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Image of School children at Georgetown Public School, Seattle, January 18, 1971
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School children at Georgetown Public School, Seattle, January 18, 1971

A school has existed in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood in one form or another since 1856. The wooden building seen here was built in 1904 to accommodate the burgeoning population of the city. Elementary students were taught in this building until 1971 when the school district built two new schools, Maple Elementary and Dearborn Park. The building was then subleased as…
ID Number:2000.107.173.08.05
Date:1971
Image of Georgetown taverns on Airport Way South, Seattle, June 1974
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Georgetown taverns on Airport Way South, Seattle, June 1974

Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood was first populated by white settlers in 1851 and existed as an independent city from 1904 to 1910, when it was annexed by Seattle. Home to many breweries, factories, and Boeing Field, the neighborhood became increasingly industrial until a movement in the 1990s pushed for a return to residential facilities. This image taken at South Nebraska Street…
ID Number:2000.107.173.08.06
Date:1974
Image of Children playing at Green Lake Swimming Beach, Seattle, circa 1950
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Children playing at Green Lake Swimming Beach, Seattle, circa 1950

One of Seattle's most beloved parks, Green Lake's expanse of water and green space in the center of a dense urban neighborhood draws thousands of people daily from all over the city. The lake was included in the Olmsted Brothers' comprehensive parks plan of 1903, and was given to the City by the State of Washington in 1905. Extensive dredging…
ID Number:2000.107.173.11.01
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Visitors touring the kitchen of the old Ballard hospital, Seattle, April 20, 1952
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Visitors touring the kitchen of the old Ballard hospital, Seattle, April 20, 1952

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.02
Date:1952
Image of Employees in costume raising money for new Ballard Hospital, Seattle, May 7, 1952
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Employees in costume raising money for new Ballard Hospital, Seattle, May 7, 1952

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.03
Date:1952
Image of Train yard between Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, December 13, 1982
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Train yard between Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, December 13, 1982

This image of the Interbay Railroad Yard was taken facing west towards Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.01
Date:1982
Image of Group watching the raising of the koinobori on Children's Day, Seattle, May 5, 1978
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Group watching the raising of the koinobori on Children's Day, Seattle, May 5, 1978

Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood is the cultural hub of the Asian American community and has been a National Register Historic District since the late 1970s. The neighborhood was in the midst of a downturn when, in 1973, a Special Review Board was established to promote, preserve, and perpetuate the cultural, economic, historical, and otherwise beneficial qualities of the…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.06
Date:1978
Image of Cove Mid-City Market, Seattle, March 27, 1931
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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
Image of Motor Inn Drive-In Market, Seattle, December 12, 1935
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Motor Inn Drive-In Market, Seattle, December 12, 1935

This image shows the Motor Inn Drive-In Market at Queen Anne Avenue North and Republican Street, in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. Anchored by G.O. Guy Drugs, the market also housed a grocery, bakery, and delicatessen; fish and produce stands; a Shell gas station; and ample off-street parking. Signs in image: Uptown Toggery; G. O. Guy Drugs; Benjamin Franklin Thrift…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.04
Date:1935
Image of Joe Torlai selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
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Joe Torlai selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975

In this image Joe Torlai, a second-generation Renton farmer, weighs some of his produce for sale at the new Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. This same year Mr. Torlai was honored as the youngest farmer at the Pike Place Market in conjunction with the market's 68th birthday. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.05
Date:1975
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