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Image of Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981
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Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981

First opened around 1910 on Howell Street at Eighth Avenue, the Scandia Cafe was located on the street level of the Howell Hotel, a by-the-week hotel patronized by mostly Swedish seamen and off-season loggers. Owned since 1947 by Esther Johanson (1898-1989), the cafe moved to the Soames-Dunn Building at the Pike Place Market in September 1976 when the original building…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.03
Date:1981
Image of Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989
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Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989

Opened in 1953 at 927 Ninth Avenue in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood by Vito Santoro (1921-2000) and his brother James "Jimmy" Santoro (-1971), Vito's historic bar had slowly deteriorated after Vito retired and sold the restaurant in 1994. The bar was reopened and restored to its mid-century glamour and style in 2010 by new owners Greg Lundgren and Jeff Scott.In…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.04
Date:1989
Image of Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955
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Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955

Begun by Frank Rippe (1871-1934) in 1910, Rippe's Cafe catered to Seattle's upscale late-night crowd with mahogany and brass booths and 24-hour service. Purchased in 1940 by movie theater magnate John Grey Von Herberg (1877-1947) and renamed Von's Cafe, the restaurant remained a local favorite until its closure in 1963. This image of Von's Cafe at 1421 Fourth Avenue was…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.05
Date:1955
Image of Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987
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Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987

The Wharf was a popular restaurant at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood from the late 1950s until its closure in 1987 due to an expansion and modernization of the terminal by the Port of Seattle. The restaurant had been a favorite spot for seafood, as the terminal was home to the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet.In this image, Nella Hyatt,…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.06
Date:1987
Image of Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980
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Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980

Weinstube Bacchus was a German-style "wine room" emphasizing wine and classical music located in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood at 4 West Roy Street. Marilyn Roy and her husband Bill Weis opened the small club in January 1979, hoping to provide a place for opera performers and fans to sing and enjoy music together in an informal setting. The club…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.07
Date:1980
Image of Student Eddie Releford in Cleveland High School's radio/television studio, Seattle, November 25, 1979
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Student Eddie Releford in Cleveland High School's radio/television studio, Seattle, November 25, 1979

In the late 1970s, community and Seattle School District planners worked on a 1990 building plan to be adopted the following year. Faced with shrinking enrollments and the need to desegregate, they recommended that a number of schools, including Cleveland High School, on Seattle’s Beacon Hill, be shut down and teachers and students be moved to other schools. Cleveland students…
ID Number:2000.107.186.14.01
Date:1979
Image of Students sitting in classroom at First Place, Seattle, May 30, 1991
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Students sitting in classroom at First Place, Seattle, May 30, 1991

In this image Gioconda, 10, and her brother Edgar, 11, rehearse a spelling test at First Place, a nonprofit educational program for homeless children, while their classmate on the right appears to be thinking more about the swimming trip scheduled to follow the spelling test. When First Place opened in 1989, it was Seattle's sole confidential educational program for homeless…
ID Number:2000.107.186.24.01
Date:1991
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"Spacie" mascot and Century 21 baby at Seattle Center, April 21, 1983

When Jamie Williams was born one second past midnight on the opening day of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer named her “Seattle’s Century 21 Baby.” On April 21, 1983, Jamie’s 21st birthday, Seattle Center invited her back for a gala birthday dinner at the Space Needle restaurant. She and her mother also toured the Seattle Center grounds with…
ID Number:2000.107.187.32.01
Date:1983
Image of View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking south, Seattle, December 1942
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View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking south, Seattle, December 1942

This image shows a sanitary landfill on 43rd Ave S between Genesee St. and Lake Washington Boulevard. A sanitary landfill, or fill, was a type of garbage dump in which trash was deposited, spread out and compacted, then covered in several inches of dirt. The city had proposed to expand the fill eastward to 45th Ave S, but residents of…
ID Number:2000.107.188.33.01
Date:1942
Image of View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking west, Seattle, December 1942
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View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking west, Seattle, December 1942

This image shows a sanitary landfill on 43rd Ave S between Genesee St. and Lake Washington Boulevard. A sanitary landfill, or fill, was a type of garbage dump in which trash was deposited, spread out and compacted, then covered in several inches of dirt. The city had proposed to expand the fill eastward to 45th Ave S, but residents of…
ID Number:2000.107.188.33.02
Date:1942
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