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The Shriners Philadelphia LuLu Temple Patrol at the National Convention in Seattle, 1915
Seattle hosted the 41st Annual Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - or Shriners - convention from July 12-17, 1915. Shriners came from every part of the country on 56 special trains, including three trains that held just the LuLu Temple delegates from Philadelphia. Every hotel was full and "the overflow was lodged in fraternity…
ID Number:2019.3.4
Date:1915
Poster
Science Fiction X-Po poster, January 14-16, circa 1980
From 1977 to 1983 the Seattle Center hosted a three-day science fiction event called "Science Fiction X-po," which featured showings of vintage sci-fi films, space art for kids, exhibits, merchandise, and keynote lectures from scientists.The poster pictured here is either from the first festival in 1977, or from the last in 1983. Caption information sources: "Science Fiction X-po planned," The…
ID Number:2019.3.7
Date:Circa 1980
Cartographic material
McKee's Correct Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, 1894
Redick H. McKee (1864-1949) was born in Louisiana and spent his childhood in Washington, D.C. As a young man, Mr. McKee entered the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and was sent to the Sierra Nevadas and other parts of California. In 1892, McKee established the USGS office in Seattle, and remained a resident of the city until his death.The map…
ID Number:2019.3.12
Date:1894
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Business District of Seattle, circa 1940
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910, Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.13
Date:Circa 1940
Cartographic material
Seattle, Washington, Postal delivery section map, circa 1950
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910 Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company and merged them…
ID Number:2019.3.15
Date:Circa 1950
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City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, August 1916
Maritime trade was crucial to the city's economic development, and Seattle continues to be defined and supported by the harbor that has become one of the busiest ports in the U. S. This 1916 map of Elliott Bay depicts wharves and businesses along the waterfront, as well as and water depths (soundings) along piers and in Elliott Bay. Each street,…
ID Number:2019.3.17
Date:1916
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Seattle, Washington, circa 1938
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910 Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.18
Date:Circa 1938
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Boston Heights Supplemental Addition to the City of Seattle, February 25, 1890
Thomas Rock (1846-1908) immigrated to the U. S. from Ireland about 1870. By 1877 he was living in Seattle, and married another Irish immigrant, Mary Ann (Graham) Rock (1853-1932), and started a family. The Rocks owned property in Seattle, probably from a donation land claim granted by the U. S. government, that was platted as the Boston Heights Supplemental Addition…
ID Number:2019.3.20
Date:1890
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Condemnation of Lane Street et al Establishing Grades map, Seattle, July 1916
Starting in 1897 and continuing through 1930, the topography of central Seattle was radically altered by a series of regrades. An estimated 50 tons of earth removed from the city's hills were moved into the tide flats and other low areas, and into Elliott Bay.In June 1916, a bill was passed for the condemnation of property for changing and establishing…
ID Number:2019.3.21
Date:1916
Cartographic material
Comprehensive plan of Seattle, September 1956
In the late 1940s, Seattle’s City Planning Commission began work on a comprehensive plan for the city in order to plan its future development and growth. The results, in the form of a map, were presented to the mayor in October 1956 and accepted in principle by the City Council in April 1957. The plan had three major parts: land…
ID Number:2019.3.26
Date:1956