3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Aerial view of the Central Area after snowstorm, November 22, 1946
This aerial view of the Seattle's Central Area was taken after two days of snow blanketed the city in late November 1946. The view looks west across the Central District, toward Elliiott Bay. At the time, most of Seattle's Black population was concentrated in the Central Area because of housing and job discrimination, and restrictive covenants that prohibited the rental…
ID Number:PI27592
Date:1948
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Aerial view of the Rainier Valley after snowstorm, November 22, 1946
This aerial view of the Seattle's Rainier Valley was taken after two days of snow blanketed the city in late November 1946. The view looks southeast towards Mount Rainier, with Rainier Avenue South running upward from the bottom of the frame. Sick's Stadium is visible to the left of Rainier Avenue, in the lower third of the photo.At the time…
ID Number:PI27593
Date:1946
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Intersection of Jackson Street at Fourteenth Avenue, Seattle, March 1936
A photographer from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer snapped this 1936 view of trolley car 805 at the intersection of Jackson Street and Fourteenth Avenue. Within the next four years, all of Seattle's streetcars and cable cars would be replaced by bus routes.
ID Number:PI27664
Date:1936
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Residential street in Wedgwood, September 8, 1949
Home building boomed in many areas of the United States after World War II. In the Seattle area, some 27,805 houses were built between August 1945 and September 1949. This September 1949 photo, taken as part of National Home Week, shows some of the new homes in Seattle's Wedgwood area. The view is to the north from East 82nd Street…
ID Number:PI27772
Date:1949
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Houses under construction in Bellevue, May 1946
At the end of World War II, the United States Congress passed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill of Rights. The G.I. Bill provided $13 billion to returning military personnel for medical treatment, education and vocational training, and other needs. The bill offered home buyers government-guarantied, low-interest loans on new homes, with no down payment. New…
ID Number:PI27850
Date:1946
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Parade in Bellevue, December 1955
The city of Bellevue, Washington, incorporated in 1953. Two years later, Bellevue was named an All-America City by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine. When the award arrived, the city closed the schools early and quickly organized a parade.This photo, taken on a rainy day in December 1955, shows the parade which celebrated Bellevue's winning the title of All-America…
ID Number:PI27860
Date:1955
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Aerial view of Lake Hills, Bellevue, 1959
In the 1950s, Lake Hills and other housing developments were built for families moving to the east side of Lake Washington. The developers of Lake Hills built 4,000 homes on 1,000 rural acres near Bellevue. They advertised the new development as the first major planned community in the Pacific Northwest, calling it "a fine residential area in a relaxing country…
ID Number:PI27874
Date:1959
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Aerial of Eastgate looking south, 1959
In the 1950s, several housing developments were built for families moving to the east side of Lake Washington. Eastgate is located just south of Interstate 90, which was known as the Sunset Highway when this photo was taken. Title from original inventory (incorrect identification of Eastlake as Lake Hills): Aerial view of Lake Hills residential district, with Lake Sammamish in…
ID Number:PI27875
Date:1959
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University of Washington bomb squad with fire extinguishers, Seattle, 1942
Handwritten on negative: U.W. Bomb squad.Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - bomb squad (Univ of Wash).Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 9, 1942.
ID Number:PI27956
Date:1942
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Gas mask instruction in front of the Armory, Seattle, August 2, 1942
Civilian defense units donned gas masks as the entire city went through its biggest practice air raid on August 2, 1942. Fifty-eight thousand men and women took part in the 90-minute test as army and navy planes simulated a bomb attack. The control headquarters was located at the Field Artillery Armory, where "incidents" were reported by telephone. Civilian defense workers…
ID Number:PI27963
Date:1942