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Photograph
Alaska Music Festival Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
While Seafair was originally intended to celebrate the centennial of Seattle’s 1851 founding, excited planners debuted the first Seafair a year early, in August 1950. Over the years, this summer festival has grown to include parades, boat races, royalty, concerts, community festivals, concerts, and more.Lake City, in northeast Seattle, celebrates Seafair with its Western Days, featuring a salmon bake and…
ID Number:2024.12.5
Date:1962
Photograph
Rose-themed Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
While Seafair was originally intended to celebrate the centennial of Seattle’s 1851 founding, excited planners debuted the first Seafair a year early, in August 1950. Over the years, this summer festival has grown to include parades, boat races, royalty, community festivals, parades and more.Lake City, in northeast Seattle, celebrates Seafair with its Western Days, featuring a salmon bake and a…
ID Number:2024.12.6
Date:1962
Poster
Building Trades Day for the United War Chest poster, 1942
This poster advertises Building Trades Day for the United War Chest, held on Monday, October 19, 1942, during World War II. On this day, men working on building and construction projects were asked to give a day's pay to the War Chest. Unions donated generously, with many receiving "E" (for excellence) banner blue ribbon awards. Text on poster: Some of…
ID Number:2024.15.1
Date:1942
Ephemera
Keep the Storm in Seattle poster, 2006
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.57
Date:2006
Program
Seattle Storm Inaugural Game program, June 1, 2000
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.11.1
Date:2000
Ephemera
"We Got Game 2000" souvenir WNBA card, 2000
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.12.1
Date:2000
Postcard
"2004 WNBA Champions!" postcard, 2004
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.19.1
Date:2004
Ephemera
Seattle Storm promotional card, 2010
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Seattle lost its first women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign, when the American Basketball League (ABL) folded in 1998, then in 1999 was awarded a WNBA franchise to begin in the 2000 season. As of 2024, the Seattle Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs…
ID Number:2024.48.34.1
Date:2010
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Portrait of Babette and Joanna Eckstein, San Francisco, circa 1930
Sisters Joanna Eckstein (1903-1983) and Babette (Eckstein) Joseph Levinson (1906-1977) were the only children of prominent Seattle civic leader Nathan Eckstein (1873-1945) and Mina A. (Schwabacher) Eckstein (1877-1942). Nathan Eckstein Middle School is named in honor of Nathan's service as a member of the Seattle School Board. Joanna Eckstein was also civic-minded; she was president of Seattle Children's Home (now…
ID Number:Lib1986.2.51
Date:Circa 1930
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Steamer "Anacortes of Decatur," circa 1915
Small, wooden-hulled steamers, known as the Mosquito Fleet, crisscrossed Puget Sound in the first two decades of the 20th century carrying people and goods from port to port. The name originated from an article in the Seattle Times, "At 5:00 in Seattle, the little commuter steamers scurry off to their destinations like a swarm of mosquitos."This postcard, probably made in…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.102
Date:Circa 1915