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Image of Game of Slahal, Treaty Day celebration, Tulalip, 1912
Photograph

Game of Slahal, Treaty Day celebration, Tulalip, 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.66
Date:1912
Image of The Trianon Saturday Night, Vol. 8 No. 24, June 4, 1938
Article

The Trianon Saturday Night, Vol. 8 No. 24, June 4, 1938

The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.4
Date:1938
Image of Bob Young and radio announcer on stage at Trianon, Seattle, circa 1938
Photograph

Bob Young and radio announcer on stage at Trianon, Seattle, circa 1938

The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.8
Date:Circa 1938
Image of Jackie Souder's Orchestra, circa 1945
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Jackie Souder's Orchestra, circa 1945

Jackie Souder and his Orchestra performed at various venues around Seattle in the 1920s-1940s, and were the featured band at the Olympic Hotel in the mid-1920s.
ID Number:Lib1990.8.192
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington during Seafair, Mount Rainier in background, Seattle, 1987
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Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington during Seafair, Mount Rainier in background, Seattle, 1987

The Blue Angels are the US Navy's flight demonstration squadron, founded in 1946. They have flown in Seattle's Seafair air show almost every year since the air shows began in 1972. The Blue Angels have flown eight different models of demonstration aircraft in their history. In this image taken by photographer Josef Scaylea they fly new F/A-18 Hornets over Lake…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.49
Date:1987
Image of Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington during Seafair, Mount Rainier in background, Seattle, August 1978
Photograph

Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington during Seafair, Mount Rainier in background, Seattle, August 1978

The Blue Angels are the US Navy's flight demonstration squadron, founded in 1946. They have flown in Seattle's Seafair air show almost every year since the air shows began in 1972. Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.175
Date:8/1978
Image of KVI disc jockey Bob Hardwick, Seattle, 1969
Photograph

KVI disc jockey Bob Hardwick, Seattle, 1969

Robert E. Lee "Bob" Hardwick (1931-1992) was a popular disk jockey and personality for Seattle area radio stations, primarily KVI, for more than three decades. This portrait was taken by photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004), who worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.199
Date:1969
Image of Meet Me at the A.Y.P.
Music, notated

Meet Me at the A.Y.P.

Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. “Meet Me At The A.Y.P” was but one of the songs written at the time to promote the AYPE. Harry G. Robinson wrote the music and…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.343
Date:1909
Image of Toyo Cinema marquee, Seattle, July 1986
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Toyo Cinema marquee, Seattle, July 1986

Toyo Cinema was a movie theater near the intersection of Rainier Avenue S. and S. Orcas Street in Seattle. The building was completed in 1921 and first housed the American Theatre, and later the Beaux Arts Theater. In the mid-1960s, it became the Toyo Cinema, which primarily showed Japanese language films subtitled in English. The Toyo showed new releases, which…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.1.9.1
Date:1986
Image of Exterior of Toyo Cinema, Seattle, July 1986
Photograph

Exterior of Toyo Cinema, Seattle, July 1986

Toyo Cinema was a movie theater near the intersection of Rainier Avenue S. and S. Orcas Street. The building was completed in 1921 and first housed the American Theatre, and later the Beaux Arts Theater. In the mid-1960s, it became the Toyo Cinema, which primarily showed Japanese language films subtitled in English. The Toyo showed new releases, which often filled…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.1.9.2
Date:1986
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