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.
'Vote Yes' sign for the Pike Place Market Intiative
Sign created on a brown paper bag to express support for the Pike Place Market Initiative to protect the area from redevelopment plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_057
View this itemMunicipal News, v. 53, no. 13, Jul. 8, 1963
Identifier: spl_mn_818362_53_13
Date: 1963-07-08
View this item'The Marketplace' brochure outlining benefits of the urban renewal plan
Produced by the City of Seattle Department of Community Development, this brochure discusses the benefits of the Pike Plaza Redevelopment Plan and how it will affect Seattle. Comments and notations have been made in orange, possibly by Victor Steinbrueck.
Identifier: spl_ps_013
View this itemUnidentified ship, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Unidentified three-masted ship at sea near Seattle.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00143
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemDraft ordinance regarding street jurisdiction within Pike Place Market, April 13, 1983
The ordinance proposes giving jurisdiction of the streets within the Pike Place Market Historical District to the Market Historical Commission. The finalized version of this ordinance became Ordinance # 111235.
Identifier: spl_ps_043
View this itemSGS Bulletin, v.11, no. 5, Jan. 1962
Identifier: spl_sgs_475325_011_005_Jan1962
Date: Jan. 1962
View this itemIssue of the Pike Place Market News with an article on the Market Initiative, October 1981
Issue of 'Pike Place Market News' with illustrations done by Victor Steinbrueck and an article with his take on the history of the Market Initiative. Also included are a list of events to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the initiative's success.
Identifier: spl_ps_042
View this itemFriends of the Market canvas bag
Friends of the Market brown Canvas bag with orange paint depicting a smiling sun.
Identifier: spl_ps_033
View this itemElliott Bay from West Seattle, December 25, 1966
Elliott Bay, Christmas morning, December 1966
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Date: 1966-12
View this itemSunset over Elliott Bay from top of Space Needle, ca. January 1962
Identifier: spl_gg_76560019
Date: 1962-01
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