Nikko Café, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909
This week’s postcard is an advertisement for the Nikko Café at the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition held in Seattle. The café was located at the foot of Pay Streak the amusement park section of the Fair near the landing for the gondola ride. I found several other views, interior as well as exterior, of the building but none quite like this photo postcard. All of the cards for the café had the "Meet Me at Nikko Café A.Y.P. 1909" caption.
There were many restaurants in this area as well as an array of carnival rides, exhibits, souvenirs and games for fair goers. Some of the restaurants were temporary, open only a few weeks and did not remain open for the duration of the fair. It is not known if the Nikko Café was there throughout the run of the Fair but since there is a fancy looking building to house the café it is possible. This café served Japanese style food.
Dick Thompson worked as an honor guard at the fair and saved a number of postcards including this one. Unfortunately for us, he trimmed most of the cards so they would fit into his scrapbooks and managed to clip off parts that we might find interesting today. For instance, the top of the Nikko Café had a decorative spire that cannot be seen on this card. The cards are still interesting and have some historical value too; therefore, I will share more of them even though they are not the original size.
For more information about the fair, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific_Exposition
https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ayp/id/598/
https://www.historylink.org/File/8635
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