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King Olav V unveiling plaque at Bergen Place, Seattle, October 19, 1975
Bergen Place in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood is a park honoring Bergen, Norway, one of Seattle's International Sister Cities. The park is located on the triangular site between Leary Avenue, 22nd Avenue NW, and Market Street. In this image Eilert Eilertsen (1918-2014), left, Lord Mayor of Bergen, an unidentified man, and Wesley C. Uhlman (1935-), Mayor of Seattle, look on as…
ID Number:2000.107.165.09.01
Date:1975
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Fishing and industry in Ballard, July 12, 1976
Seattle's Ballard neighborhood was a city in its own right between 1890 and 1906. The first claim in the future city and neighborhood of Ballard was filed in 1852, the same year settlers arrived in Seattle itself. Development proceeded slowly until the influx of immigrants escaping famine and tensions in Scandinavia provided a skilled work force for local mills and…
ID Number:2000.107.165.09.02
Date:1976
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Renovation of the Ballard Mansion, Seattle, September 11, 1986
Martin Ballard arrived in Seattle in 1882. By 1885, he had founded the Seattle Hardware Company and helped found the National Bank of Commerce. In 1900, following the lead of other prominent Seattleites, Ballard built a large home on the south side of Queen Anne Hill, overlooking the city and bay. After Ballard's death in 1907, the home went through…
ID Number:2000.107.165.10.03
Date:1986
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Child at Syttende Mai Celebration, Seattle, May 17, 1988
Many Norwegians settled in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, and the community has celebrated Norway's Constitution Day (May 17th, or Syttende Mai), since 1889. Thousands line Market Street for the annual parade.Here, in 1988, two-year old Siri Molvik shows off her traditional dress during the celebration. Caption information source: http://www.17thofmay.orgCaption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:2000.107.165.10.04
Date:1988
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Schmidt sisters at the Syttende Mai festivities, Seattle, May 17, 1981
Many Norwegians settled in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, and the community has celebrated Norway's Constitution Day (May 17th, or Syttende Mai), since 1889. Thousands line Market Street for the annual parade.Here, six-year-old Karashawn Schmidt and her sister, four-year-old Shannon Schmidt, celebrate Syttende Mai in 1981. Caption information source: http://www.17thofmay.orgCaption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:2000.107.165.10.05
Date:1981
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Magnolia State Bank, Seattle, August 7, 1953
The Magnolia State Bank, organized, staffed, and wholly owned and directed by residents of Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, opened for business at 2231 32nd Avenue West on December 15, 1948. Some time in the late 1950s, the bank became the Magnolia branch of Peoples National Bank of Washington.This photograph of Magnolia State Bank was taken the day after a lone thief…
ID Number:2000.107.165.12.02
Date:1953
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SeaFirst self-serve banking desk, Seattle, August 5, 1993
In August 1993, Seattle's SeaFirst Bank opened its first self-service Banker-on-Call center at its Westlake Park branch. It included a video conferencing system that allowed customers to talk directly with a banker about loans, credit cards, new accounts, and other bank services.Here, SeaFirst vice president and branch manager Jeri Lee Jump (standing) and personal banker Reid Warner test the Banker-on-Call…
ID Number:2000.107.165.17.01
Date:1993
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Block party protesting development, Seattle, August 28, 1977
In this image, spectators and dancers enjoy music provided by the Maraire Marimba Ensemble at a block party on 13th Avenue East between E. Republican Street and E. Mercer Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The house behind the band at 516 13th Avenue E. is one of the older housing units that developers wanted to tear down and replace…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.01
Date:1977
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Volunteers cleaning vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, June 14, 1975
In this image, volunteers removed weeds, brush, and grass from nine houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill which had been vacant for eight years. Plans by Parkridge Development to tear the houses down and build a 50-unit apartment building at the site had been delayed by a zoning dispute and the properties had become…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.02
Date:1975
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Car passing vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
This image of the exterior of turn-of-the-century houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Captiol Hill shows their derelict state. Nine houses across from Volunteer Park were purchased by Parkridge Development eight years prior with the intention of tearing them down and building a 50-unit apartment building at the site. The plans were delayed by a zoning…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.03
Date:1982