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Century 21 Exhibit. Seattle’s World Fair April 21-October 21, 1962. Putting the Century 21 in Context. JFK opens the Fair. Used the same Gold Key that opened the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Attendance. Over 10 million people came to the Fair!
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Century 21 Exhibit Seattle’s World Fair April 21-October 21, 1962
JFK opens the Fair • Used the same Gold Key that opened the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Attendance • Over 10 million people came to the Fair! • In addition, it was financially successful, which doesn’t usually happen at Expos!
An overview of the Fair • Video Produced by Bell Telephone
Architecture • Almost everything was designed by local architects.
Celebrities at the Fair • ELVIS!!!!! ( I swoon) • Igor Stravinsky (I swoon even more) • Ella Fitzgerald (Somebody get the smelling salts.) • John Wayne (I didn’t swoon, he knocked me out.) • Cosmonaut GhermanTitov • Astronaut John Glenn (It was lack of oxygen, I swear!)