1580 results for: City of Seattle
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Battalion of Saints, Melvins, and Skin Yard concert poster, June 26, 1985
A hardcore punk band formed in 1980 in San Diego, Battalion of Saints went on a 55-city US tour during the summer of 1985. In Seattle they performed at the Rock Theater at 410 Fifth Avenue, fronted by two Washington bands, The Melvins and Skin Yard. Skin Yard was formed in Seattle in January 1985 by Daniel House and Jack…
ID Number:2018.86.47
Date:1985
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Reggae at the Moore poster, Seattle, circa 1986
Jamaican dub poet, educator, and reggae artist Mutabaruka (b. 1952) began publishing his poetry in 1971 and gained popularity as a musician in 1981, with the release of his first single. Jamaican reggae artist Ini Kamoze (b. 1975) also released his first single in 1981, and in 1986, Komze and Mutabaruka began to collaborate, with both artists singing on each…
ID Number:2018.86.119
Date:Circa 1986
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Seattle Seaport of Success poster, 1919
In 1913, the Seattle Ad Club held a contest for a city slogan. “Seattle, The Seaport of Success” was chosen from some 10,000 entries and, until about 1935, appeared in local and national ads promoting the city and its trade. In August 1919, following World War I, a large pageant was produced to celebrate the city. Using the city’s slogan…
ID Number:2018.103.1
Date:1919
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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
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Pigs on Parade poster, Seattle, 2001
In 2001 Seattle's Pike Place Market Foundation held a fund raiser that collected more than $400,000 for Market Foundation programs including a medical clinic, a child-care center, a food bank, and a senior center. The fund raiser, "Pigs on Parade," featured about 170 fiberglass pigs designed by local artists and organizations in homage to Rachel, the Market's beloved life-size bronze…
ID Number:2019.3.8
Date:2001
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Map Showing Buildings Along Waterfront Between Marion Street & Yesler Avenue, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle in the late nineteenth century was a rapidly growing city, aided in no small part by the 1883 connection with the Northern Pacific Railway Company (NPRR). In 1890 the city's population doubled from the previous year to 40,000, boosted by the influx of people who saw opportunity in rebuilding after Seattle's Great Fire. Expansion led to conflicts over the…
ID Number:2019.3.9
Date:Circa 1895
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Bell's 5th Addition to the City of Seattle, March 30, 1882
William Nathaniel Bell (1817-1887) and his wife, Sarah Ann (Peter) Bell (1819-1856), were members of the pioneering Denny Party, arriving in present-day West Seattle in 1851. The Bells helped to establish the settlement that became Seattle, settling north of the future downtown in "Belltown." Virginia and Olive streets are named for two of Bell's daughters, and Stewart Street honors Olive's…
ID Number:2019.3.10
Date:1882
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Bell's 3rd, 4th, and 5th Addition to the City of Seattle, circa 1890
William Nathaniel Bell (1817-1887) and his wife, Sarah Ann (Peter) Bell (1819-1856), were members of the pioneering Denny Party, arriving in present-day West Seattle in 1851. The Bells helped to establish the settlement that became Seattle, settling north of the future downtown in "Belltown." Virginia and Olive streets are named for two of Bell's daughters, and Stewart Street honors Olive's…
ID Number:2019.3.11
Date:Circa 1890
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Map of Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, Index, February 1905
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:2019.3.11.1
Date:1905
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Waterway Connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washington, sheet 1, January 1905
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:2019.3.11.2
Date:1905