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Videorecording
This Town's Talent: Indigo: Celtic Folk Songs and Juggling: Ancient Art/Modern Sport, Community Television Agency program, September, 1986
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.26
Date:1986
Musical sound recording
"I'm Little Ray Rapper" recording on 12-inch vinyl disk, 1981
David Perry is a musician, producer, and studio engineer who moved to Seattle in 1978, where he produced hits for disco artists like Salazar. Inspired by early rap coming out of New York and with access to studio time, Perry decided to record his own rap album in 1980 under the name "Little Ray Rapper." Working with Moyes Lucas on…
ID Number:2025.28.1
Date:1981
Manuscript
Henry A. Smith's recollection of 1856 "Battle of Seattle," circa 1900
On the morning of January 26, 1856, the "Battle of Seattle" began when Native Americans raided the settlement of Seattle. Previously warned of the attack, most settlers had barricaded themselves in a blockhouse. The attackers were driven off by artillery fire and by Marines from the U.S. Navy sloop-of-war Decatur, anchored in Elliott Bay. Although there were relatively few casualties…
ID Number:MS.COLL.204
Date:Circa 1900
Photograph
John Leary home, 2nd and Madison, Seattle, circa 1890
John Leary (1837-1905) came to Seattle in 1869 and was involved with virtually every major civic and commercial undertaking in Seattle in the 1870s and 1880s. He was the first president of the West Coast Improvement Company (WCIC), which shaped Ballard into the “Shingle Capitol of the World” (Leary Way still bears his name). Leary served three terms as a member…
ID Number:SHS258
Date:Circa 1890