Paul Dorpat Collection
Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
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Row of colorful houses at 92nd Ave. N. and College Way N., March 31, 1997
Photograph shows a row of homes in the Northgate neighborhood, all built in the 1980s. This image was used in the March 24, 2012 Now & Then column "Row Houses on 5th." (https://pauldorpat.com/2012/03/24/seattle-now-then-row-houses-on-5th/) The caption provided was "A modern sort of row - this one near North Seattle Community College (on the byway - rather than the freeway - to Costco.)"
Identifier: spl_dor_00041
Date: 1997-03-31
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Canadian ships lighted at Piers 90 and 91, August 9, 1964
Identifier: spl_dor_00044
Date: 1964-08-09
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Lincoln High School, Seattle, 1914
"Lincoln High School enlarged to the north (left) [in 1914] but still without paved streets." From Paul Dorpat post "Seattle Now & Then: Wallingford Call," December 23, 2017: https://pauldorpat.com/2017/12/23/seattle-now-then-wallingford-call/
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00080
Date: 1914
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East Channel Bridge, undated
View of the East Channel Bridge from Mercer Island to Bellevue, looking west from Enatai Beach Park in Bellevue towards Mercer Island.
Identifier: spl_dor_00030
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University Bridge, looking east, July 10, 1960
The University Bridge opened in 1919, connecting Seattle's University District with Eastlake. In this photograph, the bridge is open as boats travel underneath from Portage Bay to Lake Union.
Identifier: spl_dor_00001
Date: 1960-07-10
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Olympic National Life Building demolition, March 28, 1982
The aftermath of Seattle's first implosion demolition in Seattle. Onlookers gaze at the remaining two stories of the Olympic National Life Building after the implosion.
Identifier: spl_dor_00026
Date: 1982-03-28
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White-Henry-Stuart Building being demolished, November 14, 1975
View from University St. looking north on 4th Ave. The White-Henry-Stuart Building appears on the right covered with scaffolding.
Identifier: spl_dor_00020
Date: 1975-11-14
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Ravenna Methodist Protestant Church, Seattle, ca. 1912
Ravenna Methodist Church, also known as the Little Brown Church on the Hill, was built in 1911 and occupied the southeast corner of 33rd Ave. NE and NE 60th St., until a larger brick church was built for the congregation across the street in 1923. Photograph appears in HistoryLink essay "Methodists form congregation in Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle in 1903" by Paul Dorpat, posted February 25, 2001: https://www.historylink.org/File/3019
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00124
Date: 1912
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Alaskan Cafe bar, Morrison Hotel, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Bartenders and men gathered inside the Alaskan Cafe, located at 501 3rd Ave in the Morrison Hotel, Seattle. One man at the front is propping up a toddler on the bar. The bar is decorated with holiday decorations.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00017
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Mt. Rainier, Washington, ca. 1910s
Mt. Rainier through foliage from Seattle, with Lake Washington and Mercer Island in view.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00099
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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