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War bond sign at Home of the Green Apple Pie, Seattle, 1945
Signs in image: August 24, 1937 - We Baked Our 1,000,000th Pie - We're On Our Way to Our Second Million. Buy War Bonds to Build Boeing Bombers - Seattle's Own Flying Fortress. Stacked These Pies Would Be 15 Times Higher Than Mt. Rainier Which is 14,409 ft. Tall. 1,436,409 Pies Would Make a Tower 475 Times as High as…
ID Number:1983.10.15338.2
Date:1945
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Bartenders and patrons holding beer glasses at Hotel Globe bar, Seattle, circa 1910
Seattle's Globe Hotel operated from 1898 until the mid 1960s in a building originally built in 1891 as a warehouse. The building, historically called the Marshall-Walker Building, is a four story brick block located on the southeast corner of South Main Street and First Avenue South. Part of the city's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, the building now houses office and…
ID Number:1983.103.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Cafe patron, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.210
Date:1983
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Customers having lunch at Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.301
Date:1983
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Aerial view, looking northwest, of the construction of the Space Needle, Seattle, 1961
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1986.5.2794.1
Date:1961
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Aerial view of construction of the Space Needle, Seattle, 1961
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1986.5.2795.2
Date:1961
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Core and legs of the Space Needle under construction, Seattle, 1961
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1986.5.2796.1
Date:1961
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Chinatown street scene looking northeast, Seattle, 1934
In the early 1900s, Chinese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. Other Asian immigrants soon followed, notably Japanese and Filipinos attracted by the area's inexpensive housing and storefronts for their own businesses and restaurants. By the late 1930s, Chinatown was established as a distinct neighborhood…
ID Number:1986.5.7828.4
Date:1934
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Men on a corner in Seattle's Chinatown, 1932
In the early 1900s, Chinese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. Other Asian immigrants soon followed, notably Japanese and Filipinos attracted by the area's inexpensive housing and storefronts for their own businesses and restaurants. By the late 1930s, Chinatown was established as a distinct neighborhood…
ID Number:1986.5.7830.1
Date:1932
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Bush Garden restaurant interior, Seattle, October 25, 1958
The Bush Garden Restaurant at 614 Maynard Avenue South is among Seattle's oldest Japanese restaurants and continues to operate at this location. Handwritten on image: Bush Garden 10-25-58. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, RESTAURANTS, Bush Garden. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: October 25, 1958.
ID Number:1986.5.11344.1
Date:1958