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Demonstration against demolition of Pike Place Market, Seattle, 1971
Order an ImageDemonstrators march in a successful campaign to "Save the Market" from demolition. Seattle voters showed their support on November 2, 1971 by passing Initiative No. 1 that opposed the City Councils plan to raze the Market and build high-rise offices and apartments with federal urban renewal funds.
Signs in image: The Pike Place Market is Seattle's History. Our Children Need the Market. Removal is Not Renewal. Let's Keep the Market - Fight Urban Renewal.
Handwritten on sleeve: Save the Market Protest march.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 4, 1971.
Signs in image: The Pike Place Market is Seattle's History. Our Children Need the Market. Removal is Not Renewal. Let's Keep the Market - Fight Urban Renewal.
Handwritten on sleeve: Save the Market Protest march.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 4, 1971.
ID Number: 1986.5.53773.1
Date: 1971
Creator(s):
Eagan, Timothy, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.53773.1, photo by Timothy Eagan
Copyright: All Rights Reserved