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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Proposed Plan of Improvement of Salmon Bay Harbor, 1892
Map showing proposed warehouses and manufacturing areas on the Salmon Bay Waterway, soon to be developed as the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Identifier: spl_maps_2449773
Date: 1892
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Central Waterfront District, a portion of Smith's Cove-West Point District and Railroad Avenue, 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_9
Date: 1911
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle Topographic Map of Seattle and Vicinity, 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_20
Date: 1911
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Lake Washington-Renton-Rainier Beach Waterfront District, 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_18
Date: 1911
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Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle map showing Ballard Waterfront District, 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_11
Date: 1911
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Unknown man in Santa Barbara, California, ca. 1880
Photograph taken by Alfred Moore Stringfield in Santa Barbara, California.
Identifier: spl_lj_053
Date: 1880?
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Enjoy the Beauty of Old Seattle and Some of Today's Existing Treasures, 1971
Map depicting historic buildings in downtown Seattle including the Smith Tower and Maynard Building.
Identifier: spl_maps_2445994
Date: 1971
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Late summer
Paul Horiuchi was born in Kawaguchi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan in 1906. He was a collagist, painter, and muralist. He participated in the Works Progress Administration program in Wyoming with Vincent Campanella in 1923. He exhibited in the Northwest Annual at the Seattle Art Museum in 1930. He moved to Seattle in 1946 where he and his family ran an antique shop called Tozai. He was introduced to Mark Tobey and the Northwest School of artists around this time. In 1956, he began to work in collage in addition to paint for which he became quite famous. He died in 1999.
Identifier: spl_art_H782La
Date: 1958
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