Brand / Publisher: Tourmap Company.
Item: Vintage Seattle Center tourmap 1972 folding guide map brochure depicting the grounds, attractions, and surrounding street grid of Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington.
Country of origin: United States.
Publication context: Produced in 1972 as a souvenir and visitor orientation map highlighting the legacy of the Seattle World's Fair and promoting Seattle Center as a focal point for cultural, recreational, entertainment, scientific, and convention activities throughout the year.
Format: Two-sided color sheet map printed in multicolor on lightweight paper and factory folded into tall rectangular brochure-style panels sized for pocket, purse, or travel document holder storage.
One side opens to a brightly colored pictorial map of the Seattle Center grounds with stylized renderings of performance halls, exhibition buildings, fountains, open plazas, the monorail line, and amusement attractions set within a surrounding street grid including nearby avenues and approaches.
Map graphics label key features such as theaters, the Coliseum, Opera House, International Fountain, Food Circus, playgrounds, parking areas, and other visitor services together with numbered points of interest and a short list of things to do at Seattle Center.
The reverse side carries a detailed 1972 Seattle Center summer schedule listing concerts, festivals, theater performances, civic celebrations, and continuing attractions along with descriptive text about the Center, contact information, and advertising blocks for local hotels, motels, car rental agencies, museums, and cultural institutions.
Lower panels promote the Seattle Mini Tourmap freeway guide and list additional Tourmap Company tourmaps available in 1972 for Seattle, University District, Sea-Tac Airport, Bellingham, Everett, Tacoma, and Portland.
Ideal for collectors of Seattle Center and Pacific Northwest ephemera, vintage amusement and fairground maps, or 1970s folding travel brochures suitable for research, teaching, display, or nostalgic decor.