{"id":1691,"date":"2010-04-28T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2010-04-28T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:05:37","slug":"alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition-washingtons-first-worlds-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2010\/04\/alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition-washingtons-first-worlds-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington\u2019s First World\u2019s Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/alaska-yukon-pacific-cover_ld\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"390,400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alaska Yukon Pacific Cover_ld\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld-292x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2125\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/281\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Yukon Pacific Cover_ld\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/files\/2010\/04\/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Cover_ld.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/>by <strong>Paula Becker \u201985 <\/strong>and Alan J. Stein<\/p>\n<p>The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held on the University of Washington campus in 1909, was a major community effort that brought Seattle and Washington State (then only 20 years old) into the national spotlight. It was the first world\u2019s fair to make a profit, provided a platform for women\u2019s suffrage, and set the general plan for the University of Washington campus that endures to this day. This volume documents the history of the A-Y-P from its inception to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 978-0-295-98926-6. Published by HistoryLink\/History Ink in association with the University of Washington Press; 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Paula Becker \u201985 and Alan J. Stein The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, held on the University of Washington campus in 1909, was a major community effort that brought Seattle and Washington State (then only 20 years old) into the national spotlight. 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