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Image of Apartment building set for demolition, Seattle, February 10, 1982
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Apartment building set for demolition, Seattle, February 10, 1982

In the early 1980s, the state of Washington planned to widen the western end of Interstate 90 (I-90) and extend it to meet Interstate 5 (I-5) in Seattle’s Central Area. This expansion required the demolition of the Atlantic Street neighborhood near the I-90 overpass at Rainier Avenue. State agents began buying property in Atlantic Street and coercing residents into moving…
ID Number:2000.107.185.01.04
Date:1982
Image of Toddlers in Pow Wow baby beauty contest, Seattle, August 9, 1954
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Toddlers in Pow Wow baby beauty contest, Seattle, August 9, 1954

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:2000.107.185.02.01
Date:1954
Image of Japanese Baby Drill Team marching at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 12, 1951
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Japanese Baby Drill Team marching at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 12, 1951

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:2000.107.185.02.02
Date:1951
Image of Exterior of Clark's Top-Notch Restaurant, Seattle, June 29, 1939
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Exterior of Clark's Top-Notch Restaurant, Seattle, June 29, 1939

Michigan-born Walter Clark (1897-1990) first came to Seattle after WWI to open a restaurant for an employer. By 1930 he was able to buy a restaurant for himself, Marie's Barbecue, in the University District. Together with his wife, Eugenia Power Clark (1918-1998), Mr. Clark presided over an empire that included 22 restaurants in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and Yakima, and received…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.01
Date:1939
Image of Customer ordering at Dick's Drive-In Restaurant, Seattle, circa 1955
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Customer ordering at Dick's Drive-In Restaurant, Seattle, circa 1955

Dick Spady (1923-2016) and two partners opened their first Dick’s Drive-In Restaurant on 45th Street in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood on January 28, 1954. The popular drive-in focused on hamburgers, french fries, and milkshakes. By 1974, there were five Dick’s Drive-Ins, with an Edmonds drive-in added in 2011.Here, at a busy hour, walk-up and drive-in customers surround the original Dick’s Drive-In…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.02
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Exterior of Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, January 19, 1994
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Exterior of Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, January 19, 1994

Originally located on Denny Way, the Dog House restaurant was conveniently located for northbound travelers on Aurora Avenue, the Seattle section of Route 99. The Dog House restaurant and bar were also popular with locals. After the location was bypassed by the Battery Street tunnel in the 1950s, the restaurant moved nearby to Seventh Avenue and Bell Streets, where it…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.08
Date:1994
Image of Owner Laurie Gulbransen outside Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, January 10, 1994
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Owner Laurie Gulbransen outside Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, January 10, 1994

Originally located on Denny Way, the Dog House restaurant was conveniently located for northbound travelers on Aurora Avenue, the Seattle section of Route 99. The Dog House restaurant and bar were also popular with locals. After the location was bypassed by the Battery Street tunnel in the 1950s, the restaurant moved nearby to Seventh Avenue and Bell Streets, where it…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.10
Date:1994
Image of Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979
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Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979

A speak-easy during Prohibition called the China Castle, Seattle's last-surviving roadhouse was built in 1929 with a lookout tower and a secret tunnel. After the repeal of Prohibition it was renamed the Jolly Roger, a dining and dancing club with a skull-and-crossbones flag and neon anchor sign as beacons. Declining after WWII, the building later housed a coffee shop, an…
ID Number:2000.107.185.22.02
Date:1979
Image of Diners drinking tea at Queen Mary, Seattle, October 4, 1990
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Diners drinking tea at Queen Mary, Seattle, October 4, 1990

Opened by Mary Greengo in 1987, the Queen Mary Tea Room and Restaurant serves Victorian-themed fare in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood.In this image Dedee Gall, left, and Janet Jones enjoy a formal afternoon tea at Queen Mary. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 13, 2003, p. H6Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.01
Date:1990
Image of Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988
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Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.03
Date:1988
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