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Members of the Love Israel Family renovating a house, Seattle, August 1971
The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.3
Date:1971
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Members of the Love Israel Family reading scripture, Seattle, August 1971
The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.4
Date:1971
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Terminal Dining Service menu, circa 1940
This menu for dining service at Seattle's central bus and rail terminal, located at 8th Avenue and Stewart Streets, features a photograph of University of Washington football players in action at their stadium.
ID Number:1986.15.23
Date:Circa 1940
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The Space Needle at night, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1987.59.131.31
Date:1962
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Aerial view of the Space Needle, Seattle, 1962
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1987.59.131.61
Date:1962
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Aerial view, looking northeast, of the top of the Space Needle, Seattle, 1962
Designed by architect John Graham, the Space Needle is easily the most recognizable structure built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). The Space Needle was built in less than one year for 4.5 million dollars by the Howard S. Wright Construction Company. The top of the Needle is 605 feet high, with the main observation deck at…
ID Number:1987.59.131.63
Date:1962
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Ruby Chow's New Year's Coin coaster, February 6, 1951
Ruby Chow and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow's restaurant in an old mansion at Broadway and Jefferson Street in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant in Seattle located outside of Chinatown. Ruby Chow would spend a lifetime as a community leader, including service as the first Asian American on the King County Council, first elected in 1973 and serving for…
ID Number:1989.43.3
Date:1951
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Interior of the Paris Brothers Billiard and Lunch Room, Auburn, circa 1925
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. Ben Paris and his brother John opened their first pool parlor on California Avenue in West Seattle in 1911, and added a series of combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, and sporting goods establishments. This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows the interior of the…
ID Number:1991.64.19
Date:Circa 1925
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John's Rendezvous menu, circa 1930
This Swedish restaurant, owned by Mrs. and Mr. John Utterstrom, was located at 1506 6th Avenue between Pike and Pine. It offered Smorgasbord, Swedish-style buffet meals. Sometime later, the same owners ran a restaurant called A Little Bit of Sweden at the same location.
ID Number:1991.80.25
Date:Circa 1930
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Customers on the Cafe Frederick patio at a Frederick & Nelson store, circa 1962
Beginning with the opening of its first tearoom in 1906 in the Rialto building at 2nd and Madison, the Frederick & Nelson store offered a number of eating establishments at its flagship Seattle store and its several branch stores. Restaurants included the Paul Bunyan Room, Men's Grill, Caffeto Cafe, and Arcade Cafe. This photo shows the crowded patio of the…
ID Number:1993.43.20.51.1
Date:Circa 1962