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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Marine Digest, v.3, no.3, Sep. 13, 1924
Cover photo caption: Motorship Akagisan Maru of Mitsui & Co.
Identifier: spl_md_840284_1924_03_03
Date: 1924-09-13
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Workers painting Space Needle roof, ca. late January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_064
Date: 1962-01
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318 Roy St., 1957
Transcribed from photograph: "Houses. 318 Roy Street. Exterior. Wood. Front view. (Proposed site of Seattle Center) Photo by Werner Lenggenhager, 1957."
Identifier: spl_shp_22390
Date: 1957
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The Summit apartment building, 1953
Transcribed from photograph: "Apartments. “The Summit” 118 Madison Ave."
Identifier: spl_shp_35036
Date: 1953-03
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Confederate War Veteran's Memorial, ca. 1955
Transcribed from photograph: "Monuments. Confederate War veteran's memorial. Lakeview Cemetery."
Identifier: spl_shp_20003
Date: 1955
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Marine Digest, v.4, no.8, Oct. 17, 1925
Cover photo caption: Ocean Ferry Olympic (see first news page) [page 3]
Identifier: spl_md_840284_1925_04_08
Date: 1925-10-17
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Columbia and Puget Sound Coal Bunker Trestle, 1883
Transcribed from photograph: "Wharves. Columbia and Puget Sound coal bunker trestle. Foot of King Street. 1883. Machine shop at end of trestle."
Identifier: spl_shp_5200
Date: 1883
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Looking south from near 3rd Ave. and Pine St., 1890
Transcribed from photograph: "Views. From Denny Hill. 1890. Looking South. 1. Methodist Protestant Church. 2. Abbott House. 3. Armory. 4. Young Naturalist Bldg. 5. University. 6. Providence hospital. 7. Central school."
Identifier: spl_shp_7301
Date: 1890
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Woodland Park entrance lodge, 1891
Transcribed from photograph: "Parks. Woodland park. Entrance lodge. 1891. At that time private estate of Guy Phinney."
Identifier: spl_shp_14683
Date: 1891
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Seattle from Elliott Bay, 1878
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Views. From Elliott Bay. 1878. Showing Front St. from Madison St. to Columbia St. after regrade."
Identifier: spl_shp_22926
Date: 1878
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