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Uncle Sammy Here's My Share
In 1917 and 1918, the United States issued Liberty Bonds to pay for World War I, raising some $21.5 billion through patriotic appeals and rallies. Funds were still needed after the war ended. John Henry Lyons, a YMCA song leader at Camp Lewis, wrote an official song for a Victory Loan campaign, urging citizens to keep giving, with the words…
ID Number:2018.3.2.11
Date:1919
Serial
Helix, vol. 4, no. 5, cover, Seattle, circa August 22, 1968
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, “Helix,” was published in March 1967. Inspired by similar papers in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, the paper published some 125 issues before folding in June 1970. Led by Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) and Walt Crowley (1947-2007), the large and eclectic staff covered underground politics, drug culture, bulletins from the Liberation News Service, and…
ID Number:2018.3.6.36
Date:1968
Serial
Helix, vol. 5, no. 5, cover, Seattle, November 14, 1968
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, “Helix,” was published in March 1967. Inspired by similar papers in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, the paper published some 125 issues before folding in June 1970. Led by Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) and Walt Crowley (1947-2007), the large and eclectic staff covered underground politics, drug culture, bulletins from the Liberation News Service, and…
ID Number:2018.3.6.46
Date:1968
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
Poster
Advertisement for "The New Gulliver," December 10, 1936
"The New Gulliver" was one of the world's first feature-length film to combine stop-motion animation with live-action footage. Soviet director Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (1900-1973) and his animation crew spent almost three years building 3,000 different puppets and filming the movie. The story, a Communist re-telling of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim. The success…
ID Number:2018.38.10
Date:1936
Poster
Thunderpussy poster with autographs, Seattle, June 2, 2018
Thunderpussy is a Seattle rock band begun in 2013 by Molly Sides and Whitney Petty. The band's breakthrough came after meeting Mike McCready, lead guitarist for Pearl Jam, who then contributed a guitar solo to Thunderpussy's first single, "Velvet Noose." The band later signed with McCready's label, Stardog Records. In 2015 the band gained notoriety when the petition to trademark…
ID Number:2018.47.1
Date:2018
Poster
Inspector Cazbo and Fred concert poster, circa 1990
The poster pictured here advertises a Halloween concert by Inspector Cazbo, featuring Kevin Murphy, Jacque Grad, and Dewey Marler, and Fred, made up of Greg Powers, Jeff McGrath, David Stern, Amy Denio, and Jeff Markham. The show was held on Friday, October 31, at an unknown venue located at 711 E. Pike Street in Seattle. Caption information source: https://forbiddenmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/unknown-eighties-seattle
ID Number:2018.86.2
Date:Circa 1990
Poster
The New Subterraneans concert poster, circa 1987
The poster pictured here advertises a concert by The New Subterraneans. This could be a local band, as listings in the Seattle Times show a band by that name performing at venues around Seattle in 1983-1984. The local band could have performed on Saturday, August 3, 1985. Alternatively, the band could have been the British group, The New Subterraneans, playing…
ID Number:2018.86.4
Date:Circa 1987
Poster
Vexed and Crypt Kicker Five concert poster, May 31, 1986
The poster pictured here advertises a concert by Seattle bands Vexed, founded in 1984 by Milton Garrison and Alfred Butler, and Crypt Kicker Five, a surf-punk band founded by Jaime Caffery and Chip Doring. The show was held on Saturday, May 31, probably in 1986, at the Ditto Tavern on Fifth Avenue and Bell Street. Caption information source: https://www.last.fm/music/Vexed/+wiki
ID Number:2018.86.10
Date:1986
Poster
Cool Ray and the Shades at the Eastlake Zoo poster, circa 1984
The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2018.86.12
Date:Circa 1984