3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Cool Ray and the Shades at the Eastlake Zoo poster, circa 1984
The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2018.86.12
Date:Circa 1984
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Pigs on Parade poster, Seattle, 2001
In 2001 Seattle's Pike Place Market Foundation held a fund raiser that collected more than $400,000 for Market Foundation programs including a medical clinic, a child-care center, a food bank, and a senior center. The fund raiser, "Pigs on Parade," featured about 170 fiberglass pigs designed by local artists and organizations in homage to Rachel, the Market's beloved life-size bronze…
ID Number:2019.3.8
Date:2001
Program
Ye Ancient Syngers concert program, Seattle, December 9, 1884
Ye Ancient Syngers was a group Seattle musicians that performed from sometime in the 1880s through the early 1910s. While notices of the group are inconsistent, they seemed to have hosted semi-regular events throughout the year, especially at Christmas. By the 1910s, their events are affiliated with Methodists churches in Seattle.This program announces a "Feast of Musick" on the evening…
ID Number:2019.3.42
Date:1884
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 8, 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:2019.3.56
Date:1919
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 11, 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:2019.3.57
Date:1919
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The Weekly Intelligencer, Seattle, October 25, 1869
Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city…
ID Number:2019.3.61
Date:1869
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The Weekly Intelligencer, Seattle, September 2, 1872
Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city…
ID Number:2019.3.62
Date:1872
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The Daily Intelligencer, Seattle, June 6, 1876
Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city…
ID Number:2019.3.63
Date:1876
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Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, June 7, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.64
Date:1889
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 8, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.65
Date:1889