154 results for: Transportation
Button pin, "I Rode the Talgo High Speed Train," ca. 1990s
The Spanish railroad company, Talgo, founded a North American corporate office in Seattle in 1944. Amtrak has used Talgo train cars on their Cascades Line since 1998.
ID Number:2019.40.9
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Button pin, "No. 1 Boeing," ca. 1970s
Now one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, Boeing was incorporated in Seattle in 1916 by William Boeing.
ID Number:2019.40.11
Date:Circa 1970-1980
Button pin, "Yes Sound Transit," ca. 1990s
Sound Transit, established in 1993, is a regional public transit authority that serves the Seattle metropolitan area with extensive bus service, light rail service to Tacoma, and regional commuter rail.
ID Number:2019.40.12
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Button pin, "Ride On! Public Transportation. Washington State Transportation Conference," ca. 1990s
This button promoted one of the annual Washington State Transportation Conferences for public transportation. Sound Transit, established in 1993, is a regional public transit authority that serves the Seattle metropolitan area with extensive bus service, light rail service to Tacoma, and regional commuter rail.
ID Number:2019.40.13
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Button pin, "Metro Ryerson Base: The Present and Beyond," ca. 1990s
King County Metro, established in 1973, is the public transit authority for Seattle and King County, Washington. Ryerson Base is one of seven Metro bases located in the region.
ID Number:2019.40.14
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Button pin, "I (heart) Transit," ca. 1990s
This button promotes the public transit systems in the Puget Sound region including King County Metro, established in 1973, and Sound Transit, established in 1993.
ID Number:2019.40.15
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Button pin, "I Dig Downtown Metro," ca. 1990
This button promotes the project to build the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), or Metro Bus Tunnel, which opened in 1990. Only buses used the tunnel until 2005 when light rail was added.
ID Number:2019.40.16
Date:Circa 1990
GMSS watch, ca. 1980s-1990s
This watch belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012) who was a part-owner of GMSS, a company which ran businesses at SeaTac Airport. In 1984 the FAA notified the Port of Seattle that SeaTac airport may not be in compliance with a federal rule that requires minorities and women to participate in business ownership at airports that receive federal funds. That year…
ID Number:2019.105.14
Date:Circa 1980-1990
Two pieces of concrete rubble salvaged from the Seattle Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition in 2019
Considered seismically vulnerable, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a circa 1949 elevated freeway and stretch of State Route 99 that ran along the Seattle waterfront, was demolished in 2019 and replaced with a new, more tourist-friendly surface street and an underground tunnel. Concrete rubble from the demolition was collected by local organization Friends of Waterfront Seattle and given away free to…
ID Number:2019.Rubble
Date:Circa 1950
Seattle Transit System Visitor pin, ca. 1940s-1950s
Seattle had a robust streetcar system up until 1940 when the Muicipal Street Railway System transitioned to an all-bus network and became the Seattle Transit System, or what is today known as the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (METRO).
ID Number:2021.20.1
Date:Circa 1940-1950