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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909 -- A Slide Show of Seattle's First World's Fair
This is a Slide Show on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Washington's first World's Fair, which opened on June 1, 1909, and closed on October 16, 1909. More than three million people visited the fair, which took place in Seattle on the University of Washington campus. Written and Curated by Paul Dorpat, with Chris Goodman. Presented by Safeco.
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An Eastside Slide Show: I've Lived Here All My Life
Since 1920 when he was born, Robert (Bob) Peterson has lived near King County's Lake Boren. This once bucolic setting, now within Newcastle's incorporated city limits, is surrounded by new developments. On March 4, 2000, six days before his 80th birthday, Bob shared his family's story and photographs. This slideshow was edited and curated by Heather MacIntosh.
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Bicycle Tree at Snohomish (1890-1927) -- a Slide Show
This slide show presents the vintage postcard collection of Peter Blecha on the enormous and curious "bike tree," located in Snohomish County within what is now Snohomish city limits. The slide show was written and curated by Peter Blecha and funded by the Henry M. Jackson foundation.
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Building Seattle -- A Slide Show History of Seattle's Capital Improvement Projects
This is a Slide Show photo essay on the history of Seattle's Capital Improvement Projects. Written By Walt Crowley and curated by Paul Dorpat, with Chris Goodman.
Presented by Seattle City Councilmember Martha Choe.
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Cedar River Education Center -- Slide Show
This Slide Show documents the opening of the Cedar River Education Center, located in eastern King County on Rattlesnake Lake, on October 2, 2001. Written and photographed by Alan Stein and sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities with Friends of the Cedar River Watershed.
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Ferry Whistles on Puget Sound: A Slide Show
For more than a century, ferryboat captains on Puget Sound have used the distinctive docking signal made up of a long blast on the boat's whistle followed by two short ones. In maritime terms, this is called a warp and two woofs. Still in use today, this method of sounding the vessel's arrival to land is not only unique to each boat's whistle, but also to each individual ferryboat captain and the techniques they use to sound the call. This file links to sound recordings of some of the more distinctive boat whistles of the Washington State Ferry fleet. The recordings were made in the 1960s and 1970s by retired Black Ball Line publicist William O. Thorniley.
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HistoryLink.org -- A Slide Show History
This is a slide show photo essay on the history of HistoryLink.org, the evolving online encyclopedia of Washington state history that you are here looking at. Written and Curated by Heather MacIntosh.
Note: This slide show was written in 1999, before HistoryLink.org expanded its content and scope in 2003 to cover the history of all of Washington state.
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Kingdome: A Slide Show History of its Site, Design, and Construction
This is a Slide Show photo essay on the history of Seattle's Kingdome, its site, design, and construction. The Kingdome (formally, the King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium) opened in March 1976 and was imploded in March 2000. Written and Curated by Heather MacIntosh.
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MacDonald, Betty, and Mary Bard: A Slide Show Tour of their King County Homes
The sisters Betty MacDonald (1908-1958) and Mary Bard Jensen (1904-1970), both writers, grew up in Seattle. Betty MacDonald authored the international bestseller,
The Egg and I, among others, and Mary Bard wrote the
Best Friends series for girls, among others. This is a slideshow of their King County homes and lives. It was written by Paula Becker and curated by Priscilla Long. The photographs of the writers' homes were taken as part of the WPA-funded King County Land Use Survey in 1937-1939.
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Occidental Hotel: The Rise, Fall, Rise, and Fall of Pioneer Square's Historic Hotel -- A Slide Show Photo Essay
This is a history of the Rise, Fall, Rise, and Fall of the Occidental Hotel, located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, from 1881 to the present. Written and Curated by Paul Dorpat, with Steven Leith. Presented by Priscilla "Patsy" Collins.
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Play Ball! A Slide Show of the History of Early Baseball in Washington
This is a HistoryLink Baseball Memories Slide Show by Seattle Baseball historian David Eskenazi, recounting early baseball in Washington. Written and curated by David Eskenazi. All images copyright 2003, David Eskenazi. Produced by Alyssa Burrows.
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Port of Tacoma -- A Slideshow
The Port of Tacoma is a publicly owned and managed port district established by Pierce County voters in 1918. Today it is a leading container port, serving as a "Pacific Gateway" for trade between Asia and the central and eastern United States as well as the Northwest. Most of the maritime commerce between Alaska and the lower 48 states also passes through Tacoma. A suite of factors that the Port calls the "Tacoma Advantage" have contributed to its success. The advantages begin with the port's location on the the Tacoma tideflats along the deep waters of Commencement Bay. The Port's acreage has allowed it to create efficient intermodal transportation connections between ship and road or rail, often right on the dock. Cooperation between Port management and union longshore workers has provided an additional advantage, helping bring many of the world's largest container lines to Tacoma. This slideshow was written and curated by Kit Oldham and sponsored by the Port of Tacoma.
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Rose Red -- a Film's Seattle Locations
This is a Slide Show of the Seattle locations of Stephen King's made-for-TV serial film
Rose Red, which debuted on ABC-TV on January 27, 28, and 31, 2002. The tour was written by Paul Dorpat, and edited and curated by Priscilla Long, with support from David Wilma and Walt Crowley. King fans please note that the Rimbauer family, Joyce Reardon, and the Rose Red mansion are completely fictional and have no basis in actual Seattle history.
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Sand Point: From Mud Lake to Magnuson Park -- a Slide Show Photo Essay
This is a Slide Show photo essay on the history of Sand Point, located on Lake Washington in Northeast Seattle, from settlement in 1855 to the rededication of an expanded Magnuson Park in 2004. Written and Curated by Walt Crowley. Presented by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Seattle Aquarium Slide Show, Part 1: From Settlement to Cinders, 1841-1899
This is Part 1 of a three-part Slide Show photo essay on the history of the Seattle Aquarium and its neighborhood beginning in 1841 through the present day. Part 1 takes the story from the early dates of settlement along the Seattle waterfront to the Great Seattle Fire of 1899. Curated by Paul Dorpat. Edited by Walt Crowley. Presented by the Seattle Aquarium Society.
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Seattle Aquarium Slide Show, Part 3: From World War Shipping to a World-Class Aquarium, 1941-present
This is Part 3 of a three-part Slide Show photo essay on the history of the Seattle Aquarium and its neighborhood beginning in 1841 through the present day. Part 3 continues the story from the beginning of World War II (1941) to the present. Curated by Paul Dorpat. Edited by Walt Crowley. Presented by the Seattle Aquarium Society.
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Seattle City Light -- Bill Newby Working on the Skagit, 1935-1996 -- a Slide Show Photo Essay
This Magic Lantern photo essay is by Bill Newby, Seattle City Light's Director of Operations for the Skagit River dam project. Edited and curated by David Wilma.
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Seattle Rainiers Roll of Honor -- A Slide Show
In the spring of 1954, Seattle baseball fans were asked to vote for their all-time favorite Seattle Rainiers. Always enthusiastic about their diamond heroes, Seattle baseball boosters elected 11 players as charter members of the Rainiers Roll of Honor: "Kewpie" Dick Barrett, Bill Lawrence, Jack Lelivelt, Jo Jo White, Fred Hutchinson, Jim Rivera, Dick Gyselman, Mike Hunt, Bill Schuster, Hal Turpin, and Alan Strange.
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Seattle Rainiers, 1938-1964: A Slide Show
This slide show on the Seattle Rainiers was written by Russ Dille and curated by David S. Eskenazi
All Images (c) 2001, David Eskenazi
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Seattle University, 1891-2001 -- A Slide Show
This is a slide show presenting the history of Seattle University, the Northwest's largest Jesuit institution of higher learning. The essay was written by Walt Crowley based on his books,
Seattle University: A Century of Jesuit Education and
William J. Sullivan: Twenty Years/Seattle University President.
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