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Serial
Poplust Magazine, Vol. 3, #2, 1997
Musician Rob Morgan founded his "bubblegum punk" group The Squirrels in 1984 and quickly became part of the Seattle alternative rock and arts scene. For several years Mr. Morgan also published a popular zine, "Poplust," which was completely hand-lettered and hand-drawn. The quarterly publication offered comics, reviews, and articles on pop culture by a variety of local writers, artists, and…
ID Number:2018.16.4
Date:1997
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Bibiana Castillano, September 16, 1987
Bibiana Castillano (1904-1995), one of the first generation of women to come to the Pacific Northwest from the Philippines. In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 16, 1987, she discusses her Christmases in the Philippines and in Seattle after she immigrated in 1928.
ID Number:2019.35.2.2
Date:1987
Audio recording
Oral history interview with John Kusakabe, September 2, 1987
This interview with John I. Kusakabe (1922-200) was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 2, 1987. Kusakabe discusses his family's immigration to Denver, Colorado from Japan, moving to Seattle in 1927, and celebrations of Buddhist traditions in the Seattle area.
ID Number:2019.35.2.5
Date:1987
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Lydia Offman, September 20, 1987
This interview with Lydia Pearl Offman (1912-2012) was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 20, 1987. Offman discusses her childhood in Seattle, including Jewish traditions, her family's immigration to Seattle, and living in an "international" neighborhood near Providence Hospital.
ID Number:2019.35.2.7
Date:1987
Cartographic material
Birdseye View of Lake Forest Park and Seattle, 1910
The land that is now Lake Forest Park was originally occupied by a winter village of the Snohomish tribe, which increasing white settlement displaced in the late 19th century. In 1909, property developer (and future Seattle mayor) Ole Hanson formed the North Seattle Improvement Company and began buying land at the north end of Lake Washington in order to build…
ID Number:2023.3.4
Date:1910
Photograph
Great Northern switchback, circa 1892
During the winter of 1892-1893, workers extended the Great Northern Railway tracks through Stevens Pass in the Cascade Mountains. Construction work continued even in heavy snow.This photo, taken by Anders Wilse during the winter of 1892-1893, shows a switchback west of the summit at Stevens Pass. A switchback is a sharp s-curve of tracks, usually used to zigzag up (or…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.212
Date:Circa 1892
Photograph
Captain Billy and woman on horseback, circa 1900
The Yakama (formerly spelled Yakima) people have lived in the Columbia River basin since time immemorial. During the winter, they lived in permanent villages built on the valley floor, where the climate was most temperate. Starting in spring, they traveled along the rivers and into the hills to gather food. Some gathered roots and berries, and others fished in rivers,…
ID Number:Lib1992.9.72
Date:Circa 1900
Photograph
Skier on Denny Mountain, Alpental, 1976
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.48
Date:1976
Photograph
View of downtown and Mount Rainier through Doris Chase's sculpture "Changing Form," Queen Anne, Seattle, 1987
This Josef Scaylea photograph of the Space Needle, downtown, and Mount Rainier is framed by the outlines of artist Doris Chase's sculpture "Changing Form." This 15-feet tall public art work was commissioned for Kerry Park in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, and installed in 1971.Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.50
Date:1987
Photograph
University of Washington ski team member about to crash, Alpental, 1976
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.119
Date:1976