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Canadian Pacific brochure for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. The Canadian Pacific Railway promoted both the railroad and the AYPE with this souvenir shaped like a sheaf of wheat. Inside are images and descriptions of…
ID Number:2006.3.20
Date:1909
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Arctic Club parade float, Seattle, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2010.22.1
Date:1912
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Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2011.79.1.150
Date:1911
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"Afro-Americans" float in Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2011.79.1.104
Date:1911
Poster
Waterfront bus route poster, Seattle, 1977
In 1977, Seattle artist Doug Hammond designed several posters for Metro’s Community Involvement office, intended for display inside Seattle and King County buses. The poster pictured here promotes attractions found along the Seattle Waterfront, which could be easily accessed via any Metro bus with a "Seattle Waterfront" route sign. Some of the most popular destinations are depicted on the poster:…
ID Number:2012.34.26
Date:1977
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New Washington Hotel stationery folder, circa 1950
In 1908 real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The 13-story hotel was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style and, as the city's premier hotel for several decades, welcomed many prominent guests,…
ID Number:2013.58.3
Date:Circa 1950
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Pacific Northwest Cycling Association group with bicycles at Snohomish train station, 1940
The Pacific Northwest Cycling Association was founded in 1940 by a group of racing cyclists and University of Washington students who had purchased some of the new "lightweight" English bicycles imported to Seattle prior to World War II. The increased popularity of recreational cycling dovetailed with the growing youth hostel movement in the Puget Sound area and British Columbia area,…
ID Number:2016.16.1
Date:1940
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Two women riding bicycles near Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Summer 1949
The Pacific Northwest Cycling Association was founded in 1940 by a group of racing cyclists and University of Washington students who had purchased some of the new "lightweight" English bicycles imported to Seattle prior to World War II. The increased popularity of recreational cycling dovetailed with the growing youth hostel movement in the Puget Sound area and British Columbia area,…
ID Number:2016.16.7.1
Date:1949
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Pacific Northwest Cycling Association group pulling a car in the snow, Glacier, Washington, January 1, 1950
The Pacific Northwest Cycling Association was founded in 1940 by a group of racing cyclists and University of Washington students who had purchased some of the new "lightweight" English bicycles imported to Seattle prior to World War II. The increased popularity of recreational cycling dovetailed with the growing youth hostel movement in the Puget Sound area and British Columbia area,…
ID Number:2016.16.8.1
Date:1950
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Pacific Northwest Cycling Association group in front of cabin, circa 1950
The Pacific Northwest Cycling Association was founded in 1940 by a group of racing cyclists and University of Washington students who had purchased some of the new "lightweight" English bicycles imported to Seattle prior to World War II. The increased popularity of recreational cycling dovetailed with the growing youth hostel movement in the Puget Sound area and British Columbia area,…
ID Number:2016.16.10.1
Date:Circa 1950