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Image of Workers readying concrete pour for Space Needle foundation, May 22, 1961
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Workers readying concrete pour for Space Needle foundation, May 22, 1961

The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World’s Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.4
Date:1961
Image of Workers readying concrete pour for Space Needle foundation, May 23, 1961
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Workers readying concrete pour for Space Needle foundation, May 23, 1961

The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World’s Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.79
Date:1961
Image of Lake Washington ship canal during construction, Seattle, May 4, 1916
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Lake Washington ship canal during construction, Seattle, May 4, 1916

After five and a half years of construction, the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened on May 8, 1917. It connects Lake Washington, Lake Union, Salmon Bay, and Puget Sound. This image looking west from Fremont shows the construction of the Lake Washington ship canal. Prominent in the center of the frame to the right of the canal is the distinctive…
ID Number:2006.7.100
Date:1916
Image of Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981
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Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981

In 1981, Mayor Charles Royer proposed a new police precinct station for Seattle's Central Area, and the recommendation was approved by the City Council. The plan for the site, located at East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, drew controversy and criticism from local residents, who protested the demolition of a city-owned four-plex at the site, and advocated instead for…
ID Number:2006.42.7
Date:1981
Image of Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo poster, February 22-23, 1991
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Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo poster, February 22-23, 1991

In 1987, the Cascade Bicycle Club, an organization started by brothers Mike and Rick Quam in 1970 to discuss bicycling in the Puget Sound region, began its annual trade show, the Seattle Bicycle Expo. The expo would continue until 2015, when the Cascade Bicycle Club dropped the event due to declining attendance. Cascadia Events took it over as the Seattle…
ID Number:2007.25.11
Date:1991
Image of Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, April 27, 1996
Poster

Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, April 27, 1996

The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.58
Date:1996
Image of Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995

The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.63
Date:1995
Image of View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
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View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885

This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Seattle waterfront at Columbia and Madison, circa 1885
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Seattle waterfront at Columbia and Madison, circa 1885

This view of the Seattle waterfront shows two sailboats docked at Bud Long's Boathouse, located just north of Washington Street, and a center for recreational boating activity in the 1880s. Frye's Opera House dominates the view of downtown beyond, which also includes the First Presbyterian Church, Territorial University, and the Central School at the far right of the frame. Businesses…
ID Number:2008.54.31
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Aerial view of freeway construction, Seattle, January 18, 1962
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Aerial view of freeway construction, Seattle, January 18, 1962

This aerial photograph was taken during construction of Interstate 5, State Route 520, and the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, on January 18, 1962. The direction is facing east looking towards Union Bay and Lake Washington. I-5 runs across the center of the frame with the bridge beyond. Husky Stadium and the University of Washington campus are visible in the top…
ID Number:2009.23.104
Date:1962
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