Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which was Seattle’s first world’s fair held on what is now the grounds of the University of Washington. A whole site has been set up to commemorate the centennial, and to bring news of upcoming events that are going to be held to celebrate it. Crosscut points out that very little film of the exposition exists, but a newsreel about the fair can be found at the A-Y-P site, and footage of a Viking boat landing on Norway Day.

The Seattle Channel is putting together a documentary on the fair, to be finished next year. So we’ll have to keep our eyes open for that.

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