World's Fair Information Manual

EXHIBIT Alaska, State of
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE Mr. Morris Ford, Director Travel Division, Department of __Economic Development & Planning Post Office Box 2391 Juneau, Alaska 907 JU 65284 __and Mr. Jack Anderson Director of Alaska Pavilion Concessions Alaska Crafts & Culture Corp. 1016 E. Fourth Avenue P.O. 3-098 E.C.B. Anchorage, Alaska

LOCATION Block 41, Lot 4 State Area
AREA 32,277 sq. ft.
ARCHITECT Olson and Sands Post Office Box 2331 Juneau, Alaska __and Mr. Gordon Mandeville Mandeville and Burge 500 Union Street Seattle 1, Washington 206 MU 2-1020 __and Mr. Walter Stengel 343 Manville Road Pleasantville, New York 914 RO 9-54431

SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual
FEATURES The Alaska Pavilion is a white, igloo-shaped building. Three 30 foot totem poles, originally carved by Indians for the St. Louis Fair of 1904 are in front of the building. The exhibits show Eskimo and Indian life, the Alaskan fishing industry and the state's booming development-especially a new coastal ferry system and plans for the largest dam in the free world. There is an exhibit by Alaskan artists, and wild life is represented by stuffed specimens of bears, a walrus head, a 74 pound salmon, plus moose, caribou and others. In the igloo's second floor is a theatre with a 32 square foot topographical model of Alaska. During a narration, portions of the model light up, and the dome itself becomes a planetarium portraying the skies over Alaska from twilight to dawn. Slides depict the state's industries and people at work. The show ends with a colorful display of simulated northern lights (aurora borealis). In the area behind the Pavilion, Indian and Eskimo dance groups perform and craftsmen carve in wood and whalebone. Some of these handiworks are for sale.

**State of Alaska**

Source: NY World's Fair Publication *For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair 1964-1965*