Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
Landmarks Preservation Board Ordinance, February 12, 1977
Ordinance calling for the creation of the Landmarks Preservation Board to identify and preserve 'objects, sites, improvements, and elements having historical, cultural, architectural, engineering or geographic importance.'
Identifier: spl_ps_006
Date: 1977-02-12
View this itemEl Templete, Havana, Cuba, ca. 1910s
El Templete was built in 1827 to commemorate the site of the first mass celebrated in Cuba on November 16th, 1519.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00216
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemView south from 3rd Ave. and Battery St., ca. 1906
The Moore Theatre, located on 2nd Avenue and Virginia St., and the New Washington Hotel are visible in the distance.
Identifier: spl_dr_029
Date: 1906
View this itemMemorandum describing the preliminary outline for the City of Seattle Farmer and Vendor Study, November 1973
The memorandum and attached documents outline a plan for a 30 day survey examining methods to attract farmers and vendors to Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_ps_011
Date: 1973-11-27
View this item'High Noon for the Pike Place Market' article from The Seattle Sound News
Article outlining the reasons to support the preservation of Pike Place Market including a description of the various supporters and opponents of the Save the Market Initiative.
Identifier: spl_ps_014
Date: 1971-10
View this itemTownship Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 49, Township 26N, Range 9E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P49_T26N_R9E
Date: 1889
View this itemMen working on regrade, ca. 1906
Water runoff from the hydraulic jets used for regrade work can be seen at the forefront of the photo.
Identifier: spl_dr_037
Date: 1906
View this itemClub de los Alemanes (German Club), Havana, Cuba, ca. 1910s
Corner of Neptuno and Paseo de Marti (Paseo del Prado) showing the German club and a partial view of Hotel Telefono on the left in Havana, Cuba. Restaurant A. Petit. can be seen in the German Club building.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00217
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemView of regrade north from Madison St., ca. 1906
View north to regrade steam shovel at work on Spring St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Piper and Taft Sporting Goods and Hotel George appear in the background.
Identifier: spl_dr_040
Date: 1906
View this itemUSLHS Rose (United States Tender Rose), in Elliott Bay, ca. 1910s
US Lighthouse Service tender boat Rose in Elliott Bay, Seattle. Built in 1916 by Anderson Steamboat Company of Seattle, she was assigned to the 17th Lighthouse District and operated out of Portland and Astoria. A sign for Galbraith, Bacon and Company is visible along the waterfront.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00079
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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