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First monorail train arriving at railroad yards, Seattle, 1962
The ALWEG Rapid Transit System of West Germany won the $3.5 million contract to build the Century 21 monorail system. By the time the World's Fair closed, the system had carried over eight million people and more than paid for itself. Here, the first monorail car has arrived in Seattle by train. The system opened to the public on March…
ID Number:1986.5.9876.1
Date:1962
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Aerial view of Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, 1952
The Museum of History & Industry opened its doors on February 15, 1952, just south of the Montlake cut. The original south entrance circular driveway disappeared with the construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and State Route 520 that opened on August 28, 1963. Other modifications included blocking out the southerly windows of the transportation ramp on the west…
ID Number:1986.5.9955.1
Date:1952
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Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:1986.5.10043.1
Date:1967
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Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:1986.5.10043.2
Date:1967
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Opening of Pacific Science Center, Seattle, October 22, 1962
Many of the buildings at the Seattle World's Fair were intended to be permanent. The day after the World's Fair closed, the U.S. Science Pavilion reopened as the Pacific Science Center. President John F. Kennedy had been scheduled to make the official transfer to the City of Seattle, but was detained in Washington by the Cuban missile crisis.Here, Senator Warren…
ID Number:1986.5.10058.1
Date:1962
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City workers installing parking meters, Seattle, November 1941
On November 7, 1941, the city of Seattle began installing hotly-debated metal parking meters, hoping the move would eliminate traffic congestion and make driving safer in the city's central business district. Over 1600 meters were installed between First and Fifth Avenues, and Yesler Way and Virgina Street. Drivers were charged 5 cents an hour to park between 7:00 am and…
ID Number:1986.5.10115.1
Date:1941
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Reporter Jack Jarvis measuring distance from parking meter to crosswalk, Seattle, October 1961
In this image Seattle Post-Intelligencer veteran reporter and editor Jack Jarvis (1913-1972) holds a measuring tape, demonstrating that a parking meter placed at Ninth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle had been illegally placed too close to the crosswalk. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April 4, 1972, p. 44
ID Number:1986.5.10122.1
Date:1961
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L. R. Maynock collecting parking meter fees, Seattle, January 1942
On November 7, 1941, the city of Seattle began installing hotly-debated metal parking meters, hoping the move would eliminate traffic congestion and make driving safer in the city's central business district. Over 1600 meters were installed between First and Fifth Avenues, and Yesler Way and Virgina Street. Drivers were charged 5 cents an hour to park between 7:00 am and…
ID Number:1986.5.10123.1
Date:1942
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Seattle Police Department motorcycle corps, Seattle, 1941
On March 17, 1941, the Seattle Police Department received eight new motorcycles for speed enforcement and the parking work. The motorcycles joined five others already in use by the department. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, Motorcycle Corps. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March…
ID Number:1986.5.10539.1
Date:1941
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Marion Diedricks demonstrating for Seattle Police Department motorcycle corps, Seattle, March 17, 1941
On March 17, 1941, the Seattle Police Department received eight new motorcycles for traffic and parking enforcement. The new motorcycles were rated for up to 105 mph, but were unable to sustain this speed until reaching 2,000 miles on their odometers. The new bikes joined five others already in use by the department. In this image, Marion Diedricks skids on…
ID Number:1986.5.10539.2
Date:1941