1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Foster, Washington, plat map, circa 1905
This blueprint map depicts the former King County community of Foster, Washington, just south of Seattle city limits. Brothers Joseph and Stephen Foster came from Illinois and settled in the area in 1852, where the Black and White Rivers met. Joseph Foster became a very prominent pioneer who served as an early Washington Territorial legislator, the first superintendent of schools,…
ID Number:2019.3.30
Date:Circa 1905
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Supplemental Plat of Block 27 to Bell & Denny's First Add. to the City of Seattle, November 4, 1887
William Nathaniel Bell (1817-1887) and his wife, Sarah Ann (Peter) Bell (1819-1856), were members of the pioneering Denny Party, helping to establish the settlement that became Seattle in 1852, and settling in what was then north of downtown in "Belltown." Virginia and Olive streets are named for two of Bell's daughters, and Stewart Street honors Olive's husband, Joseph H. Stewart.…
ID Number:2019.3.31
Date:1887
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Register Now! poster, Seattle, 1944
The Municipal League of Seattle (now of King County) was founded in 1910 to encourage Progressive reforms. Over the years the organization has supported the creation of a municipal civil service system, spearheaded efforts to reform the King County Charter, established the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (known as Metro), funded infrastructure in the region, and promoted disclosure of campaign finances.This…
ID Number:2019.3.40
Date:1944
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No Recall, No I-83, No More Delay poster, Seattle, 2004
Interest in expanding Seattle’s 1962 monorail line throughout the city gained momentum with signature-gathering petitions in 1994. In 1997, in spite of almost total opposition by the political establishment, city voters approved Initiative 41 for monorail expansion. Three years later voters approved an additional measure for planning money. Over the next few years, design and funding of the first phase…
ID Number:2019.3.41
Date:2004
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Share the Ride Zone Map, Seattle, 1942
In 1942, during World War II, the federal government’s War Production Transport Commission mandated that citizens cut back on the use of gasoline and rubber tires for the war effort. Seattle and other cities developed city-wide carpooling plans. Businesses and neighborhoods formally registered share-the-ride groups, and members were eligible for additional gasoline stamps once rationing began. By the fall of…
ID Number:2019.3.46
Date:1942
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Ballard's Addition to Gilman Park, Seattle, March 11, 1890
Captain William Rankin Ballard (1844-1929) was a Seattle pioneer, banker, and land developer. His family came to the Puget Sound area in about 1865, and William was living in Seattle by about 1870. William's father, Dr. Levi Ward Ballard (1815-1897), and step-mother, Mary Esther (Condict) Ballard (1833-1909), settled south of Seattle, where Levi is remembered for his 1886 filing of…
ID Number:2019.3.47
Date:1890
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Latona Addition to the City of Seattle, October 28, 1889
George Morris "Morris" Haller (1852-1889) was born in Pennsylvania to U.S. Army Colonel Granville Owen Haller (1819-1897), and his wife, Henrietta Maria (Cox) Haller (1824-1910). The family moved frequently around the country during Granville's military service, and upon his retirement in 1882, they moved to Seattle permanently. Morris studied law in Seattle and became a successful attorney and real estate…
ID Number:2019.3.48
Date:1889
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Map of Lake Washington Canal Entrance and Profile of Lake Washington Canal, Seattle, circa 1911
Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.49
Date:Circa 1911
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North Canal section drawings, Seattle, circa 1911
Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.50
Date:Circa 1911
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Seattle War Camp Community Service map, circa 1918
Once the United States entered World War I in 1917, numerous military personnel began to pass through Seattle. The Seattle War Camp Community Service group formed to provide support to these visiting servicemen and veterans. Among other things, they published a map of downtown Seattle that promoted the Seattle Soldiers and Sailors Club and the Hospitality Club. It noted their…
ID Number:2019.3.51
Date:1918