Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s Pike Place Market became a historic district in 1971, the result of grassroots organizers led by Victor Steinbrueck. This collection features blueprints, posters, articles and papers related to the market.
Gourmet's Notebook, v.6, no.12, Dec. 1978
Includes index for volume 6; Chocolates, pg. 93; Jong Yen Lo, pg. 89; LaFiesta, pg. 95; Pupo's, pg. 90; Sunday Brunch, pg. 91
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1978_06_12
Date: 1978-12
View this itemPike Place Market architectural plans by George Bartholick, 1975
Architectural plans created by George Bartholick, an architect who worked on the restoration of Pike Place Market between 1974 and 1980. The plans depict several levels of the market including the Arcade and Mezzanine.
Identifier: spl_ps_020
Date: 1975-01
View this itemPike Place Market News, April 1984
Includes an article discussing the role of the Historical Commission in allowing larger businesses into Pike Place Market and raises concerns over what this will mean for the small business owners already struggling to survive. The issue also has a map of Pike Place Market listing current retailers.
Identifier: spl_ps_049
View this itemIllustrated Pike Place Market shopping bag
Illustrated, white paper shopping bag with illustrations in black depicting Pike Place Market scenes.
Identifier: spl_ps_025
View this itemGreater Seattle Business District of Seattle, 1939
Map showing detailed businesses and buildings in Downtown Seattle and the surrounding area.
Identifier: spl_maps_2344538
Date: 1939
View this itemTownship Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 06, Township 22N, Range 3E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P06_T22N_R3E
Date: 1889
View this itemPike Place Market campaign buttons
Buttons with campaign slogans in support of or against the Friends of the Market Initiative to protect Pike Place Market from urban renewal plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_051
Date: 1971
View this itemUrban design plans for the Pike Plaza Project, 1968
Design plans created by the John Morse & Associates architecture firm outlining the proposed changes to the Pike Place Market area under the urban renewal plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_019
Date: 1968-07
View this itemNarcissa Latimer letter to Sarah Latimer, 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 her mother, Sarah, and discusses attending church and Sabbath school, gifts she received for her birthday and the differences between life in Minnesota and Illinois. The letter is written from Macomb, Illinois.
Identifier: spl_lj_008
Date: 1868-11-29
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