George Gulacsik Space Needle Photograph Collection
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.
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Crane lifting Space Needle leg into place, ca. mid-October 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69720024
Date: 1961-10
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Workers install Space Needle roof beam, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74540029
Date: 1961-12-04
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Workers guiding base of Space Needle leg into place, ca. June 30, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68790011
Date: 1961-06-30
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View of Space Needle's core, ca. November 4, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70040004
Date: 1961-11-04
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Workers inside Space Needle, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74630022
Date: 1961-12-21
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Trees and undergrowth, Olympic National Park, September 1967
Olympic National Park
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Date: 1967-09
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View of Space Needle from fairgrounds, ca. November 7, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70050011
Date: 1961-11-07
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Workers removing top ring base of Space Needle derrick, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_75450010
Date: 1961-12-21
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Lake Washington, Mercer Island, and Mt. Rainier, ca. 1910s
View southeast from around the Leschi neighborhood in Seattle towards Lake Washington, with Mercer Island, parts of Bellevue, Seward Park, and Mt. Rainier visible. See spl_dor_gpn_re_00027 for detailed view of buildings. The roofs of the Leschi Park Pavilion and Boathouse can be seen along the waterfront.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00026
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Workers at top of Space Needle construction, ca. September 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69660006
Date: 1961-09-08
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