Seattle Sawdust: Bits and Pieces from the Seattle Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle is literally built on sawdust. As pioneer mill owner Henry Yesler told historian Hubert Howe Bancroft, "We commenced sawing wood under a shed in March '53; the saw dust we filled swamps with, and the slabs we built a wharf with." This collection presents some of Seattle's historical "sawdust" - unique and interesting materials from The Seattle Public Library's Seattle Collection.
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Annals of Old Angeline, 1902
Poem memorializing Princess Angeline including several photographs of early Seattle settlers and scenes.
Identifier: spl_saw_326721
Date: 1903
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Seattle Public Library Proposal, December 1999
Proposal describing the vision for the new Central Library.
Identifier: spl_saw_1928757
Date: 1999-12
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