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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory tickets, July 4, 1876
In 1875, Seattle pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery had been authorized by the territorial legislative assembly the previous year in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction of…
ID Number:2016.84.1.1
Date:1876
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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory ticket order form, July 4, 1876
In 1875, Seattle pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery had been authorized by the territorial legislative assembly the previous year in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction of…
ID Number:2016.84.1.2
Date:1876
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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory broadside, Seattle, 1876
Twenty-three years after settling in Seattle, pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery was authorized by the Washington Territorial Assembly in 1875 in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction…
ID Number:2016.84.1.3
Date:1876
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View of old South Park Bridge, Seattle, 2008
The 14th Avenue South Bridge, later renamed the South Park Bridge, connected Seattle with the nearby South Park neighborhood. Spanning the Duwamish River, it was a double-leaf bascule bridge, meaning that the two halves of the road deck opened from the middle. The bridge, shown here, opened in 1931, and by 2009 carried some 20,000 vehicles per day. It was…
ID Number:2017.14.1
Date:2008
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Supports beneath Alaskan Way viaduct near South Washington Street, Seattle, August 2009
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an elevated highway in Seattle which was completed in 1966 after 16 years of construction and decades of planning. The double-decked highway ran along the Elliott Bay waterfront above the surface street, Alaskan Way, following previously existing railroad lines. The viaduct provided Seattle with its first bypass route around the downtown business district. The viaduct…
ID Number:2017.14.14
Date:2009
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View of the Alaskan Way viaduct and ramps at First Avenue South, Seattle, October 2009
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an elevated highway in Seattle which was completed in 1966 after 16 years of construction and decades of planning. The double-decked highway ran along the Elliott Bay waterfront above the surface street, Alaskan Way, following previously existing railroad lines. The viaduct provided Seattle with its first bypass route around the downtown business district. The viaduct…
ID Number:2017.14.19
Date:2009
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View underneath the Alaskan Way viaduct at South Main Street and Alaskan Way, Seattle, May 2010
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an elevated highway in Seattle which was completed in 1966 after 16 years of construction and decades of planning. The double-decked highway ran along the Elliott Bay waterfront above the surface street, Alaskan Way, following previously existing railroad lines. The viaduct provided Seattle with its first bypass route around the downtown business district. The viaduct…
ID Number:2017.14.24
Date:2010
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"Horse car days are gone!" leaflet, 1937
Seattle’s transportation system grew out of a mixture of privately-owned cable car lines, streetcars, and buses. When the city took these over in 1918, it turned out to be a financial disaster. By 1936, the infrastructure was aging, and the system was $4 million in debt. The city explored alternatives and, in 1937, promoted a plan to modernize the system…
ID Number:2018.3.3.14
Date:1937
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Jack Sturgis Air Transport Bureau ticket, circa 1930
This ticket offers a 50¢ credit to be used at any aviation company that is a member of the Jack Sturgis Air Transport Bureau. The bureau was run out of the Municipal Airport (also known as Boeing Field) in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. Services offered ranged from passenger tickets to Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, to aerial tours over downtown…
ID Number:2018.3.3.24
Date:Circa 1930
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Seattle Electric Company trip guide, 1909
In 1898 the Seattle Electric Company was granted a contract to consolidate the city's 22 separate streetcar lines and private street railways. The SEC was an arm of the national Stone & Webster utility cartel, which also controlled the city’s electrical grid and operated the Puget Sound Electric Railway (PSER), an interurban line linking Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett. Due to…
ID Number:2018.3.3.25
Date:1909