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Alki Avenue regrade area showing new grade and bridge approach, West Seattle, September 24, 1913
In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.79
Date:1913
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Seattle Civil Defense evacuation routes pamphlet, 1955
The Civil Defense Evacuation Routes brochure pictured here, "Evacuate: Don't Sit Under The Mushroom," was distributed to Seattle and King County residents in 1955 by King County Civil Defense Department (now Department of Public Defense). At the time Seattle was considered a potential Major Target Area for an attack with a thermonuclear weapon (a hydrogen bomb). The planned evacuation routes…
ID Number:2010.14.1
Date:1955
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Arctic Club parade float, Seattle, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2010.22.1
Date:1912
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Guests sitting at tables during chili party, Seattle, December 16, 1915
George Austin Moore, claiming to be the best chili maker in America, served what was then referred to as a Mexican delicacy to guests seated backstage at Seattle's Orpheum Theatre on Third Avenue and Madison Street. At the time, Mr. Moore and his wife Cordelia Haager were performing their song and dance act in Seattle on the Orpheum Circuit, a…
ID Number:2010.46.1
Date:1915
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Reflection of Space Needle in Fourth and Vine building, Seattle, 1976
In this image, Seattle's iconic Space Needle is reflected in the nine-story Fourth and Vine building, which opened in 1976. The Space Needle was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, and at that time was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, at 605 feet tall.
ID Number:2010.53.1
Date:1976
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Aurora Speedway race program, 1936
The Aurora Speedway was built in 1932 as an expansion of Playland, a popular amusement park built in 1930 near Bitter Lake in Seattle. The oval track and large wooden grandstand fronted Aurora Avenue between North 130th and North 135th Streets. The park suffered a series of fires in the 1950s, and public interest began to wane as other means…
ID Number:2010.65.3
Date:1936
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.3
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.4
Date:Circa 1920