Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. The Space Needle’s construction during the early 1960s was an epic feat of architecture and design. George Gulacsik chronicled the project with over 2000 photos. Browse through our timeline to see the Needle’s construction milestones.
Visitors on Space Needle observation deck, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_72330006
Date: 1962
Workers rigging floats on Space Needle leg and view west, ca. September 12, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69670009
Date: 1961-09-12
Workers waiting outside Space Needle elevator, ca. December 4-7, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73680018
Date: 1961-12-04
Worker painting Space Needle roof Galaxy Gold, ca. late January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_052
Date: 1962-01
View up to Space Needle ring girder, ca. November 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70060008
Date: 1961-11-08
Workers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_76200007
Date: 1961-12-21
View south from Space Needle, 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76600003
Date: 1962
Worker on Space Needle float and view east, ca. October 16, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69730005
Date: 1961-10-16
Workers on outer ring of Space Needle, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74550006
Date: 1961-12-04
Jakk Corsaw at home in his studio gallery with flavor of the week girlfriend, Jakk Corsaw's Art Gallery, Pike Place Market, circa 1967
Jakk Corsaw at home in his studio gallery with flavor of the week girlfriend
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Date: 1967