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Ephemera
Queen City Cruise advertisement, 1983
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, the Queen City Cruise on August 6, 1983, promised "An Unforgivable Naughtycal Adventure on the High Seas!" The "Unofficial Seafair" event was held annually on Elliott Bay for several years and raised money for the Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities (now known as Seattle Counseling Service or…
ID Number:2016.10.17.1
Date:1983
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The Prom You Never Went To souvenir photo, 1990
Sponsored by the Seattle chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "The Prom You Never Went To" was an annual event first held in 1983 that became an institution in the local gay and lesbian community. The annual party at "Lavender Valley High School, Home of the Fighting Poodles," gave gay people an opportunity to take the people they…
ID Number:2016.10.18.1
Date:1990
Program
Holiday Survival Game Show program, 1990
From 1985-1997 Alice B. Theatre was one of the hottest alternative troupes in Seattle, presenting the local premieres of plays such as "Breaking the Code" and "The Baltimore Waltz." The group's signature works were its annual productions of the spoofy "Holiday Survival Game Show" every December.This program is from the 1990 "Holiday Survival Game Show," which was performed at the…
ID Number:2016.10.19.2
Date:1990
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Holiday card with photo of Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25
Date:1983
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Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume worn at a Halloween party, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25.1
Date:1983
Menu
Harmel's menu, circa 1941
Opened during World War II, Harmel's was located at 7321 Sand Point Way, directly opposite the Sand Point Naval Air Station. The local newspaper noted the establishment of this "new-type cafe" in December 1941 as a reflection of population and traffic growth in the Sand Point district, adding that Harmel's "will have an extensive parking area to provide drive-in service."This…
ID Number:2016.36.4
Date:Circa 1941
Music, notated
The Bon Marche March and Two Step, 1904
Between 1900 and 1925 Seattle was a thriving music publishing center with at least half a dozen houses printing songs. As many as 10,000 copies of each would be sold, some of them peddled from door to door. Most songs were written by amateur or professional singers, although many songs were written as "singing commercials" to promote a product or…
ID Number:2016.39.1
Date:1904
Photograph
Bowling teammates posing together at tournament, Seattle, 1954
In 1954, Seattle hosted the country's then-largest sporting event, the 51st Annual American Bowling Congress Open Tournament, at the Seattle Field Artillery Armory, a building now known as the Seattle Center Armory. The tournament opened on March 20 and consisted of 95,000 games played over 45 days on 32 alleys. Over 3,000 teams made up of 16,000 players competed for…
ID Number:2016.82.6
Date:1954
Poster
Community Access Cable Television Festival poster, Seattle, November 12-16, 1979
The poster pictured here advertises the Community Access Cable Television Festival, an event held in Seattle by the City of Seattle's Office of Cable Communications. Local viewers were invited to sample programming on and about local access networks. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 11, 1979, p. 206.
ID Number:2016.88.1
Date:1979
Photograph
Exterior of Cinema 150, Seattle, 1970
This image was taken of United Artists Cinema 150 shortly after its opening on October 3, 1969 in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood at Sixth Avenue and Blanchard Street. This movie theater was the first in the Northwest to be equipped with the Dimension 150 (or D-150) wide screen process, had a 70-foot curved screen, and featured 850 rocking chair loge seats.…
ID Number:2017.4.1
Date:1970