Maps and Atlases Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. See maps and atlases depicting the changing landscape of Seattle and other areas in the Pacific Northwest. Take a look at our historic map resources page to browse maps by location.
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 50, Township 23N, Range 10E
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_P50_T23N_R10
Date: 1889
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Clare Boulton regarding expanding her business in the Economy Public Market, June 30, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Clare Boulton, a vendor in the Economy Market, discussing the possibility of moving and expanding her business. Enclosed is a list of tenants and vacancies in the lower floor of the Economy Market listing the stall numbers and rental costs for each vendor.
Identifier: spl_sh_00072
Date: 1927-06-30
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 16, Township 26N, Range 4E
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_P16_T26N_R4E
Date: 1889
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Municipal News v. 55, no. 12, Jun. 28, 1965
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_55_12
Date: 1965-06-28
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 51, Township 24N, Range 10E
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_P51_T24N_R10
Date: 1889
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Letter from Edward S. Curtis to Harriet Leitch, February 2, 1949
Letter from Edward Curtis to Harriet Leitch and Minnie Harris (of the Washington State Historical Society). Curtis discusses the importance of The North American Indian for posterity and describes the long hours that he put into the work. He reflects on his childhood and how his father's illness caused him to begin working at an early age. He writes "As I look back over my scrambled life I realize that I have rarely taken a Sunday off and but one week vacation, its safe to say that in the past sixty years I have averaged sixteen hours a day, seven days a week." In a postscript, he adds that his health has taken a turn for the worse and doctors want him to return to the hospital--an idea which he resists.
Identifier: {}
Date: 1949-02-02
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Untitled
Guy Anderson was born in Edmonds, Washington in 1906. At a young age, he was exposed to Asian art and Northwest Indian art and studied portraiture under Eustace Ziegler who taught private art lessons in Seattle. He became friends with Morris Graves and the two worked on the Public Works of Art Project for Washington State during the Depression in the 1930’s. He developed his distinctive painting style while living in La Conner, Washington. He died there in 1998. He was one of the four painters LIFE magazine described as "Northwest Mystics". The others were Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves and Mark Tobey.
Identifier: spl_art_An231Un
Date: 1968
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 35, Township 26N, Range 7E
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_P35_T26N_R7E
Date: 1889
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Chanting Shaker
A North American Indian, Julius Twohy was a member of the Ute tribe. He worked on the Federal Works of Art Project under Robert Bruce Inverarity and created murals for the project in Tacoma. He collaborated on the project with Fay Chong, Hans Bok and Jacob Elshin. He was a friend of Helmi Juvonen.
Identifier: spl_art_T932Fi
Date: 1941?
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