Seattle Neighborhood History Project
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. View items related to your neighborhood’s history available at the library and other archives. Photos, historical articles and documents tell tales from the past.
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West Seattle Branch Children's Room, Seattle Public Library, ca. 1910
Transcribed from photograph: "West Seattle Branch. Children's Room. 42nd Ave. S. W. and West College St. Built 1910. Interior."
Identifier: spl_shp_15289
Date: 1910
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Northgate Shopping Center, 1952
Transcribed from photograph: "Shopping Centers. Northgate. Airplane view looking toward west. 1950. Photo 1952. John Graham & Co., architects."
Identifier: spl_shp_20783
Date: 1952
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Future path of I-5 near Republican St., October 29, 1960
Seattle; Freeway route; Seattle; View north from Republican.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00106
Date: 1960-10-29
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Seattle Municipal News, v. 36, no. 14, Apr. 6, 1946
Identifier: spl_mn_198039_36_14
Date: 1946-04-06
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James A. Wehn with Judson Toll Jennings plaque, ca. 1949
Transcribed from photograph: "Portraits. Jennings, Judson Toll. Librarian. Seattle Public Library. 1907-1942."
Identifier: spl_shp_35021
Date: 1949?
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Agricultural Building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, 1909
Transcribed from photograph: "Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. 1909. Agricultural building. Graham & Meyers, architects. Olmsted & Dawson, landscape architects."
Identifier: spl_shp_11986
Date: 1909
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Class of South School, ca. 1890
Transcribed from front of photograph: "Seattle Portraits. Group. Class of South School. 3rd grade. Miss Hamlin, teacher. 1889-1890." Transcribed from back of photo: “THIRD GRADE-1889-90-Foto From Zoe (Stetson) Renninger. Miss Hamlin Teacher 1 Bess Laurimore 2 Rachel Garfinkle 3 Lizzie Jones 4 Bertha Dishon 5 Henry Hanke 6 Eddie Boyle 7 Hallie Philbrick 8 Jack Griffin 9 [unnamed] 10 Hayes Wakefield 11 Lou Singerman 12 [unnamed] 13 [unnamed] 14 [unnamed] 15 [unnamed] 16 [unnamed] 17 [unnamed] 18 [unnamed] 19 Walter Hilton 20 [unnamed] 21 [unnamed] 22 Walter Cure 23 Charles Hoege 24 Fritz [blank] 25 [unnamed] 26 Miss Hamlin 27 [unnamed] 28 Bert Ehle 29 [unnamed] 30 [unnamed] 31 [blank] Evans 32 [unnamed] 33 Elias Nelson 34 Peter [blank] 35 Willie McDonald 36 [unnamed] 37 Clara Monasmith 38 Elsie Bruns 39 Irene Lesser 40 [unnamed] 41 [unnamed] 42 Sarah Howard 43 Leila Baldwin 44 [unnamed] 45 [unnamed] 46 Zoe Stetson 47 Irma Ranke 48 Blanche [blank] 49 Nellie Houtz 50 Jessie Roberts 51 Osco Cure 52 Jennie Severence 53 Gertie Stevens 54 [unnamed]
Identifier: spl_shp_22760
Date: 1890
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Thomas Jefferson Humes, ca. 1900
Transcribed from photograph: "Portraits. Humes, Thomas Jefferson. 1849-1904. Mayor 1897-1904."
Identifier: spl_shp_14994
Date: 1900?
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Cabin of "Green Lake John," ca. 1870
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Houses. "Green Lake John." Ca. 1870. Exterior. Log cabin. Three-quarter view from front and left side."
Identifier: spl_shp_22958
Date: 1870?
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Bungalow Magazine, v. 3, no. 11, Nov. 1914
Home of Frank Hanford at 2212 Federal Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 featured on pages 681-685.
Identifier: spl_bm_531811_1914_3_11
Date: 1914-11
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