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Given the State of Alaska's role in the recent prosperity of Washington State, its pavilion was placed in a central spot at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE). The Klondike Gold Rush jolted Seattle out of the doldrums following the Panic of 1893, and catalyzed an enormous expansion of business in the city during the 20th century's first decade, capped symbolically by the AYPE. Businesses expanded and outside capital streamed in to serve a greatly enlarged city, both in terms of population and land area. Creating a self-fueling growth cycle, huge numbers of native-born citizens and recent immigrants selected the city for its strong, well-balanced, local economy.

Building Notes

The Santa Cruz Sentinel published several untitled notes on the Alaska Pavilion in 1909. The first read: "Complete sets of photographs, geological collections, Indian curios, specimens of fish, bones of prehistoric animals and big collections of interesting souvenirs will be displayed in the Alaska building at the Seattle Exposition in 1909 called the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition." The second was: "In the Alaska building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition this year will be a series of maps illustrating the character of the resources of each district of the north." Another read: "Jafet Lindeberg, one of the richest mining men of Alaska, will exhibit gold from each of the creeks on the Seward peninsula at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition this year." (See untitled item, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 01/14/1909, p. 8.)

Demolished.

PCAD id: 7078