Seattle's 1962 World's Fair

by Bill Cotter

In the late 1950s, Seattle's civic and business leaders were worried about the city losing its dominant position as a trading partner with the lucrative Pacific Rim nations. Interested in showing off all that the city and state had to offer in the hope of gaining new business, their unlikely solution was a world's fair, the first to be held in the United States since 1940. Other cities across the nation also competed for the honor, but Seattle surprised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467115126
• ISBN13: 9781467115124
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"