweled by night
Construction inside the Space Needle restaurant and observation deck, March 14, 1962
No full textThe Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World's Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch tower, the construction of the 600 foot Space Needle was completed on December 8. 1961. Seattle's Pacific Car and Foundry Company was the subcontractor for the steel fabrication and erection.
This photo shows workers inside the observation deck and restaurant space at the top of the Space Needle. When the Space Needle officially opened on April 21, 1962, the revolving restaurant moved with an electric motor of just one horsepower, so perfectly balanced was the top house of the Needle.Stamped on verso with business stamp of Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle Printed on lower right border on photo: Space Needle, John Graham & Co. Architects, Howard S. Wright Construction Co. A schematic of the footprint of the Space Needle is printed in the lower left border of the photograph, with an arrow drawn to indicate the viewpoint.
Caption information source: Space Needle USA by Harold Mansfield and George Gulacsik, 1962.
Caption information source: https://www.spaceneedle.com/history/1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in
ION armchair from Space Needle revolving restaurant, 1961
No full textThe iconic Space Needle in Seattle was built for the 1962 World's Fair, entitled "Century 21" and celebrating new innovation and technology with a futuristic theme. The revolving restaurant, "Eye of the Needle," opened for the fair and soon became a top dining destination for Seattleites and visitors to the city. Gideon Kramer, a Seattle designer, artist, inventor, teacher, builder, lecturer, and businessman, designed this ION chair made of fiberglass and featuring sleek and minimalist lines that deftly illustrated the futuristic theme.1 Armchair; Materials: Fiberglass --Cold Forged Solid Steel Rod --Walnut --Foam and Vinyl (?) Upholstery --Rubber Mounts --Nylon Glides --Polished Chrome Finish; Dimensions: 34.75 in.H x 22.25 in.W x 23 in.
Space Needle, Seattle, Washington
No full textPostcard of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. | The Space Needle, Seattle, Washington. It rises to the height of 600 feet and is topped by a restaurant which revolves 360? every hour. About 260 persons can be served. An observation deck and snack service is also atop the Needle for those who wish to feast mostly on the tremendous scenic panorama.written message; postage applied; Postmark: 6/9/1966, Livingston, MT; Destination: Dallas, TXphotographic postcard
Space Needle
No full textSeattle's $4,000,000.00 Space Needle. This close up view shows the top of the Needle which has two decks. The upper, or observation deck, is stationary, while the one below, on which is located a modern restaurant, rotates once every hour, affording an ever changing view of Mountains, Lakes, City and Harbor. Lake Union may be seen in the immediate background, while in the distance is the Seattle-Everett Freeway under construction. One of the three elevators may be seen approaching the top landing
Space Needle
No full textTopping the 1962 Seattle World's Fair is the 600-foot Space Needle, where visitors to Seattle from April 21 through October 21, 1962 can dine in a 250-seat revolving restaurant affording a panoramic view of the world's fair, city, and mountains around this seaport. Tying the fair to downtown Seattle is the world's high speed mass transit Monorail, shown here at the base of the Needle
Diners at the Eye of the Needle restaurant at the top of the Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
No full textThe Eye of the Needle Restaurant, near the top of the Space Needle on the widest part, revolves once per hour. Visitors to the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) could enjoy a three-course meal of steak or salmon for $6.75 while watching the changing view below. Like much of the rest of the fair, the restaurant was decorated in shades of olive, orange and gold.
In this photo, a gold-attired woman chats with a couple while a family enjoys the view at a nearby table. Elliot Bay and downtown Seattle are visible through the large windows on this hazy afternoon.1 film transparency: color; 4 x 5 in
