Seattle Jazz Archive
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Explore oral histories of important members of Seattle’s rich jazz community. The collection includes interviews with Seattle musicians, singers and community members who performed and experienced the city’s jazz scene.
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Crane lifting Space Needle leg into place, ca. mid-October 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69720024
Date: 1961-10
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Workers install Space Needle roof beam, ca. December 5, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74540029
Date: 1961-12-04
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Workers guiding base of Space Needle leg into place, ca. June 30, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68790011
Date: 1961-06-30
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View of Space Needle's core, ca. November 4, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70040004
Date: 1961-11-04
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Workers inside Space Needle, ca. December 21, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_74630022
Date: 1961-12-21
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Crane placing part of derrick on top of Space Needle core, ca. July 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68800014
Date: 1961-07
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View of Space Needle from fairgrounds, ca. November 7, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70050011
Date: 1961-11-07
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You'll like Tacoma: official map of the A.Y.P.E. grounds, 1909
Colored plan and map of A.Y.P.E. grounds distributed by the city of Tacoma and Pierce County. On the verso is a description of Tacoma urging the visitors of A.Y.P.E. to visit the city. Includes a list of reasons why Tacoma is a must-see and a photograph of Tacoma's harbor. Oriented with north to upper right. 31 x 25 cm. Folded to 14 x 10 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_2432146
Date: 1909
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Native American baskets in home of Mabel Thompson, ca. 1900
Transcribed from back of photograph: "Part of Mabel's collection of Indian baskets. A corner in her room - photo by O.O.W. Denny. Mabel Thompson in Seattle." In the 1900 census, H.G. and Mabel Thompson are listed at 1108 Seneca St. (later 1204 Boren), the same address as Orion Denny. Mabel was the daughter of Orion Denny and Eva Flowers Coulter (who he married in 1874 and divorced a few years later). Mabel married Howard G. Thompson in 1894.
Identifier: spl_lj_060
Date: 1890?
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Workers at top of Space Needle construction, ca. September 8, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69660006
Date: 1961-09-08
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