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Public sculpture decorated as nurses, Seattle, January 23, 1989
Sculptor Richard Beyer's (1925-2012) "People Waiting for the Interurban," one of the most popular works of art in Seattle, was commissioned by the Fremont Arts Council and dedicated in 1978. It is located on the southeast corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., and depicts six people and a dog waiting for the Seattle to Everett Interurban, a…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.06
Date:1989
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Public sculpture with political sign, Seattle, January 27, 1988
Sculptor Richard Beyer's (1925-2012) "People Waiting for the Interurban," one of the most popular works of art in Seattle, was commissioned by the Fremont Arts Council and dedicated in 1978. It is located on the southeast corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., and depicts six people and a dog waiting for the Seattle to Everett Interurban, a…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.07
Date:1988
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Cove Mid-City Market, Seattle, March 27, 1931
This image of the new Cove Mid-City Market shows its convenient location on the corner of Elliott Avenue West and West Galer Street, at the east approach to the recently constructed Garfield Street Bridge (now the Magnolia Bridge) to Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Signs in image: Piggly Wiggly; Cove Mid-City Market; Wells Butcher's Supply Co.Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.03
Date:1931
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New trucks parked at the Metropolitan Laundry Company, Seattle, January 8, 1938
In 1938, the Metropolitan Laundry Company took delivery of ten new International D-2 panel trucks, shown here in front of the laundry. The company was located at 244 Pontius Avenue N., in Seattle's Cascade neighborhood. Numerous ads in The Seattle Times urged housewives to save time by sending their family clothing out to be washed or dry cleaned by Metropolitan.As…
ID Number:2000.107.177.01.02
Date:1938
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Empty parking lot after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
After the closing of the Seattle World's Fair, or Century 21 Exposition, on October 21, 1962, nearby parking prices plummeted. At this lot, near what is now the Pacific Science Center, prices dropped from $2.00 for the day to 50 cents.The domed building to the left was the Ford exhibit. Queen Anne Hill and what is now Climate Pledge Arena…
ID Number:2000.107.178.04.01
Date:1962
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Reduced parking fees after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
After the Seattle World's Fair, or Century 21 Exposition, closed on October 21, 1962, nearby parking prices plummeted. The sign at this lot, located at Bell Street and 6th Avenue, advertises all-day parking for 35 cents. During the fair, it cost around $2.00 per day to park here.Grosvenor House, the large apartment building at 500 Wall Street, shown here between…
ID Number:2000.107.178.04.02
Date:1962
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Jane Abernathy posing with new parking meter, July 11, 1941
Starting in 1935, a controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay for parking on downtown streets. Here, Jane Abernathy poses by one of the new Dual meters during the summer of 1941, when meter installation began. The caption that appeared with this photo referred to the meter as a "curbside slot machine." The parking fee was…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.01
Date:1941
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Parking enforcement officer sitting in vehicle, Seattle, Seattle, January 22, 1958
Here, in 1958, an employee of the Seattle Police Department Parking Enforcement division inspects an illegally parked Pontiac sedan in downtown Seattle. A comment on the back of the photo points out that the Parking Checker's vehicle lacks a license plate. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.02
Date:1958
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New parking meters on Third Avenue, Seattle, February 5, 1942
Starting in 1935, controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay to park on downtown streets. New parking meters finally went into operation at 9 AM on February 5th, 1942. The fee was five cents per hour. Nine citations were issued on the first day.This image shows the new parking meters installed on February 3, 1942 on…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.03
Date:1942
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City employees collecting money from parking meters, Seattle, February 7, 1942
Stating in 1935, controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay to park on downtown streets. The first parking meters went into operation on February 5, 1942. The fee was five cents per hour.Here, Seattle Police Department Parking Enforcement division employees Ed Lorentzen and Einar Larson make the first collection from the 77 new meters. They replaced…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.04
Date:1942