Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s Pike Place Market became a historic district in 1971, the result of grassroots organizers led by Victor Steinbrueck. This collection features blueprints, posters, articles and papers related to the market.
'Help! Money need for legal fees to save the Market' sign
Orange, yellow and red paper sign created by the Friends of the Market asking for donations to help cover legal fees in the fight to save the Market. The sign includes cutouts at the bottom which were likely created to allow it perch within a jar or other container to collect money.
Identifier: spl_sp_394
View this itemView east from near 1st Ave. and Pine St. to regrade activity, ca. 1906
The Washington Hotel appears at the top of the hill. Although the regrade started in 1903, James Moore, the owner of the Washington Hotel, refused to clear the property until 1906 when regrading of Second and Third Avenues were well underway.
Identifier: spl_dr_027
Date: 1906
View this itemFrederick & Nelson
In Seattle, Christmas isn't Christmas without a Day at Frederick & Nelson. Seattle's most beautiful department store had rolled out the red carpet for its friends and neighbors this Christmas. The scene shows one of the First floor aisles.
Identifier: spl_pc_00224
Date: 1955
View this itemHarper's Magazine article 'Up against the system in Seattle,' April 1972
Article describing the fight against the urban renewal plan for Pike Place Market, describing the formation of the Friends of the Market and Alliance for a Living Market groups and their campaign to preserve the market along with the Central Association and Committee to Save the Market and their efforts to promote the renewal plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_009
Date: 1972
View this itemSmith Tower, ca. 1915
Transcribed from postcard: "Second Ave and the 42 Story L.C. Smith Bldg. Seattle. U.S.A. Eight elevators-two serving the tower. Six hundred Offices. Six stores. Telegraph office on first Floor. Barber Shop, Restaurant, Buffet in Basement, Thirty-fifth Floor furnished in Washington."
Identifier: spl_pc_00217
Date: 1915?
View this itemPaul Peterhans letter to the editor regarding changes at Pike Place Market
Letter form Paul Peterhans, the President of the Market Residents Association (MRA), expressing his concerns over issues he feels were not represented well in ""The Market Mood Turning Mellow"" article appearing in Pacific Magazine. He elaborates on some of these issues, including the pressure to allow larger retailers into the Market and the proposal to open the Market on Sundays, both of which he views to be detrimental to Market residents and retailers.
Identifier: spl_ps_050
View this itemSeattle Mail and Herald, v. 4, no. 30, Jun. 8, 1901
Page 6 includes portrait of Margaret J. Mitchell, President of the Seattle Federation of women's clubs.
Identifier: spl_mh_198239_1901_04_30
Date: 1901-06-08
View this itemCoupon ticket book of Louis Eldershope, 1909
Coupon ticket book inscribed with bearer’s name, Louis Eldershope, and photograph of bearer attached inside front cover, embossed with signature of Charles R. Collins, treasurer, and A. D. Bannall, chief of Bureau of Admissions, A.Y.P.E.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.50.6
Date: 1909
View this itemInvitation from the President and the Officers of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to the reception for French Ambassador Jusserand at the New York State building, June 14, 1909
Printed invitation card to be sent to invitees of the reception.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.3
Date: 1909-06-14
View this item"Progress of the Fair," Washington Magazine, October 1906
A brief article containing snippets describing the progress of the exposition in several aspects. The snippets are entitled as follows: "Subscription Day," " Major T. S. Clarkson's Trip," "Designer of Grounds Arrives," "$100,00 for Livestock Show" and "Mr. Nadeau in Alaska." Washington Magazine 2.2 (October 1906): 173-74, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_470457_oct1906
Date: 1906-10
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