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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Mount Baker Park Addition, 1929
Map showing land parcels in Mount Baker.
Identifier: spl_maps_2365459
Date: 1929
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Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds, ca. 1880
Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer and sister to Narcissa Latimer. Emma married Charles Reynolds in 1886 in Minnesota. Photograph taken by the Meason Studio in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Identifier: spl_lj_041
Date: 1880?
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Lake Union 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_12
Date: 1911
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Chart of the Antarctic Continent shewing the icy barrier attached to it discovered by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1840
This map shows the travels of the expedition along the Antarctica with winds, currents, temperature, lines of variation and icy barriers.
Identifier: spl_maps_367358_02
Date: 1840
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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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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Harbor Island 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_6
Date: 1911
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McKee's Correct Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, Washington, U.S.A., 1894
""Showing details of roads and graded streets and positions of principal dwellings and prominent buildings.""
Identifier: spl_maps_2445404
Date: 1894
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Narcissa Latimer letter to Alexander Latimer, September 19, 1869
Narcissa Leonora (Nora) Latimer Denny was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer. She had four sisters: Eliza Alice Latimer Fowler (1856-1934), Harriet Ellen Latimer Stephens (1859-1938), Clara Latimer Bickford (1861-1934), and Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds (1864-1946). Narcissa married Orion Denny on April 1, 1889. The letter is addressed to her father, Alexander, and discusses her schooling, desire to take vocal classes and other family matters. The letter is written from Macomb, Illinois.
Identifier: spl_lj_007
Date: 1869-09-19
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Fremont District, 1904
Map shows land parcels and route of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Identifier: spl_maps_2443375
Date: 1904
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Narcissa Latimer letter to sisters, November 29, 1868
Narcissa Leonora (Nora) Latimer Denny was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah Latimer. She had four sisters: Eliza Alice Latimer Fowler (1856-1934), Harriet Ellen Latimer Stephens (1859-1938), Clara Latimer Bickford (1861-1934), and Emma Chesney Latimer Reynolds (1864-1946). Narcissa married Orion Denny on April 1, 1889. The letter is addressed to Alice and Harriet and discusses how she spent Thanksgiving, events at school, family matters and other aspects of her life. Letter appears to be postmarked from Wichita, Kansas.
Identifier: spl_lj_002
Date: 1868-11-29
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