1580 results for: City of Seattle
Photograph
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
Photograph
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
Photograph
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
Photograph
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
Photograph
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
Correspondence
Isaac and Isabelle Bechtel letter about Great Seattle Fire, June 24, 1889
In 1882 Isaac Kinsey Bechtel (1848-1890) arrived in the Puget Sound area and bought 129 acres around what is now Main Street in downtown Bellevue. He had left his wife, Isabella (Lind) Bechtel (1852-1938), and their children behind in Waterloo, Ontario, but in 1885 he was able to send money for them to join him. The cabin Mr. Bechtel built…
ID Number:Lib1996.24.3
Date:1889
Ephemera
Rules for Test Blackout Night, March 7, 1941
The City of Seattle ran a Test Blackout Night on March 7, 1941. Mayor John E. Carroll declared an official emergency for the duration of the blackout, and the city distributed this handbill telling people what to expect and what to do. All male citizens of Seattle were called upon to report violations to city authorities.
ID Number:Lib1996.28.19b
Date:1941
Manuscript
Morgan Carkeek's recollection of 1886 anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, circa 1900
A stone mason originally from England, Morgan James Carkeek (1847-1931) arrived in Seattle in 1870 and began building a construction and real estate empire. Mr. Carkeek and his wife, Emily (Gaskill) Carkeek (1852-1926), donated the land for Seattle's Carkeek Park. Deeply interested in conservation and the study of Seattle-area history, in 1911 the Carkeeks founded the Seattle Historical Society, which…
ID Number:MS.COLL.41
Date:Circa 1900
Document
Woman's Century Club membership certificate, 1924
The Woman's Century Club was founded in 1891 by ten Seattle women, including noted suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947). Noting their times as a "Woman's Century," the founders intended the club to be both social and educational, with gatherings and lectures on a variety of topics. One noted member in the 1920s was Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943), Seattle's first woman…
ID Number:MS.COLL.111
Date:1924