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Image of View south on Alki Avenue during regrade, showing rail tracks and homes, West Seattle, August 19, 1913
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View south on Alki Avenue during regrade, showing rail tracks and homes, West Seattle, August 19, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.61
Date:1913
Image of Alki Avenue regrade showing water cannon, with flour mill in distance, September 24, 1913
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Alki Avenue regrade showing water cannon, with flour mill in distance, September 24, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.76
Date:1913
Image of Wooden bridge near Alki Avenue regrade area, West Seattle, September 24, 1913
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Wooden bridge near Alki Avenue regrade area, West Seattle, September 24, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.78
Date:1913
Image of Alki Avenue regrade area showing new grade and bridge approach, West Seattle, September 24, 1913
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Alki Avenue regrade area showing new grade and bridge approach, West Seattle, September 24, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.79
Date:1913
Image of Bulkhead along Alki Avenue SW, October 28, 1913
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Bulkhead along Alki Avenue SW, October 28, 1913

In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.89
Date:1913
Image of Silver Skis program, 1936
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Silver Skis program, 1936

The first Silver Skis downhill race was held in 1934, organized by a group of Seattle-area ski boosters in order to put the Northwest on the nation's winter sports map. The race began with a mass start at Camp Muir at 10,000 feet on Mount Rainier, and ended when the first skier crossed the finish line 3.6 ungroomed miles later…
ID Number:2018.3.3.49
Date:1936
Image of Rainier National Park winter sports brochure, 1935-1936
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Rainier National Park winter sports brochure, 1935-1936

After the opening of Mount Rainier National Park in 1899, increasing numbers of people visited the mountain to fish, hike, camp, and view the mountain scenery. In 1915, the National Park Service built a single lane road from Longmire Springs to Paradise Valley, and the Paradise Inn was built the following year, quickly becoming a popular destination for automobile trips.…
ID Number:2018.3.3.100
Date:1935
Image of Poplust Magazine, Vol. 3, #2, 1997
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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
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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
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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
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