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Volunteer Park, Seattle, circa. 1912
Seattle's Volunteer Park was named in honor of the men who served in the 1898 Spanish American War. The Olmsted Brothers' 1909 plan for the park included lawns, gardens, pavilions, and play areas which were designed to harmonize with the surrounding Capitol Hill neighborhood. Handwritten on mount: Volunteer Park - A Formal Park in Seattle. Volunteer Park ca. 1912.
ID Number:2002.3.2018
Date:Circa 1912
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March for Jobs flier, October 21, 1982
On October 21, 1982, eleven community organizations representing a variety of Seattle minority, women, labor, and anti-war groups held a rally and march from Seattle’s Central Area to downtown Seattle. They scheduled the event close to the election to remind politicians of the importance of minority voters. Goals were full employment at fair wages, a cut in the national military…
ID Number:2002.23.1.75.1
Date:1982
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"There Goes the Neighborhood" flier, Seattle, October 1987
Founded in 1987 to protest the demolition of low-income housing stock in Seattle, Operation Homestead first became known for its occupation of vacant downtown apartment buildings. The organization was an eclectic group of social workers, college students, pastors, unhoused people, retired people and others who had spent years trying to convince the city and the state to build more affordable…
ID Number:2002.23.2.50.1
Date:1987
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March Against Weed & Seed flier, 1992
Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2002.23.5.45.2
Date:1992
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30th Annual Black Community Festival poster, 1982
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.This poster advertises the 30th…
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.3
Date:1982
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Ruby Chow County Council swearing in, Seattle, January 14, 1974
Ruby Chow (1920-2008) was a Chinese-American activist and restaurateur who was active in the community for over 50 years. She was born in Seattle and grew up in what was then Chinatown (now Chinatown - International District). In 1948, Ruby and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant, which quickly became popular, especially with celebrities and dignitaries. Chow became the…
ID Number:2002.46.881.9
Date:1974
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Canoeists at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1905
Leschi Park, on the shore of Lake Washington, was a popular place for Seattle's city-dwellers to go for recreation. Many people caught a cable car at Pioneer Square and rode to the park along Yesler Way. This postcard shows people canoeing near the shore of the busy park. Caption on image: Boating scene at Leschi Park, Seattle, Washington.Stamped on verso:…
ID Number:2002.48.1156
Date:Circa 1905
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Spring Apartment Hotel brochure, circa 1925
The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham, Sr., and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for $500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure…
ID Number:2003.9.13
Date:Circa 1925
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North Broadway map, January 1937
Born in Wisconsin and raised there and in Walla Walla, Washington, John Davis (1863-1917) moved to Seattle in 1887 where he founded his eponymous real estate brokerage. Following the panic of 1893, Mr. Davis expanded into property management, mortgages, loans, and insurance sales. The company grew steadily into one of the largest real estate corporations on the West Coast, and…
ID Number:2003.9.33
Date:1937
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Ballard District map, June 1931
Born in Wisconsin and raised there and in Walla Walla, Washington, John Davis (1863-1917) moved to Seattle in 1887 where he founded his eponymous real estate brokerage. Following the panic of 1893, Mr. Davis expanded into property management, mortgages, loans, and insurance sales. The company grew steadily into one of the largest real estate corporations on the West Coast, and…
ID Number:2003.9.44
Date:1931