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.
Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map illustrating Separation of Grades on the Seattle Tide Lands, 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_19
Date: 1911
View this itemGourmet's Notebook, v.10, no.3, Mar. 1982
2601 Vaughn, pg. 22; H-O-H, pg. 19; Le Cuisinier, pg. 23; Mediterranean Kitchen, pg. 20; Mukilteo Cafe, pg. 21; Pink Door, pg. 17; Queen Anne Bar and Grill, pg. 18; Shephen's, pg. 23
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1982_10_03
Date: 1982-03
View this itemTracing paper layout for Friends of the Market letterhead
Draft of the Friends of the Market letterhead created by Victor Steinbrueck. Letterhead lists officers and board of trustees members.
Identifier: spl_ps_028
View this itemTraining dogs for Alaska outside 1108 Seneca St. home, ca. 1897
Transcribed from photograph: "Training dogs for Alaska. This in Seneca Street almost in front of our house. Where you see the fence and trees is Charlie's block. It is directly opposite our house on south side of Seneca St." In the 1890 City Directory, Orion Denny is listed at 1108 Seneca on the NW corner of Boren and Seneca. When his wife, Narcissa, died in 1900 her obituary mentioned that the couple at lived at the 1108 Seneca address for several years. In 1905, Denny constructed a larger mansion designed by Bebb & Mendel on the same street corner (which then went by the address 1204 Boren).
Identifier: spl_lj_065
Date: 1897?
View this itemPamplet to vote no on the Market Initiative, 1971
Distributed by the Committee to Save the Market, the pamphlet describes the reasons that the market initiative should not be passed. They argue that Pike Place Market is already protected as a historic site and failure to redevelop Pike Place Market would jeopardize the federal funds allocated for urban renewal.
Identifier: spl_ps_017
Date: 1971
View this itemPike Place Market wrapping paper in yellow
Yellow Pike Place Market wrapping paper with illustrations in green.
Identifier: spl_ps_029
View this itemPike Place Market wrapping paper in gray
Gray Pike Place Market wrapping paper with illustrations in red.
Identifier: spl_ps_030
View this item'Lets Keep the Market that We Voted for in 1971' flyer, 1977
Illustrated flyer asking citizens to call for a public review of the urban renewals plans threatening the market. Illustration features a bird's eye view of the Pike Place Market Historic District and highlights buildings that are slated for demolition under the plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_021
Date: 1977
View this itemShopping bag with illustration of the National Bank of Commerce Pike Place branch
Illustrated, white paper shopping bag with illustrations by Victor Steinbrueck depicting the Pike Place Branch of the National Bank of Commerce.
Identifier: spl_ps_027
View this item'Save the Market' cloth flag
Red cloth flag with the words 'Save the Market' printed in yellow.
Identifier: spl_ps_034
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