1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Skier on Denny Mountain, Alpental, 1976
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.48
Date:1976
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University of Washington ski team member about to crash, Alpental, 1976
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.119
Date:1976
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Mark Heilbrun skiing at Snoqualmie Pass, 1980
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.168
Date:1980
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Seagulls at Montlake Landfill, Seattle, 1955
The Montlake Dump (known variously as the Ravenna Dump, University Dump, Union Bay Dump, and the Montlake Landfill) was used as a garbage dump by the city of Seattle for over 40 years, until it closed in 1966. Photographer Josef Scaylea capture this view of one of the sanitation workers surrounded by seagulls in 1955.Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.170
Date:1955
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Rabbi Raphael Levine, 1977
Rabbi Raphael Levine (1901-1984) was rabbi of Temple de Hirsch from 1942 to 1969, and continued on as rabbis ermeritus until his death. Levine was was involved in interfaith efforts across the city, including founding an interfaith summer camp called Camp Brotherhood and a KOMO-TV panel of clergymen called "Challenge." Levine authored articles in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and supported civil…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.235
Date:1977
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Ivar Haglund, Seattle, 1962
Ivar Haglund shares a tender moment with one of his long-time companions. One of Seattle's most colorful and popular characters, Ivar won his way into the hearts of local residents with his zany antics. Born to Swedish/Norwegian parents in West Seattle in 1905 he grew up playing guitar and singing, performing on radio, on stage and on the sidewalk, eventually…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.236
Date:1962
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Skiers at Snoqualmie Summit, 1954
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.262
Date:1954
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Bethlehem Steel Company factory, Seattle, 1957
New York City-born William Pigott (1860-1929) founded two of Seattle's major industrial enterprises, Seattle Steel Company and Seattle Car Manufacturing Company (later Pacific Car and Foundry Company, or PACCAR). Seattle Steel Company (later Bethlehem Steel Company and Birmingham Steel Company) began operations in 1905 on 55 acres of tide flats in Humphrey (later Youngstown and West Seattle). The steel and…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.313
Date:1957
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Columbia City Theater facade, 1986
The Columbia City Theater was built in 1923 and was home to movie theaters under a few names - the Columbia, the Pix, and the Rainier. It was also a music venue, which reportedly hosted Jimi Hendrix's first show, while he was still a student at Garfield High School. The Rainier Cinema operated in 1970s, showing Black and "Blaxploitation" films.…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.2.126.1
Date:1986
Music, notated
City Life
The music for "City Life," a march and two-step, was composed by George A. Edmunds and arranged by musician Sol Levi (1881-). The sheet music was printed by Liberal Music Printing Co. in Seattle, and sold at Rhodes Bros. in Seattle. Considering the date of publication, the song was likely one of many written for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (or A.Y.P.E.),…
ID Number:Lib1996.10.10
Date:1909