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    Historic Photos of Seattle
    Historic Photos of Seattle
    Historic Photos of Seattle
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    Historic Photos of Seattle

    By Walt Crowley

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    By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West. Fueled by the lumber industry, the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, and the shipbuilding and aeronautics industries, the city’s economic history embraces cycles of boom and bust. Through changing fortunes, Seattle has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens.

    Historic Photos of Seattle captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the Great Fire to the World’s Fair, the Space Needle to Pike Place Market, Historic Photos of Seattle follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history.

    This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black and white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateDec 1, 2006
    ISBN9781618586810
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      An enjoyable book to peruse on a weekend afternoon. It will certainly bring a wistful smile to long time residents of Seattle as photos remind them of old memories.

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    Historic Photos of Seattle - Walt Crowley

    HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

    SEATTLE

    TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY WALT CROWLEY

    Seattle from Black Ball Line ferry (ca. 1940)

    HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

    SEATTLE

    Turner Publishing Company

    200 4th Avenue North • Suite 950

    Nashville, Tennessee 37219

    (615) 255-2665

    www.turnerpublishing.com

    Historic Photos of Seattle

    Copyright © 2006 Turner Publishing

    All rights reserved.

    This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933650

    ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-304-3

    ISBN: 1-59652-303-4

    Printed in the United States of America

    08 09 10 11 12 13 14 — 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

    CONTENTS

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    PREFACE

    PLANTING THE SEED FOR A CITY (1851–1899)

    GOLDEN DECADES (1900–1919)

    BETWEEN THE WARS (1920–1939)

    DOOM AND BOOM (1940–1959)

    FROM CENTURY 21 TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (1960–PRESENT)

    NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

    Seattle policeman, probably directing traffic

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    This volume, Historic Photos of Seattle, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, institutions, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:

    Seattle Municipal Archives

    University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

    The Edgewater Hotel

    The Roosevelt Hotel

    We would also like to thank Walt Crowley, author and editor, for his valuable contributions and assistance in making this work possible.

    PREFACE

    Seattle has thousands of historic photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, some are not easily accessible. During a time when Seattle is looking ahead and evaluating its future course, many people are asking, How do we treat the past? These decisions affect every aspect of the city—architecture, public spaces, commerce, infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the way that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide easy access to a valuable, objective look into the history of Seattle.

    The power of photographs is that they are less subjective than words in their treatment of history. Although the photographer can make decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs do not provide the breadth of interpretation that text does. For this reason, they offer an original, untainted perspective that allows the viewer to interpret and observe.

    This project represents countless hours of review and research. The researchers and author have reviewed thousands of photographs in numerous archives. We greatly appreciate the generous assistance of the archives listed in the acknowledgments of this work, without whom this project could not have been completed.

    The goal in publishing this work is to provide

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