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  • Chart of the World shewing the tracks of the U.S. Exploring Expedition in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.

    Chart of the World shewing the tracks of the U.S. Exploring Expedition in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.

    Wilkes, Charles

    This map shows the tracks of the vessels of the Exploring Squadron, combined, and acting separately: the direction of the winds; the currents, their direction and velocity; the isothermal lines for every five degrees of temperature, from the point of perpetual congelation to the Torrid Zone.

    Identifier: spl_maps_367358_01

    Date: 1844

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  • Map Part of the Island of Hawaii Sandwich Islands shewing the craters and eruptions of May and June 1840, 1841

    Map Part of the Island of Hawaii Sandwich Islands shewing the craters and eruptions of May and June 1840, 1841

    Wilkes, Charles

    This map exhibits the two remarkable volcanic mountains visited by the Expedition, with their numerous craters, together with the great eruption of 1840, and the track of the party to and from the crater of Mku-weo-weo, on the top of Mauna Loa.

    Identifier: spl_maps_367358_03

    Date: 1841

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  • Pencil sketches of CCC camps: roadside cleaning - fire prevention; Orcas Island, Wash.

    Pencil sketches of CCC camps: roadside cleaning - fire prevention; Orcas Island, Wash.

    Norling, Ernest R. (Ernest Ralph), b.1892

    Identifier: spl_art_N779Pe09

    Date: 1934

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  • Autumn

    Autumn

    Lap, E.

    Identifier: spl_art_L31Au

    Date: 1934?

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  • S. Jackson St. west from Occidental St. S., May 14, 1982

    S. Jackson St. west from Occidental St. S., May 14, 1982

    Dorpat, Paul

    Photograph shows the Herman and Blumenthal Building on the corner with the Jackson Building visible behind it.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00033

    Date: 1982-05-14

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  • Mammalia mirror

    Mammalia mirror

    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_J989Ma

    Date: n.d.

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  • E. Madison St. east from McGilvra Blvd. E., August 1996

    E. Madison St. east from McGilvra Blvd. E., August 1996

    Dorpat, Paul

    Identifier: spl_dor_00032

    Date: 1996-08

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  • University Bridge, looking east, July 10, 1960

    University Bridge, looking east, July 10, 1960

    Dorpat, Paul

    The University Bridge opened in 1919, connecting Seattle's University District with Eastlake. In this photograph, the bridge is open as boats travel underneath from Portage Bay to Lake Union.

    Identifier: spl_dor_00001

    Date: 1960-07-10

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  • Ghost forest (with totem)

    Ghost forest (with totem)

    Lee, Robert Cranston

    Identifier: spl_art_L510Gh2

    Date: 1951

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  • Municipal News v. 55, no. 4, Feb. 22, 1965

    Municipal News v. 55, no. 4, Feb. 22, 1965

    Identifier: spl_mn_818362_55_04

    Date: 1965-02-22

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