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  • Mark Tobey's Christ

    Mark Tobey's Christ

    Juvonen, Helmi, 1903-1985

    Helmi Juvonen was born in Butte, Montana on January 17, 1903. She worked in many media including printmaking, painting and paper-craft. She attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where she met artist Mark Tobey with whom she was famously obsessed. Although she was diagnosed as a manic-depressive in 1930, she gained wide appreciation in the Northwest for her linocut prints depicting Northwest Indian people and tribal ceremonies. She worked with a number of artists on the Public Works of Art Project including Fay Chong and Morris Graves. Over the years, her mental health deteriorated and in 1960 she was declared a ward of the state and was committed to Oakhurst Convalescent Center. She was much beloved and had many friends and benefactors (including Wes Wehr) and was able to have exhibitions despite the confinement. She died in 1985.

    Identifier: spl_art_J989Ma1

    Date: 1955?

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  • Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 8, Apr. 29, 1924

    Jewish Transcript v. 1, no. 8, Apr. 29, 1924

    Identifier: spl_jt_3018328_01_08

    Date: 1924-04-29

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  • Olympic National Life Building demolition, March 28, 1982

    Olympic National Life Building demolition, March 28, 1982

    Dorpat, Paul

    The aftermath of Seattle's first implosion demolition in Seattle. Onlookers gaze at the remaining two stories of the Olympic National Life Building after the implosion.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00026

    Date: 1982-03-28

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  • Municipal News v. 55, no. 9, May. 10, 1965

    Municipal News v. 55, no. 9, May. 10, 1965

    Identifier: spl_mn_818362_55_09

    Date: 1965-05-10

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  • West Seattle Bridge entrance ramps at SW Spokane St. and SW Avalon Way, May 30, 1968

    West Seattle Bridge entrance ramps at SW Spokane St. and SW Avalon Way, May 30, 1968

    Dorpat, Paul

    View of West Seattle High-Rise Bridge (high bridge), which opened in 1984, and the Spokane Street Swing Bridge (low bridge), which opened in 1991 over the Duwamish River.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00006

    Date: 1968-05-30

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  • Garden Theater just after closure, 3rd Ave. between Pike St. and Pine St., September 18, 1979

    Garden Theater just after closure, 3rd Ave. between Pike St. and Pine St., September 18, 1979

    Dorpat, Paul

    Also known as the Winter Garden Theater, it opened in December 1920 and closed in June 1979 as the Garden Art Theater. The Fischer Studio Building appears to the right of the theater and the Melbourne House Building appears to the left.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00023

    Date: 1978-09-18

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  • McKee's Correct Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, Washington, U.S.A., 1894

    McKee's Correct Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, Washington, U.S.A., 1894

    McKee, R. H.; Dehly, F. M.; Reynolds, Alexander M.

    ""Showing details of roads and graded streets and positions of principal dwellings and prominent buildings.""

    Identifier: spl_maps_2445404

    Date: 1894

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  • Municipal News v. 55, no. 5, Mar. 8, 1965

    Municipal News v. 55, no. 5, Mar. 8, 1965

    Article on page 37 discusses areas of the city where landfills were used to fill in formerly unusable land.

    Identifier: spl_mn_818362_55_05

    Date: 1965-03-08

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  • Two riders

    Two riders

    Enabnit, Merlin, 1903-1979

    Identifier: spl_art_En11Tw

    Date: 1934

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  • 2nd Ave. north from near Columbia St., July 26, 1981

    2nd Ave. north from near Columbia St., July 26, 1981

    Dorpat, Paul

    Photograph shows the Savoy Hotel Building, Marion Building, and Melhorn Building.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00034

    Date: 1981-07-26

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