Frank Nowell was the official photographer of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. This book draws on the extensive collection of his photographs held by the University of Washington Libraries.

This richly illustrated and well-researched volume recounts in detail the history of the fair that brought Seattle and Washington into the national spotlight. The A-Y-P Exposition, held in Seattle in 1909 on the future site of the University of Washington, welcomed 3.7 million visitors and was the first world's fair to make a profit.

Containing many pictures of Alaska and photographs of the vast Yukon Territory, with picturesque and descriptive articles about the resources of the wonderful Pacific country, in addition to sketches and views of the Exposition now being held in Seattle.

To mark the end of the 20th century, Picturing the Century selects 200 photographs from one of the world's largest photographic archives, the vast collections of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, regional records facilities, and Presidential libraries. The photographs depict momentous events, illustrate changes in American society, capture the hopes and fears of the American people. At the same time, they demonstrate the role of government photography in the United States. Photographs from the vast collections of the National Archives and Records Administration, including the Presidential libraries, depict momentous events & capture the hopes and fears of the American people throughout the 20th century. Includes work by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lane, Walter Lubken, Lewis Hine, George Ackerman, Charles Fenno Jacobs, Yoichi Okamoto, & Dany Lyon.