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Photograph
Fremont Bridge under construction, Seattle, November 16, 1916
The original bridge to Fremont was razed in 1911 to make way for the dredging of the Lake Washington Canal and temporary bridges were constructed to reroute traffic. This image was taken during construction of the new permanent bridge, which was completed in 1917 and connects Fremont Avenue North on the Fremont side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and…
ID Number:2006.7.16
Date:1916
Photograph
Old and New West Spokane Street Bridges, Seattle, circa 1925
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This east-facing view shows one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the permanent steel bridge (left) under construction. A lone car crosses the new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially…
ID Number:2006.7.96
Date:Circa 1925
Photograph
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
Ephemera
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
Ephemera
Seattle Storm championship celebration flier, 2004
This flier was created to advertise a city-wide celebration after the Seattle Storm won the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Championship on Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at KeyArena. The celebration was held on October 15, 2004, in downtown Seattle at Westlake Center. Founded before the 2000 season began, the Storm qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in twelve of its first…
ID Number:2006.54.2
Date:2004
Photograph
Seattle City Light employees with vehicles in front of warehouse, Seattle, circa 1928
The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. There are 21 men posing with…
ID Number:2007.3.2
Date:Circa 1928
Photograph
Company D, First Washington Volunteers, circa 1898
The First Washington Volunteer Infantry was formed in May of 1898 at Camp Rogers, south of Tacoma, for service in the Spanish-American War. Over 1,000 men of the regiment served in the Philippines from November 1898 to September 1899. Company D was one of two companies from Seattle. This photograph of the company was a standard set up for group…
ID Number:2007.3.8
Date:Circa 1898
Poster
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
Poster
Journey Through Time exhibit at Pacific Science Center poster, 1985
In the mid- to late-1980s, the Pacific Science Center ran several iterations of the traveling robotic dinosaur exhibit "Journey Through Time." Generally running for a few weeks after Christmas while children were on break from school, the show featured half-size replicas of dinosaurs, other reptiles, and mammals, with moving parts operated through pneumatic pressure. The Pacific Science Center eventually opened…
ID Number:2007.25.25
Date:1985
Poster
Mural Concert Series poster, Seattle, June 17 - August 28, 1989
Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheater is so named for the magnificent backdrop to the stage, a large scale glass mosaic by Northwest School artist Paul Horiuchi (1906–1999), commissioned in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). In the decades since the fair, the grounds have been operated by the city and hosts many public festivals and events throughout the…
ID Number:2007.25.38
Date:1989