Fun House has posted some fun images from the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, which was also known as the "Century 21 Exposition." The image above is a map which "illustrates your trip through the World of Century 21."
Previously on Paleo-Future:
Seattle World's Fair Official Souvenir Program (1962)
Frederick & Nelson Ad (1962)
Century 21: Space Needle Designs (1962)
X-20 Monorail Toy (1962)
GM Car of the Future (1962)
Seattle World's Fair Postcards (1962)
5 comments:
The first stop is "Man's Past Futures" -- was that some kind of 1960s exhibition of then-paleo-future stories and materials?
I want to ride the bubbleator!
While I cannot stand the overpopulated and cheesy computer graphic imagery that is often used today in illustrating things, I also cannot get over how minimal, dark, and dare I say dull this so-called map of the fair is.
Did they seriously think the appearance of this map would be some kind of enticement, or is this because I live in such a technocolor and information at my fingertips age?
great stuff, mate. digging up the future ain't easy.
this site is a big hit at my office.
One of the episodes of MST3K featured a Bell Labs promo video set at the 1962 World's Fair: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1881547959631767401&ei=NiJsSb_MI6XqqgLfuoHvAQ&q=MST3K+World%27s+Fair&hl=en
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