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Ephemera
Invitation to opening of Cable Railroad, September 29, 1888
In September 1888, Seattle's second street railway line was built by Pacific Cable Construction Company as a single-track cable car line, running in a loop from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park. This line, the Yesler Way line, effectively linked the steamers docking at Elliott Bay with the ferries crossing Lake Washington. When the line was built the residential and recreational…
ID Number:2018.3.3.75
Date:1888
Ephemera
Littler Stores envelope, circa 1950
Upscale men's apparel store Littler was begun in 1931 by Anson A. "Bob" Littler (1900-1991), who started his career as a clerk at Frederick & Nelson in the menswear department. An avid golfer, Mr. Littler began playing in tournaments around 1926, and competed frequently with fellow retail merchants George H. Bartell (1868–1956) and Eddie Bauer (1899-1986). Also a local civic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.89
Date:Circa 1950
Ephemera
Washington Hotel stationery, 1905
The Denny Hotel project was begun in Seattle in 1889 by a group of developers that included Seattle founding father Arthur Denny (1822-1899). Unfortunately, the Panic of 1893 halted the proceedings with interiors incomplete, and the building was unfinished until 1903 when developer James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought the building at about Second Avenue and Pine Street. Mr. Moore convinced…
ID Number:2018.3.3.93
Date:1905
Ephemera
Hotel Frye air raid blackout notice, circa 1943
Seattle, with its military bases and industries, was considered an important target for Japanese air raids. Homes and businesses turned out lights and covered windows to darken the city at night. In order to keep guests safe, Seattle's Hotel Frye posted notices detailing how to black out rooms and what to do in case of an air raid.
ID Number:2018.3.3.126
Date:Circa 1943
Ephemera
Brochure from the Spring Apartment Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925
The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham Sr. and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for$500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure advertises…
ID Number:2018.3.3.131
Date:Circa 1925
Poster
Seattle Seaport of Success poster, 1919
In 1913, the Seattle Ad Club held a contest for a city slogan. “Seattle, The Seaport of Success” was chosen from some 10,000 entries and, until about 1935, appeared in local and national ads promoting the city and its trade. In August 1919, following World War I, a large pageant was produced to celebrate the city. Using the city’s slogan…
ID Number:2018.103.1
Date:1919
Photograph
The Shriners Philadelphia LuLu Temple Patrol at the National Convention in Seattle, 1915
Seattle hosted the 41st Annual Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - or Shriners - convention from July 12-17, 1915. Shriners came from every part of the country on 56 special trains, including three trains that held just the LuLu Temple delegates from Philadelphia. Every hotel was full and "the overflow was lodged in fraternity…
ID Number:2019.3.4
Date:1915
Poster
Shelly's Leg bar poster, Seattle, 1974
Shelly's Leg was the first publicly gay disco and bar in Seattle when it opened on November 13, 1973, in a converted hotel in Pioneer Square at the intersection of South Main Street and Alaskan Way. Co-owner Shelly Bauman (1947-2010) funded the wildly popular party spot with settlement money from an accident at the Bastille Day Parade in 1970 which…
ID Number:2022.13.1
Date:1974
Logbook
Orpheum Theatre logbook, 1927-1937
The Orpheum Theatre opened on August 28, 1927, showing vaudeville acts as well as motion pictures. The Orpheum transitioned to mostly showing films in the mid-1930s and was open until 1967, when the theater closed and the building was demolished. The Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) was built on the Orpheum’s old site. These images show the cover and…
ID Number:2023.35.1
Date:Circa 1932
Ephemera
Georgian Hotel card, circa 1910
Seattle's Hotel Georgian, located at 1420 Fourth Avenue, was one of the more ambitious of the early uptown hotels when it opened about 1909. The seven story, brick-faced building had Georgian Revival architectural details such as a rooftop balustrade, keystones, and classical pilasters ornamenting the first floor. The building was torn down in 1971 to enable a larger People's Bank…
ID Number:Lib1987.20.1
Date:Circa 1910