The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in 1909 in Seattle on the University of Washington campus. It celebrated the commerce and cultures of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska/Yukon, and the Pacific Rim regions.
Building was designed by John Lindsay, as made evident by one of the signs on the building. John Lindsay was a southern California architect. Lindsay was associated with at least two the firms: Palmer, Krisel & Lindsay, A.I.A. for a brief time around 1952; and John C. Lindsay and Associates.
This photograph, credited to Adelbert Bartlett, appears with Los Angeles Times article "The Industrial Progress of the Los Angeles Manufacturing District," January 2, 1930