1344 results for: Seattle Center
Ephemera
D.T. Denny & Sons receipt, 1890
Seattle pioneer David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) came to the area in 1851 and with his wife, Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center. Mr. Denny pursued a diverse career as a farmer, capitalist, streetcar operator, and developer. He was also a well-regarded civic leader, serving as probate judge, King County Commissioner, Seattle City…
ID Number:2018.3.3.79
Date:1890
Correspondence
Wa Chong Company letter, April 20, 1909
On December 15, 1868, the man believed to be Seattle's first Chinese immigrant, Chun Ching Hock (1844-1927) opened the Wa Chong Company at the foot of Mill Street (now Yesler Way). The store sold imported Chinese goods, tea, rice, coffee, flour, and fireworks, but the company's most profitable business was labor contracting - recruiting and placing Chinese immigrants in domestic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.91
Date:1909
Ephemera
Aqua Follies ticket order form, 1955
Aqua Follies, produced by Greater Seattle, Inc., was an annual summertime production performed at the Aqua Theatre, an open air stadium on the south shore of Green Lake. Debuting in 1950, Aqua Follies was one of the opening attractions of Seafair; sellout crowds came to see water ballet, comedy, dancers, singers, high divers, and a fireworks finale. The decline of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.92
Date:1955
Ephemera
Alaskan Liquor Company advertisement, circa 1912
The Alaskan Cafe was opened on July 1, 1909, in the Arctic Club building at the corner of Third and Jefferson in Seattle, by owners Charles Berryman and Ludovico Dallagiovanna. The image of a dog sled found in the center of the ad shown here is from stained glass piece hung over the entrance to the barroom at the Alaskan…
ID Number:2018.3.3.139
Date:Circa 1912
Poster
Boomerang poster, Seattle, circa 1980
One of Seattle's most popular local children's television programs of the 1970s and 1980s was "Boomerang," which aired original episodes from 1975-1980, and reruns for several additional years. The host of the program was Marni Nixon (1930-2016), a classically trained singer and Broadway star who was known for dubbing singing voices for a number of more famous but less vocally-talented…
ID Number:2018.5.14
Date:Circa 1980
Photograph
Flower Vigil at the International Fountain, Seattle Center, September 15, 2001
Many gatherings and vigils took place in Seattle after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. The September 15 Flower Vigil at the Seattle Center was one of the largest. People were invited to bring cut flowers to the International Fountain, and by the end of the following day, the fountain had been filled with flowers…
ID Number:2018.64.12
Date:2001
Poster
Entropics with Greinke and Angus concert poster, April 18, 1986
This poster advertises a "wild night of wild music" featuring local Seattle musicians the Entropics (Amy Denio and David Stern) and Greinke and Angus (Jeff Greinke and Rob Angus). The show took place at Lincoln Arts Center, an all-ages music venue at 66 Bell Street, on Friday, April 18, probably in 1986. As of 2019, the location is occupied by…
ID Number:2018.86.32
Date:1986
Poster
Clay Alien concert poster, July 27, 1985
The poster pictured here advertises a show for post-punk band Clay Alien held at UTC Hall at Fifth Avenue North and Aloha Street in Seattle. The art for the poster is signed BCT85, likely the date, and possibly the initials for band member Ben Thompson, who also performed with other local bands such as The Fantods and The Center for…
ID Number:2018.86.55
Date:1985
Photograph
Harbor Island and Beacon Hill, Seattle, 1917
Seattle’s main industrial area, which includes Harbor Island, was built on tidelands at the mouth of the Duwamish River using dirt from the 1907-1909 Jackson Street and other Beacon Hill regrades. In 1911, Fisher Flouring Mills built a large plant on Harbor Island. Shipbuilding and related industries followed. This panoramic photograph, taken from Admiral Way in West Seattle, looks east…
ID Number:2019.3.3
Date:1917
Cartographic material
Map of Harbor Island and Duwamish waterway districts, Bogue map, No. 7, September 1911
The Municipal Plans Commission of Seattle, established in 1910, hired civil engineer Virgil G. Bogue (1846-1916) to prepare a strategic development plan for the city. Bogue's 1911 proposal was very ambitious, including a Civic Center in the Denny Regrade area, a park and boulevard system, separation of railroad tracks from streets, and a variety of other municipal improvements. Bogue's "Plan…
ID Number:2019.3.5
Date:1911