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Photograph
Seattle City Light employees with vehicles in front of warehouse, Seattle, circa 1928
The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. There are 21 men posing with…
ID Number:2007.3.2
Date:Circa 1928
Poster
Queen City Cruise poster, Seattle, August 6, 1983
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.23
Date:1983
Poster
The Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 27, 1984
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.25
Date:1984
Poster
Things That Go Bump in the Night poster, Seattle, 1985
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.26
Date:1985
Poster
Pike Place Market 25th Anniversary Celebration of "Save the Market" poster, Seattle, May 16 - November 2, 1996
In the summer of 1907 the Seattle City Council designated a public market be held on Pike Place between Pike Street and Pine Street in hopes of appeasing both farmers and consumers, angry over high food prices. The Pike Place Public Market flourished in the first half of the twentieth century but became less utilized with the decline of independent…
ID Number:2007.25.34
Date:1996
Poster
Greenwood Seafair Parade poster, Seattle, 1989
Seafair, Seattle’s annual summer festival, is marked with parades, boat races, and many other events and activities. This poster advertises the Greenwood neighborhood's parade, one of 13 Seafair parades throughout the city that summer. The poster also references Washington State's centennial in 1989. Additional text on poster: Chairman: Lorraine Mintz Welch; Judging: Roger Aase; Grandstand: Jim Coates; Applications Nancy Goodno;…
ID Number:2007.25.35
Date:1989
Poster
Mural Concert Series poster, Seattle, June 17 - August 28, 1989
Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheater is so named for the magnificent backdrop to the stage, a large scale glass mosaic by Northwest School artist Paul Horiuchi (1906–1999), commissioned in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). In the decades since the fair, the grounds have been operated by the city and hosts many public festivals and events throughout the…
ID Number:2007.25.38
Date:1989
Poster
Remember My Name poster, Seattle, September 14-October 8, 1989
Begun in San Francisco in 1987, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was started as a project to honor loved ones who had died of AIDS. Comprised of more than 48,000 individual panels as of 2017, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has been displayed across the country, including several stops in Seattle, with local panels added at each city. In 1988,…
ID Number:2007.25.52
Date:1989
Poster
Seattle Center Fiddle Contest poster, October 6, 1984
Seattle Center, an area north of downtown Seattle, was developed for the 1962 World's Fair as a specific cultural and entertainment area that the city has continued to use for arts, sports, and community events. In the 1980s, this included several music and cultural events, such as the annual fiddle contest held at the Center House.This poster advertises the 1984…
ID Number:2007.25.54
Date:1984
Poster
Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, April 27, 1996
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.58
Date:1996