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2019.40.16
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Button pin, "I Dig Downtown Metro," ca. 1990

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This button promotes the project to build the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), or Metro Bus Tunnel, which opened in 1990. Only buses used the tunnel until 2005 when light rail was added.
ID Number: 2019.40.16
Date: Circa 1990
Physical Description: 1 Button, Promotional; plastic, metal; 2.25 in.H x 2.25 in.W x .5 in.D
Credit: MOHAI, 2019.40.16
Subjects: Transportation, Government and Public Services, Construction and Urban Planning
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