Seattle World's Fair 1962

Old video of the Seattle World's Fair from 1962.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Seattle
• World's
• Fair
• 1962
• Washington
• Center

[davidoran123]

I was eight years old and so excited about space and the future. What happened, we were promised jet-packs and hotels on the moon?

[MistofRain752]

@davidoran123 I was 10yrs old. I remember the future phones that had a screen you could see who you were talking too. The day we were their, was the day that Marilyn Monroe died. My older brother was upset about the news. I was visiting from the Cleveland, OH area and never dreamed later in life that I would move to the Seattle area. Can I ask where you were visiting from? Some of the tech has come true. Geez hard to believe that was 48 yrs ago.

[55780497]

the name of this song? please somebody tell me

[MistofRain752]

@55780497 The song is "We Didn't Start the Fire"

by Billy Joel.

[adb5258]

Sure was not that many people around the fair grounds was it.

[MistofRain752]

We were their early in the morning. Even though I was only 10 yrs old at the time, I remember standing in long lines to get in the exhibits and how hot it was inside.

[UsedExtinguisher]

I rember opening day as I was driving out of Seattle for Eugene, OR and heard on the automobile radio that a Blue Angel had just crashed in Seattle. I did get season tickets for the Fair, and sure had a lot of company from out ot town.

[teenonator]

@crumpet212 Fisher scones, still available at the Western Washington State Fair in Puyallup, and ones like them are sold at Sluy's Bakery in Poulsbo, Wa. I measure all scones against those!

[teenonator]

Saw a million silver dollars, got a Heinz pickle pin, rode the Bubbleator, and was able to touch a Mercury capsule.

God, the Hofbrau Haus! Haven't thought of that for years

[califgirl11]

I was born in Seattle in 1962. My mom says we visited here that year.

[jaccordi]

Enjoyed the video shots. Could have done without the annoying music though. Why not use something that somehow had a connection to the scenes?

[joshuabrooks21]

My grandfather met an unfortunate end at this fair. They said he had a heart attack, but I personally think it was something else, because he was an accountant. That's just me though....

[crumpet212]

I was there,12 yrs old, drove up from Oregon with my sister and parents. Does anyone else remember the scones?

[AcePilot101]

I was in Seattle in 1962 for the world's fair.

I was 7 years old and it blew my mind!

[davidoran123]

@MistofRain752 I lived in Vancouver Wa. at the time. So it wasn't far for us to go, but it took me into another dimension. I was a space crazy kid, Astroboy cartoons and Space Angel. I loved it, it was the future.