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Poster
Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo poster, February 22-23, 1991
In 1987, the Cascade Bicycle Club, an organization started by brothers Mike and Rick Quam in 1970 to discuss bicycling in the Puget Sound region, began its annual trade show, the Seattle Bicycle Expo. The expo would continue until 2015, when the Cascade Bicycle Club dropped the event due to declining attendance. Cascadia Events took it over as the Seattle…
ID Number:2007.25.11
Date:1991
Photograph
View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
Photograph
Seattle waterfront at Columbia and Madison, circa 1885
This view of the Seattle waterfront shows two sailboats docked at Bud Long's Boathouse, located just north of Washington Street, and a center for recreational boating activity in the 1880s. Frye's Opera House dominates the view of downtown beyond, which also includes the First Presbyterian Church, Territorial University, and the Central School at the far right of the frame. Businesses…
ID Number:2008.54.31
Date:Circa 1885
Photograph
Aerial view of Aurora Bridge over Lake Union, Seattle, July 20, 1964
The Aurora Bridge (officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge) is a cantilever and truss bridge that carries State Route 99 (Aurora Avenue North) over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union. Construction on the bridge piers began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932, George Washington's 200th birthday. It was listed on the National…
ID Number:2009.23.143
Date:1964
Program
Grand Opera House program, 1907
The Grand Opera House, designed by Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, opened at 213-217 Cherry Street in 1900. Owned by theater impresario John Cort, The Grand Opera House included a basement beer and variety hall in addition to the 2,278-seat theater. The building survived a fire in 1906, but was already suffering the effects of competition from opening of the…
ID Number:2010.3.26.5.8.1
Date:1907
Poster
Festival '71 poster, Seattle, August 13-15, 1971
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster from the inaugural festival features a large photograph of a thumbs up, with the text "fun for everyone" across the thumb. The poster lists "Free Family Entertainment" hosted by the City…
ID Number:2011.49.1
Date:1971
Poster
Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, July 21-23, 1972
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.The poster pictured here features artwork by Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), a Swedish-born American sculptor known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. His painting, "Lake Union, Seattle,…
ID Number:2011.49.2
Date:1972
Poster
Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 22-26, 1973
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster for the third Bumbershoot festival features a giant rainbow umbrella over a Space Needle-topped pencil marking an "X" on Seattle Center on a map of Washington, with other weather and landscape…
ID Number:2011.49.3
Date:1973
Poster
Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 16-25, 1974
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster from the 1974 festival features abstract rainbow imagery printed on clear plastic. Text on poster: 1974 free arts festival, BUMBERSHOOT, august 16-25, seattle centerCaption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul Dorpat, HistoryLink.org…
ID Number:2011.49.4
Date:1974
Poster
Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 22 - September 1, 1975
Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster from the 1975 festival, designed by local artist Karin Helmich (b. 1943), features a painted rainbow over a photograph of a hellebore plant. Text on poster: Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, August 22-September…
ID Number:2011.49.5
Date:1975