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Ben Paris fishing derby rules, 1936
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Mr. Paris founded the first local fishing derby in 1931, the Seattle Ben Paris Salmon Derby.The flier pictured here lists the…
ID Number:2008.45.39
Date:1936
Postcard
Waseda University baseball game, Dugdale Park, Seattle, July 1911
In 1911, Waseda University, one of the oldest universities in Japan, sent its baseball team to tour the United States and play against American teams at the invitation of the University of Chicago. The Waseda team landed at San Francisco on April 13 and played forty games across the US, traveling as far as New York. They arrived in Seattle…
ID Number:2008.56.1
Date:1911
Photograph
Aerial view of Harbor Island, Seattle, July 20, 1964
Harbor Island is an artificial island in the mouth of Seattle, Washington's, Duwamish River where it empties into Elliott Bay. Built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Harbor Island was completed in 1909 and was then the largest artificial island in the world, at 350 acres. Harbor Island was made from 24 million yd³ of earth removed in the…
ID Number:2009.23.145
Date:1964
Program
Aurora Speedway race program, 1936
The Aurora Speedway was built in 1932 as an expansion of Playland, a popular amusement park built in 1930 near Bitter Lake in Seattle. The oval track and large wooden grandstand fronted Aurora Avenue between North 130th and North 135th Streets. The park suffered a series of fires in the 1950s, and public interest began to wane as other means…
ID Number:2010.65.3
Date:1936
Program
Rainier Baseball Club scorecard, 1947
The Seattle Rainiers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1906 and 1919 to 1968. Originally named the Seattle Indians and also known as the Seattle Angels, they changed their name after being acquired by the Rainier Brewing Company, which was in turn named for nearby Mount Rainier. This official score…
ID Number:2012.58.3a
Date:1947
Menu
Kuehnoel's Triple "XXX" Barrel menu, cica 1945
Kuehnoel's Triple "XXX" Barrel was a popular drive-in located at 2822 Rainier Avenue in Sick's Stadium. There were several triple XXX locations in the Seattle area, and this location was home to "the oldest Triple XXX in Seattle". The Triple XXX brand was licensed by Southern Beverage Company in Texas to over 150 Triple XXX bottlers. The largest distributor of…
ID Number:2014.3.1.16
Date:Circa 1945
Poster
Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Roller Girls poster, 2007
"Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls" is a full-length documentary film produced and directed by Lainy Bagwell and Lacey Leavitt. The film documents the first two years of Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, which began in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls. The film premiered at the Seattle…
ID Number:2014.36.18
Date:2007
Poster
2005 Championship Bout! poster, Seattle, October 15, 2005
Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.20
Date:2005
Poster
Rat City Roller Girls 2005 Season Inaugural Bout poster, Seattle, March 26, 2005
Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.21
Date:2005
Poster
Blacktop Brawl poster, Seattle, September 25, 2004
Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.22
Date:2004