Maps and Atlases Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. See maps and atlases depicting the changing landscape of Seattle and other areas in the Pacific Northwest. Take a look at our historic map resources page to browse maps by location.
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Map of Seattle Tide Lands, Harbor Island Terminals and Vicinity, 1913
Map showing Seattle Tide Lands including railway lines and stations. Manufacturing plans and other businesses also labeled. The route for the abandoned South Canal through Beacon Hill can be seen on the lower right.
Identifier: spl_maps_2448166
Date: 1913
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Map Showing Route of Duwamish Waterway Through Commercial Waterway District No. 1, King County, Washington, 1919
Map showing land parcels, land owners and other businesses along the Duwamish waterway, 1919
Identifier: spl_maps_2506329
Date: 1919
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Clara Latimer Bickford letter to mother Sarah Latimer, February 16, 1892
Clara Latimer Bickford was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer and sister of Narcissa Latimer Denny. She married Arthur Farrington Bickford in 1888 in Minnesota. They lived in Seattle from roughly 1892-1900 before moving to Oregon. The letter discusses Clara's sister and brother-in-law Narcissa and Orion Denny, along with Clara's daughter Ethel and other family matters.
Identifier: spl_lj_009
Date: 1892-02-16
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Alweg monorail for Century 21 exposition "tomorrow's transit today" downtown Seattle to exposition grounds
Promotional brochure for the Alweg Monorail, which was built for the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) to carry passengers from downtown Seattle to the exposition grounds.
Identifier: spl_c21_2348130
Date: 1962?
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Lake Washington-Bellevue-Renton Waterfront District, 1911
Map showing proposed city improvements under the Plan of Seattle, commonly known as the Bogue Plan. Designed by Virgil Bogue, Seattle's municipal plans director, the Bogue Plan proposed a series of improvements aimed at beautifying the city and making it making it more cohesive after years of rapid growth and industrialization. The plan worked in tandem with the Olmsted Brothers new system of parks, begun in 1903, and proposed new government buildings, an improved city center and an interurban road connecting the city together. The plan was rejected by voters in 1912.
Identifier: spl_maps_2465533_17
Date: 1911
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Aerial view of Bellevue, WA, circa 1990s
Aerial view of Bellevue looking west and slightly north along NE 4th Ave. towards Lake Washington and Seattle. Bellevue Square (first opened in 1946 as Bellevue Shopping Square, and expanded in the 1980s), One Bellevue Center (constructed 1982-1983), the Hyatt Regency hotel (built 1989), Key Bank Building (built 1971), and other buildings can be seen.
Identifier: spl_dor_00021
Date: 1990?
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Map Part of the Island of Hawaii Sandwich Islands shewing the craters and eruptions of May and June 1840, 1841
This map exhibits the two remarkable volcanic mountains visited by the Expedition, with their numerous craters, together with the great eruption of 1840, and the track of the party to and from the crater of Mku-weo-weo, on the top of Mauna Loa.
Identifier: spl_maps_367358_03
Date: 1841
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Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1841
This map embraces the United State Possessions west of the Rocky Mountains, between the parallels of 42 degrees and 54 degrees 40�N., and also shows Fremont�s Pass through the Rocky Mountains.
Identifier: spl_maps_367358_04
Date: 1841
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Jefferson Park Golf Course, 1918
Map showing layout of the Jefferson Park Golf Course.
Identifier: spl_maps_2359933
Date: 1918
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing West Seattle Waterfront District, 1911
Map showing proposed city improvements under the Plan of Seattle, commonly known as the Bogue Plan. Designed by Virgil Bogue, Seattle's municipal plans director, the Bogue Plan proposed a series of improvements aimed at beautifying the city and making it making it more cohesive after years of rapid growth and industrialization. The plan worked in tandem with the Olmsted Brothers new system of parks, begun in 1903, and proposed new government buildings, an improved city center and an interurban road connecting the city together. The plan was rejected by voters in 1912.
Identifier: spl_maps_2465533_5
Date: 1911
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