3220 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Open spillway at the Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River Basin, Washington, 1942
Grand Coulee is the largest dam in the Columbia River Basin, about 90 miles northwest of Spokane. Construction began in 1933 and was completed in 1941. A hydroelectric dam with four power plants and an average annual energy output of about 2,300 megawatts, Grand Coulee produces enough power to continuously supply the needs of two cities the size of Seattle.…
ID Number:1986.5.3867.1
Date:1942
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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River Basin, Washington, 1942
Grand Coulee is the largest dam in the Columbia River Basin, about 90 miles northwest of Spokane. Construction began in 1933 and was completed in 1941. A hydroelectric dam with four power plants and an average annual energy output of about 2,300 megawatts, Grand Coulee produces enough power to continuously supply the needs of two cities the size of Seattle.…
ID Number:1986.5.3867.2
Date:1942
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John Eaton adjusting hats on display, Seattle, circa 1960
Cornish School of Arts graduate John Eaton (1914-1991) was a successful milliner, designer, and teacher whose individually-styled hats became known all over the country. Eaton and business partner James Neher opened their first store in 1950, and eventually opened “John Eaton Of Course!” at 509 Pine Street, across the street from Frederick & Nelson. The store closed in 1988.In this…
ID Number:1986.5.3934.1
Date:Circa 1960
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Aerial view, looking northeast, of the construction of Interstate 5, Lakeview Boulevard section, Seattle, circa 1958
The 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act kicked off the Interstate construction program. Completed in the 1960s, Interstate-5 (I-5), of which the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Freeway forms a part, is the only Interstate highway running from Canada to Mexico. Written on sleeve: HIGHWAYS, Freeway, Seattle, right-of-way, Lakeview BLVD. section, airview Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date…
ID Number:1986.5.3992.1
Date:Circa 1958
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Aerial of freeway bridge under construction, Seattle, 1959
This aerial view shows the initial construction phase of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Freeway that was to become Interstate 5 (I-5). Bridge piers stand on either side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The University Bridge sits to the right of the new piers, which were used to construct a 4,429-foot-long bridge completed in fall 1961. Construction of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett freeway, which…
ID Number:1986.5.3998.1
Date:1959
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Aerial view looking north from the freeway bridge under construction, Seattle, 1959
This aerial view shows construction phase of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Freeway that was to become Interstate 5 (I-5). Bridge piers stand on either side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The 4,429-foot-long bridge completed in fall 1961.Construction of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett freeway, which opened to traffic in December 1962, took up 6,600 parcels of land, 4,500 of them in Seattle. In 1958-59,…
ID Number:1986.5.4000.2
Date:1959
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Aerial of freeway construction, Seattle, 1967
This aerial view shows the construction of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Freeway that was to become Interstate 5 (I-5). Construction of the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett freeway, which opened to traffic in December 1962, took up 6,600 parcels of land, 4,500 of them in Seattle. In 1958-59, the Washington State Highway Department paid homeowners fair market value for their homes, then auctioned the buildings for…
ID Number:1986.5.4077.1
Date:1967
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Seattle Totems vs. Victoria Cougars, Seattle, April 2, 1961
The Seattle Totems were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Seattle from 1944 to 1975, playing at the Civic Ice Arena and later the Seattle Center Coliseum. The team had several names in its first years – the Seattle Ironmen (1944-52), the Seattle Bombers (1952-54), and the Seattle Americans (1955-58) – before settling on the name Seattle Totems…
ID Number:1986.5.4135.1
Date:1961
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Seattle Totems vs. Victoria Cougars, Seattle, April 2, 1961
The Seattle Totems were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Seattle from 1944 to 1975, playing at the Civic Ice Arena and later the Seattle Center Coliseum. The team had several names in its first years – the Seattle Ironmen (1944-52), the Seattle Bombers (1952-54), and the Seattle Americans (1955-58) – before settling on the name Seattle Totems…
ID Number:1986.5.4135.2
Date:1961
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Seattle Totems vs. San Francisco Seals, Seattle, January 24, 1965
The Seattle Totems were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Seattle from 1944 to 1975, playing at the Civic Ice Arena and later the Seattle Center Coliseum. The team had several names in its first years – the Seattle Ironmen (1944-52), the Seattle Bombers (1952-54), and the Seattle Americans (1955-58) – before settling on the name Seattle Totems…
ID Number:1986.5.4156.1
Date:1965