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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Workers pour concrete at 100' Space Needle observation deck, ca. November 27, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_73550018
Date: 1961-11-27
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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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Workers painting Space Needle roof, ca. late January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_064
Date: 1962-01
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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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Seattle Central Library, ca. 1960
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Public Library. 1960- . Central building 4th & Madison. Built 1960. Interior. 2nd floor. From the Art Department looking toward the Business and Technology Departments. Bindon & Wright, architects. Arthur Morgan, Designers, Inc. (Interiors)."
Identifier: spl_shp_21677
Date: 1960?
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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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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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Christian Witness Pavillion [i.e. Pavilion]: View West at dusk
Christian Witness Pavilion of the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). "The Christian Witness Pavilion on Friendship Mall serves the dual role of presenting a message of hope for the future and housing the fair's Children's Center. The Children's Center is designed for youngsters from three through seven years old. Educational and entertaining displays and demonstrations provide a Christian atmosphere in which the children can study and play. A professional staff, assisted by volunteers especially trained for the task, supervises the children. The second role of the pavilion is a visual and audio presentation open to all. Visitors walk into a large auditorium where a seven-minute presentation, aided by lighting and sound effects, sets the stage for the Christian message that the only optimism for a world living with a cobalt bomb is in God." (Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962. Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 65)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00185
Date: 1962-08
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Outlet of Union Bay, 1893
Transcribed from photograph: "Lake Washington. Outlet of Union Bay. 1893."
Identifier: spl_shp_14157
Date: 1893
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