Seattle Sawdust: Bits and Pieces from the Seattle Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle is literally built on sawdust. As pioneer mill owner Henry Yesler told historian Hubert Howe Bancroft, "We commenced sawing wood under a shed in March '53; the saw dust we filled swamps with, and the slabs we built a wharf with." This collection presents some of Seattle's historical "sawdust" - unique and interesting materials from The Seattle Public Library's Seattle Collection.
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The Lincoln a new hotel at Seattle, Washington, ca. 1907
Promotional brochure for the Lincoln Hotel, constructed in 1900 at the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Madison Street. The hotel was destroyed in a fire on April 7, 1920.
Identifier: spl_saw_2323986
Date: 1907
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View East with Monorail station to left; 110.000 fair attendance day; 4 P.M.
Aerial view of Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). “World’s Fair attendance, like a flaming skyrocket, zoomed to a new record yesterday. By 10 o’clock, the total was 114,104. The old mark was 106,860, set September 15. The fair’s new admissions policy--$1 after 6 o’clock instead of the regular $2--was credited with pulling in the evening crowd.” (Stanton H. Patty, Seattle Times, October 7, 1962.)
Identifier: spl_wl_exp_00329
Date: 1962-10-06
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