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The Halfway House menu, circa 1943
This restaurant was located on Highway 99 (Pacific Highway) "halfway between Tacoma and Seattle." Twenty-two Air Force squadron insignias are printed inside the menu, with a descriptive note on the back: "Serious or whimsical, these emblems connote the American spirit today. No sir! They can't be beaten. It's up to us to 'Keep 'Em Flying!'"
ID Number:2014.3.1.54
Date:Circa 1943
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China Pheasant menu, circa 1943
The China Pheasant was built in 1936 by Slim Randles and owned by Mar Dong, who was also the owner of the Mar Hotel in the International District. The restaurant was located on the Pacific Highway (Route 99), one mile south of the Boeing plant. In addition to dinner, the restaurant offered gambling, and dancing to Bob Harvey's popular band.The…
ID Number:2014.3.1.55
Date:Circa 1943
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Exterior of the Lava Lounge, Seattle, 2016
The Lava Lounge was a popular beer joint and tiki bar on Second Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Outside décor included a palm tree and a mask mounted on a colorful mural. The lounge closed in January 2022 ahead of a redevelopment project, and it and neighboring structures burned down the following June.Here, on a summer day in 2016, patrons…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC163
Date:2016
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Mama's Mexican Kitchen, Belltown, Seattle, 2016
Mama's Mexican Kitchen, a popular restaurant at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Bell Street, was well known for its eclectic decorations, longtime staff, and comfort food. The owner, Mike McAlpin, had inherited recipes from his grandmother, the eponymous "Mama." Open from 1974 to 2016, the restaurant was a popular neighborhood fixture. Among its most notable features were its "Elvis…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC165
Date:2016
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Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008
Koji and Mayumi Ogawa opened Ichiban restaurant at 601 Main Street, in the Panama Hotel building, around 1983. The small restaurant served homestyle Japanese food to its customers in the Nihonmachi or Japantown area in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District for 27 years. In early May 2010, the Ogawas posted a “Farewell letter to our loyal customers and friends” announcing…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC178
Date:2008
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Blue Moon Tavern boarded up during coronavirus pandemic, Seattle, April 9, 2020
The Blue Moon Tavern opened in 1934, shortly after the end of Prohibition. At the time, Washington law banned sale of alcohol within one mile of the University of Washington; the Blue Moon was just over the line and attracted many UW students as patrons. In the 1940s, the Blue Moon was one of the few bars outside the Central…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.AVE315
Date:2020
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Cheryl Inez Smith standing in front of Ivar's, Seattle, circa 1953
Cheryl Inez Smith is standing in front of Ivar's Fish Bar at Pier 54 on the Seattle waterfront, wearing a dark colored dress coat and hat.
ID Number:2014.49.006.018.0049
Date:1958
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Diners around table at Chinese restaurant, Seattle, circa 1953
Eight unidentified people sit together at a table in a busy Chinese restaurant.
ID Number:2014.49.014.056.0134
Date:Circa 1953
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Ivar Acres of Clams "Old Seattle" souvenir placemat, circa 1960
Ivars Acres of Clams is located on Pier 54 on Seattle's waterfront. This Ivar's placemat features illustrations paired with lyrics from the "Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)" a folk song written by Francis D. Henry around 1874. It has been said that Ivar Haglund learned the song from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, and he used it on his…
ID Number:2014.119.2
Date:Circa 1960
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Ruby Chow's menu, circa 1955
Ruby Chow and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow's restaurant in an old mansion at Broadway and Jefferson Street in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant in Seattle located outside of Chinatown. Ruby Chow would spend a lifetime as a community leader, including service as the first Asian American on the King County Council, first elected in 1973 and serving for…
ID Number:2016.20.7
Date:Circa 1955