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Image of Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988
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Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.03
Date:1988
Image of Fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987
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Fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.04
Date:1987
Image of Boat being moved from the fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987
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Boat being moved from the fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.05
Date:1987
Image of Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981
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Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981

First opened around 1910 on Howell Street at Eighth Avenue, the Scandia Cafe was located on the street level of the Howell Hotel, a by-the-week hotel patronized by mostly Swedish seamen and off-season loggers. Owned since 1947 by Esther Johanson (1898-1989), the cafe moved to the Soames-Dunn Building at the Pike Place Market in September 1976 when the original building…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.03
Date:1981
Image of Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989
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Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989

Opened in 1953 at 927 Ninth Avenue in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood by Vito Santoro (1921-2000) and his brother James "Jimmy" Santoro (-1971), Vito's historic bar had slowly deteriorated after Vito retired and sold the restaurant in 1994. The bar was reopened and restored to its mid-century glamour and style in 2010 by new owners Greg Lundgren and Jeff Scott.In…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.04
Date:1989
Image of Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955
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Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955

Begun by Frank Rippe (1871-1934) in 1910, Rippe's Cafe catered to Seattle's upscale late-night crowd with mahogany and brass booths and 24-hour service. Purchased in 1940 by movie theater magnate John Grey Von Herberg (1877-1947) and renamed Von's Cafe, the restaurant remained a local favorite until its closure in 1963. This image of Von's Cafe at 1421 Fourth Avenue was…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.05
Date:1955
Image of Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987
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Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987

The Wharf was a popular restaurant at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood from the late 1950s until its closure in 1987 due to an expansion and modernization of the terminal by the Port of Seattle. The restaurant had been a favorite spot for seafood, as the terminal was home to the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet.In this image, Nella Hyatt,…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.06
Date:1987
Image of Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980
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Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980

Weinstube Bacchus was a German-style "wine room" emphasizing wine and classical music located in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood at 4 West Roy Street. Marilyn Roy and her husband Bill Weis opened the small club in January 1979, hoping to provide a place for opera performers and fans to sing and enjoy music together in an informal setting. The club…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.07
Date:1980
Image of Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970
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Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.36.01
Date:1970
Image of Seattle School District students protesting halting of mandatory busing, September 1, 1971
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Seattle School District students protesting halting of mandatory busing, September 1, 1971

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.37.01
Date:1971
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