Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Explore the early history of the Pike Place Market through letters, receipts, plans, rental agreements and other documents related to the market’s business.
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition stock certificate, October 2, 1906
Capital stock assessment to Roland H. Vivian for the amount of $2.50 with paid stamp dated 2 October 1906.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.37
Date: 1906-10-02
View this itemInvitation from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to a reception for Baron Shibusawa and the honorary commercial commissioners from Japan at the Washington State Building, September 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception to be held from 8:30 until 10:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.10
Date: 1909-09-04
View this itemMarket Agenda Steering Committee meeting minutes and documents, March 1983
Meeting minutes for the Market Agenda Steering Committee including discussion of a draft document on the ideal Pike Place Market of 1993. Also included in the notes are draft ordinances regarding establishing operational policies for the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority and governing the street jurisdictions within Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_ps_039
Date: 1983-03-31
View this itemLetter from Arthur Goodwin to Frank Stier Goodwin regarding an article on foreign markets, September 13, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Frank Stier Goodwin thanking him for sending a copy of his article on foreign markets. Arthur Goodwin encourages Frank Goodwin to try selling the article to an eastern magazine and expresses his hope to include the article in a book he is currently writing on public markets. Arthur Goodwin also relays the latest news from Seattle, including Charles Lindberg's trip to the city noting 'Lindy arrived today and did several flip flops over the downtown district, just barely clearing the buildings and landing at Sand Point.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00090
Date: 1927-09-13
View this itemLetter from Arthur Goodwin to N. Nikani regarding Pike Place Public Markets, Inc. stock, March 23, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to N. Nikani explaining his options for disposing of his Pike Place Public Markets, Inc., stock.
Identifier: spl_sh_00112
Date: 1927-09-23
View this itemLetter from Arthur Goodwin to J.M. Johnson asking him for support in a dispute regarding Pike Place Market, August 19, 1926
Letter from Arthur Goodin to J.M. Johnson, Manager of the Liberty Theater, asking him for his support in a dispute with George Vanderveer and other disgruntled farmers at Pike Place Market. According Goodwin, Vandermeer and his associates are trying to interfere with the agreement that Pike Place Market has with the city to operate a farmers stalls on the sidewalk.
Identifier: spl_sh_00100
Date: 1926-08-19
View this itemFlyer to 'Vote No' on the Market Initiative, 1971
Produced by the Committee to Save the Market, the flyer outlines the case against the Market Initiative and states that defeating the intiative will save the market, benefit the economy, and allow for the creation of new jobs.
Identifier: spl_ps_016
Date: 1971
View this itemLetter from Arthur Goodwin to Mrs. Alywin regarding her position at the the post office, November 28, 1927
Letter to Mrs. Aylwin promising to hire an assistant to help her with the increased workload at the Pike Place Market post office during the holidays.
Identifier: spl_sh_00067
Date: 1928-11-28
View this itemInvitation from the Hill Testimonial Committee to the unveiling of the James J. Hill statue on the University of Washington campus, August 3, 1909
Printed invitation including names of "distinguished men" who would be present at the ceremony including Governor Johnson of Minnesota, Governor Hay of Washington and Lieutenant Governor Dunsmuir of British Columbia.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.6
Date: 1909-08-03
View this item'Who will save the market' script from KOMO TV broadcast, October 27, 1971
KOMO-TV Script for a special news segment documenting varying opinions on the Pike Place Market Urban Renewal plans and the Save the Market Initiative. The report contains interviews with Paul Kirk, the architect in charge of the urban renewal plans; William B. Ferguson, chairman of The Central Park Plaza Corporation-an organization with interests in developing the area; Mike MacEwan, the man in charge of the urban renewal public relations campaign; Pike Place Market merchants; James Braman, Director of Community Development for Seattle; Jerry Thon, Vice President of the Friends of the Market; Victor Steinbrueck, an architect and one of the Friends of the Market Founders; Ibsen Nelson and Fred Basetti, Seattle architects opposing the plans drafted by John Morse; Tim Manring, Co-Chair of the Alliance for a Living Market; and Lloyd LeBlanc, a member of the city's economic consulting firm.
Identifier: spl_ps_007
Date: 1971-10-27
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