Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held from June 1, 1909 to October 16, 1909 on what is now the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. More than 3.7 million people from all over the country and world came to visited the exhibits. As much as the exposition was meant to bring commercial attention to the resources of the Northwest it also was a way to bring Seattle onto the world's stage and a legitimist cosmopolitan city. 100 years latter we are still trying to figure out what that exactly means.

 These are selected commemorative A.Y.P. souvenir flags sewn for a  the show  "100 years; for better or worse" at Gallery 4culture in 2009 with  the Seattle artist Patrick Holderfield

My copy of the official A.Y.P flag--from a B/W photo

Just like the one that fellow who stands outside of Nordstrom holds!