Seattle Regrade Photograph Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s massive effort to regrade and flatten much of the city’s hilly landscape is documented in this 1905-1908 photo album. Explore our map to see the modern-day photo locations.
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Dixy Lee Ray Interview, August 23, 1986
Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) was a Tacoma native, scientist and the first female governor of Washington State. She graduated from Mills College in 1937 and earned her doctorate in biology from Stanford University in 1942. After completing her education, Ray taught at the University of Washington and served as the director of the Pacific Science Center, helping to define its direction in the wake of the 1962 World’s Fair. In 1972, President Nixon appointed Ray as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission where she remained until 1975. Ray became of the Governor of Washington in 1976.
Identifier: spl_ds_dray_01
Date: 1986-08-23
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Aerial view of downtown Seattle east from Safeco Plaza, July 15, 1981
Views east towards First Hill and Capitol Hill.
Identifier: spl_dor_00040
Date: 1981-07-15
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S. Washington St. east from 4th Ave. S., May 30, 1968
View of S. Washington St. looking east from 4th Ave. S. with the Terrace View Hotel and Astor Hotel visible in the distance. The Astor Hotel was designed by architects Thompson & Thompson and built in the Japantown section of Seattle's Chinatown-International District in 1909, featuring a 400-seat cultural and performing arts theater, the Nippon Kan Theater. The theater served as a Japanese community center until 1942, when it was boarded up during the Japanese American internment.
Identifier: spl_dor_00011
Date: 1968-05-30
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Paul Thiry Interview, 1987
Paul Thiry (1904-1993) was a Pacific Northwest architect known for his leadership in the architectural modernism movement. Thiry graduated from the University of Washington with his architecture degree in 1928 and opened his own firm in 1929. Thiry acted as the supervising architect for Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair and was responsible for the design of the Washington State Pavilion, now known as Key Arena. He also designed the Museum of History and Industry and Frye Art Museum in Seattle, the Washington State Library in Olympia, several buildings on the Lewis and Clark College campus in Portland and the Libby Dam in Montana. Thiry was awarded the AIA Seattle Chapter Medal in 1984.
Identifier: spl_ds_pthiry_01
Date: 1987-02-21; 1987-05-13
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash - Plate 7
Baist Real Estate atlases of Seattle were published in 1905, 1908, and 1912. The atlases show property ownership (for large tracts), plats, block and lot numbers, streets, buildings, sewers, water mains, electric railways, and steam railroads.
Identifier: spl_maps_341191.7
Date: 1905
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Ralph Anderson Interview, May 25, 1987
Ralph Anderson (1924-2010) was a Seattle architect known for his work with historic preservation efforts in Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square. Anderson attended Queen Anne High School and graduated with his architecture degree from the University of Washington in 1951. He worked as a draftsman for Paul Hayden Kirk from 1951 to 1954 before forming his own firm. During the 1960s and 1970s, he led helped restore several buildings in Pioneer Square including the Union Trust Building, the Pioneer Building and the Grand Central Hotel. His restoration efforts extended to Pike Place Market in the 1970s, focusing on the Smith Block, Butterworth Building and Alaska Trade Building.
Identifier: spl_ds_randerson_01_01
Date: 1987-05-25
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Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash - Plate 10
Baist Real Estate atlases of Seattle were published in 1905, 1908, and 1912. The atlases show property ownership (for large tracts), plats, block and lot numbers, streets, buildings, sewers, water mains, electric railways, and steam railroads.
Identifier: spl_maps_341191.10
Date: 1905
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Robert J. Block Interview, July 30, 1987
Robert Block (1922-1996) was a managing partner of the accounting firm Laventhal and Horvath and an active civic leader in Seattle. Block grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois. He served in the Navy during World War II and was stationed in Seattle which was where he met and married his wife, Marian Friedman. Over the course of his accounting career, Block acted as president of the Washington State Board of Accountancy, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the Washington Society of CPA’s. Block was also active in his community, serving as president of Temple De Hirsh and vice president of the Seattle Opera.
Identifier: spl_ds_rblock_01
Date: 1987-07-30
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Gasworks and Lake Union from Queen Anne, July 3, 1961
View of Gasworks Park, the University District, Portage Bay, the University Bridge and Eastlake taken from Paul Dorpat's friend's porch in Queen Anne.
Identifier: spl_dor_00005
Date: 1961-07-03
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Margaret Baillargeon Interview, August 27, 1987
Margaret Sheldon Ames Baillargeon (1898-1991) was a patron of the Seattle arts and served as a patron of many organizations. She served as president of the Cornish Foundation and as president of the Seattle Tennis Club board. Margaret’s stepfather, Edward Ames founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in 1916. Her husband, John Baillargeon worked in a variety of roles in Seattle’s lumber and shipbuilding industry, serving as secretary-treasurer of the C.D. Stimson Company, president of the J.A. Baillargeon Company, the Stimson Mill Company and the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Identifier: spl_ds_mbaillargeon_01_01
Date: 1987-08-27
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