Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s Pike Place Market became a historic district in 1971, the result of grassroots organizers led by Victor Steinbrueck. This collection features blueprints, posters, articles and papers related to the market.
Waterfront Street car stopped at Broad Street station, ca. 2000s
Tram number 518 stopped at the Broad Street station of the Waterfront Streetcar Line, with its barn in the background
Identifier: spl_dor_00045
Date: 2005?
View this itemVictor Steinbrueck's corrections to Pike Place Market Ordinance, April 11, 1983
Pike Place Market Ordinance annotated with Victor Steinbrueck's suggested corrections.
Identifier: spl_ps_038
Date: 1983-04-11
View this itemHarper's Magazine article 'Up against the system in Seattle,' April 1972
Article describing the fight against the urban renewal plan for Pike Place Market, describing the formation of the Friends of the Market and Alliance for a Living Market groups and their campaign to preserve the market along with the Central Association and Committee to Save the Market and their efforts to promote the renewal plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_009
Date: 1972
View this itemSmith Tower, ca. 1915
Transcribed from postcard: "Second Ave and the 42 Story L.C. Smith Bldg. Seattle. U.S.A. Eight elevators-two serving the tower. Six hundred Offices. Six stores. Telegraph office on first Floor. Barber Shop, Restaurant, Buffet in Basement, Thirty-fifth Floor furnished in Washington."
Identifier: spl_pc_00217
Date: 1915?
View this itemPaul Peterhans letter to the editor regarding changes at Pike Place Market
Letter form Paul Peterhans, the President of the Market Residents Association (MRA), expressing his concerns over issues he feels were not represented well in ""The Market Mood Turning Mellow"" article appearing in Pacific Magazine. He elaborates on some of these issues, including the pressure to allow larger retailers into the Market and the proposal to open the Market on Sundays, both of which he views to be detrimental to Market residents and retailers.
Identifier: spl_ps_050
View this itemBerthold Brecht's "Clown Play," Ensemble Theater, 107 Occidental Ave. S., April 19-May 18, 1968
Scene from Ensemble Theatre off Pioneer Square, Brecht's "Clown Play"
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Date: 1968-04
View this itemCoupon ticket book of Louis Eldershope, 1909
Coupon ticket book inscribed with bearer’s name, Louis Eldershope, and photograph of bearer attached inside front cover, embossed with signature of Charles R. Collins, treasurer, and A. D. Bannall, chief of Bureau of Admissions, A.Y.P.E.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.6
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation from the President and the Officers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to the reception for French Ambassador Jusserand at the New York State building, June 14, 1909
Printed invitation card to be sent to invitees of the reception.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.3
Date: 1909-06-14
View this item"Progress of the Fair," Washington Magazine, October 1906
A brief article containing snippets describing the progress of the exposition in several aspects. The snippets are entitled as follows: "Subscription Day," " Major T. S. Clarkson's Trip," "Designer of Grounds Arrives," "$100,00 for Livestock Show" and "Mr. Nadeau in Alaska." Washington Magazine 2.2 (October 1906): 173-74, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_470457_oct1906
Date: 1906-10
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