672 results for: Lake Washington
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Anderson's New Guide Map of the City of Seattle & Environs, July 1890
Seattle entrepreneur and amateur photographer O. P. (Oliver Phelps) Anderson (1859-1941) was the son of Alexander Jay Anderson (1832-1903), president of the Washington Territorial University (now University of Washington) from 1877-1882. O. P. trained as a drafting technician and by 1890 had started a civil engineering and map publishing business, O. P. Anderson & Company (later O. P. Anderson Map…
ID Number:2019.3.14
Date:1890
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Second Lake Washington Bridge, December 1954
The world's first large-scale floating bridge opened for traffic on July 2, 1940. The concrete roadway from Seattle to the eastern shore of Lake Washington floated on pontoons which were anchored to the lake bottom. The bridge helped the World War II war effort by shortening the commute between Seattle's eastern suburbs and the downtown industrial area, and began suburban…
ID Number:2019.3.43
Date:1954
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Map of Lake Washington Canal Entrance and Profile of Lake Washington Canal, Seattle, circa 1911
Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.49
Date:Circa 1911
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North Canal section drawings, Seattle, circa 1911
Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2019.3.50
Date:Circa 1911
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Oral history interview with Goldie Caughlan, February 4, 2004
This 2004 interview is with Goldie Caughlan, Nutrition Education Manager at the Puget Consumers Co-op (now PCC Natural Markets) in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Caughlan considers the intersecting stories of her interests in the socio-economic and environmental aspects of hunger, food, and nutrition; the history and evolution of the PCC; and…
ID Number:2019.35.8.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with David Lake, January 21, 2004
The interview of David Lake conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project on January 21, 2004. The interview begins with Lake’s description of how and why he got into winemaking, including his education, his early work in the wine business in Europe, and his becoming a Master of Wine. He describes the state of grape-growing and winemaking…
ID Number:2019.35.8.8
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Joanna Buehler, January 16, 2006
Interview with Joanna Buehler, an environmentalist and founder of Save Lake Sammamish, conducted by Wendi Willeford for the Urban by Nature Oral History Project in January 2006.
ID Number:2019.35.10.1
Date:2006
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Oral history interview with Jules James, July 11, 2007
Interview with Jules James about his activism, including his work with Lake Union. The interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Memories of Lake Union Oral History Project in July 2007.
ID Number:2019.35.12.10
Date:2007
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An Evening of Motown, the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle Coronation 2003 program
The International Imperial Court System is one of the largest LGBTQ organizations in the world. Founded in San Francisco by gay-rights activist José Sarria in 1965, the system is comprised of local chapters, or courts, across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Most courts are known as empires and are headed by monarchs elected for one-year terms. The monarchs help the…
ID Number:2022.42.2.9
Date:2003
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Choose Your Channel, Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle Coronation 2012 program
The International Imperial Court System is one of the largest LGBTQ organizations in the world. Founded in San Francisco by gay-rights activist José Sarria in 1965, the system is comprised of local chapters, or courts, across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Most courts are known as empires and are headed by monarchs elected for one-year terms. The monarchs help the…
ID Number:2022.42.2.12
Date:2012