Seattle Jazz Archive
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Explore oral histories of important members of Seattle’s rich jazz community. The collection includes interviews with Seattle musicians, singers and community members who performed and experienced the city’s jazz scene.
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Jewish Transcript, v. 15, no. 18, Jul. 1, 1938
Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_15_18
Date: 1938-01-01
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Souvenir Taft Day official program, September 30, 1909
"Official Daily Programme" for 30 September 1909. Schedule for Taft Day, Sacramento Day, Live Stock Day, and Ellery Band performance. Illustration on cover of William H. Taft, 16 pages.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.34.2
Date: 1909-09-30
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Blue Max Steak House Menu
Located right by Boeing Field, the Blue Max, an aeronautically themed restaurant, was part of the Red Baron Steakhouse chain in California. It held lip-sync contests every Saturday night from 1979 until it closed in 1988.
Identifier: spl_menu_00065
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Workers on Space Needle construction float, ca. late September 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69690004
Date: 1961-09
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Thomas Jefferson Humes, ca. 1900
Transcribed from photograph: "Portraits. Humes, Thomas Jefferson. 1849-1904. Mayor 1897-1904."
Identifier: spl_shp_14994
Date: 1900?
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Raising part of third Space Needle leg, ca. July 31, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_68840013
Date: 1961-07-31
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Worker surveying construction at top of Space Needle, ca. November 11, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_70090016
Date: 1961-11-11
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Friends of the Market position statement on Pike Plaza Revelopment Project #21
The statement outlines the issues that the Friends group has with the redevelopment plan including the displacement of farmers and proposed usage of buildings in the area. The Friends group emphasizes the need for improvements that will benefit the farmers and the introduction of more low income housing in the area.
Identifier: spl_ps_015
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Workers installing cross-tie between Space Needle legs, ca. September 12, 1961
Identifier: spl_gg_69670021
Date: 1961-09-12
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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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