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Crowd at victory parade for NBA Champions the Seattle SuperSonics, June 4, 1979
This photograph of the victory parade for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken by staff photographer Bob Miller, appeared on the front page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5, 1979.The parade on June 4, 1979, was given in honor of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets on June 1, 1979 in game 5 of the NBA Championship. An estimated 300,000…
ID Number:2000.107.240.01.01
Date:1979
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Sonics victory parade after winning NBA championship, Seattle June 4, 1979
On June 4, 1979, Seattle honored the SuperSonics victory in the NBA championship with a celebratory 16-block parade from the Kingdome to University Plaza. An estimated 300,000 spectators lined the parade route, with some perched precariously on roofs, window ledges, and street signs to see the cars bearing NBA Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens and the Sonics players, including…
ID Number:2000.107.240.02.01
Date:1979
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Balloon floats parading south on Third Avenue, Seattle, November 20, 1954
In this image, spectators line Third Avenue in downtown Seattle to watch the 6th annual Santa Claus Parade. The parade theme was "1954 Story Book Parade," and featured 30 giant balloon floats. The train balloon in the center of the image was the largest in the parade, at 65 feet long and about 14 feet high. The balloons were escorted…
ID Number:2000.107.244.05.01
Date:1954
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View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973
This image shows storefronts in the West Kong Yick Building, located on South King Street between 7th Avenue South and Canton Alley (seen at far left). The West and East Kong Yick Buildings were constructed in 1910 by the Kong Yick Investment Company, which was made up of 170 investors from Chinese community around Seattle and led by Goon Dip.…
ID Number:2000.107.19731204.1.13
Date:1973
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including one wearing a patterned onesie and another sporting a white suit, cape, face paint, and a…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.22
Date:1977
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including a man with a dummy in a wagon pulled by a child. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.26
Date:1977
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including a man playing a euphonium, possibly as part of a band. Behind the euphonium player are…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.28
Date:1977
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MLK Day parade on Seneca Street, Seattle, February 18, 1993
This image shows the MLK, Jr. Day parade in Seattle on January 18, 1993. Dr. King would have turned 64 that year. The march started at Garfield High School, but this year it rerouted from the traditional route down Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. The organizers decided to change the route to go through downtown Seattle in order to highlight…
ID Number:2000.107.19930118.2.40
Date:1993
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Yesler Way east from Railroad Avenue, Seattle, June 5, 1887
Caption on image: Yesler Ave East from R.R.Caption on border (obscured): Looking up Yesler Way Poststreet June 5th 1887. Buildings seen are Post, Yesler, Leary, Occidental, [Schwa...].Handwritten on mount: Looking up Yesler from Western day before Big Fire 6/5/89 [sic].
ID Number:2002.3.489
Date:1887
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Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works building on Railroad, Wall, and Elliott Avenues after fire, Seattle, 1909
Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.7
Date:1909