1800s Archive · World's Fairs

European Building in between Agriculture Building and Machinery Hall viewed from across Geyser Basin, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

Seattle, Washington · 1909

European Building in between Agriculture Building and Machinery Hall viewed from across Geyser Basin, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909, Seattle, Washington, 1909
European Building in between Agriculture Building and Machinery Hall viewed from across Geyser Basin, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909, Seattle, Washington, 1909. World's Fairs — The 1800s Archive, from the commons record.

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