280 results for: Lake Union
Photograph
Aerial view of Seattle from south, 1935
This aerial view of downtown Seattle was taken facing north from the present-day location of the SoDo neighborhood. Prominent in the foreground is King Street Station and the rail yard that opened in 1906 to serve both the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, and has served Amtrack since 1971. The waterfront and Elliott Bay are visible on the…
ID Number:1983.10.17697.5
Date:1935
Photograph
Lana Kurtzer posing in his seaplane, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.017
Date:1983
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Towing a houseboat across Lake Union, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.496
Date:1983
Cartographic material
Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Plate 12, 1908
The G. William Baist Company of Philadelphia produced real estate and insurance maps of over twenty different cities across the United States between the 1880s and 1967. The company published atlases in Seattle in 1905, 1908, and 1912, illustrating property ownership, building materials and improvements, and transportation routes.This map, labeled Plate 12, was separated from the atlas, and shows the…
ID Number:1985.4.13
Date:1908
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Wilfred Miller, Nels Nelson, and Roy St. Clair, January 17, 1985
Interview with Wilfred Miller, Nels Nelson, and Roy St. Clair about their employment at the Lake Washington Shipyards. Topics discussed include the production changes brought by war, the shortage of Navy inspectors, worker wages, working conditions, safety standards, women welders, union activity, and a worker strike prior to Pearl Harbor.The interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the…
ID Number:1985.134.15
Date:1985
Photograph
Aerial view of downtown Seattle looking northeast, 1937
Handwritten on negative: Air views City of Seattle. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Business district, airviews. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): 1937
ID Number:1986.5.7723.2
Date:1937
Photograph
Aerial view of Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, 1952
The Museum of History & Industry opened its doors on February 15, 1952, just south of the Montlake cut. The original south entrance circular driveway disappeared with the construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and State Route 520 that opened on August 28, 1963. Other modifications included blocking out the southerly windows of the transportation ramp on the west…
ID Number:1986.5.9955.1
Date:1952
Photograph
Aerial view of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, 1953
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct carried traffic over the waterfront area, linking the northern part of the city to the industrial area south of the central business district. The first unit of the elevated roadway, from Battery Street to Dearborn Street, was completed in 1953 and a southern extension in 1959. The Viaduct closed in January 2019 after being replaced by…
ID Number:1986.5.12214.1
Date:1953
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Boating season opening day parade, looking west, Seattle, May 2, 1958
A yearly tradition since 1920, the Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day parade through the Montlake Cut is a festive celebration of the area's water activities. This view, looking west, shows boats of all shapes and sizes lining up to pass through the Montlake Cut and the raised Montake bridge to the waters of Portage Bay and Lake Union. The University…
ID Number:1986.5.14384.2
Date:1958
Photograph
Boating season opening day parade, looking southwest, Seattle, May 2, 1958
A yearly tradition since 1920, the Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day parade through the Montlake Cut is a celebration of the area's water activities. This view, looking west, shows boats of all shapes and sizes passing through the Montlake Cut and the raised Montake bridge to the waters of Portage Bay and Lake Union. It was festive event for both…
ID Number:1986.5.14384.4
Date:1958