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.
Seattle floating bridge, August 28, 1963
This photograph was taken on the opening day of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, later the SR 520 bridge, from the west side looking east across Lake Washington towards Medina.
Identifier: spl_dor_00052
Date: 1963-08-28
View this itemBungalow Magazine, v. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1913
Beaux Arts Village homes of A.T. Renfro, L.P. Tolman and Mr. Whalley featured on pages 32-48 of August 1913 issue. Exact addresses unknown. Homes may no longer exist.
Identifier: spl_bm_531811_1913_2_8
Date: 1913-08
View this itemFrank Cunningham Interview, September 15, 1986
Frank Cunningham (1922-2013) was a fixture in the Seattle rowing scene. Cunningham grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts and attended Harvard and was part of the varsity rowing team. He interrupted his college education to serve in the Marine Corps during World War II. Following the war he moved to Seattle where he began working at Boeing and met his wife, Jane. He earned his graduate degree in teaching from the University of Washington and began a career in education. He also coached the rowing team at Lakeside school where he was also a humanities teacher. Several of his students later became Olympian rowers. He received the medal of honor from the U.S. Rowing Association in 2010 and was included in their Hall of Fame. In 2012, he was honored by the Washington State Senate for his teaching and coaching career.
Identifier: spl_ds_fcunningham_01
Date: 1986-09-15
View this item70 Mile on the Yukon, ca. 1899
Signs for "70 Mile Road House" and "A.C. Co.""(Alaska Commercial Company) appear on buildings at the right of the photograph. Exact location is unclear. The most likely candidate is near the present Seventymile River which is located south of the Yukon River between Circle City and Eagle, Alaska. Gold was discovered on Seventymile River in 1895.
Identifier: spl_ap_00175
Date: 1899?
View this itemPamplet to vote no on the Market Initiative, 1971
Distributed by the Committee to Save the Market, the pamphlet describes the reasons that the market initiative should not be passed. They argue that Pike Place Market is already protected as a historic site and failure to redevelop Pike Place Market would jeopardize the federal funds allocated for urban renewal.
Identifier: spl_ps_017
Date: 1971
View this itemBruno's Menu
Open since 1975, Bruno's serves Mexican and Italian food as two separate parts of its menu, rather than trying to combine the two cuisines.
Identifier: spl_menu_00090
View this itemPike Place Market wrapping paper in yellow
Yellow Pike Place Market wrapping paper with illustrations in green.
Identifier: spl_ps_029
View this itemShopping bag with illustration of the National Bank of Commerce Pike Place branch
Illustrated, white paper shopping bag with illustrations by Victor Steinbrueck depicting the Pike Place Branch of the National Bank of Commerce.
Identifier: spl_ps_027
View this itemPike Place Market wrapping paper in gray
Gray Pike Place Market wrapping paper with illustrations in red.
Identifier: spl_ps_030
View this item'Save the Market' cloth flag
Red cloth flag with the words 'Save the Market' printed in yellow.
Identifier: spl_ps_034
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