seattle

Photographic Print from Seattle production of Power. Finding Aid Box 1...

The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More

The Pursuit of Happiness - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

See How They Run - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: The first captains' quarters constructed on the post and the largest of the Double Officers Quarters. The only duplex with a fully finished third floor. Completed December 30, 1899, from QMGO Pl... More

Sand Point Naval Station Puget Sound, Building No. 26 North, 7400 Sand...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Lawton, Double Barracks, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The largest and one of the first buildings completed on the post. The older of the two-company barracks, first occupied in July of 1901. Served as barracks for the Women's Army Corps in World Wa... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

[Seaton, Seattle Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Schooner WAWONA, 1018 Valley Street, Seattle, King County, WA

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Schooner WAWONA, 1018 Valley Street, Seattle, King County, WA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Dretchko, Seattle Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

You cooked the goose of the Kaiser

words and music by Marjorie Rodger. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Floating Bridge, Spanning Lake Washington at ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Pennington, Seattle Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

Mutual Life Building, 601-607 First Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mutual Life Building, 601-607 First Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: Designed to house two captains' families, this residence was identical to a second that was removed in 1956 to make way for the Air Defense radar antennae installation on Washington Avenue. Compl... More

Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel, Interstate 90, passing under Mount Baker Rid...

Significance: In the context of Western tunneling, it is remarkable for both the material it was driven through (clay), and the form it took (twin bore). It ranks as the world's largest diameter soft earth tun... More

Fort Lawton, Bake House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Used as the post bakery through the 1930s and converted to office use during World War II. Completed April 24, 1902, from QMGO Plan No. 49-D. Original cost: $1,870. One story frame structure on... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: One of the first three officers quarters completed, this residence was part of the original unit of buildings constructed by the contractors Nichols and Crothers. The duplex is identical in plan ... More

Fort Lawton, Post Exchange & Gymnasium, Discovery Park, Seattle, King ...

Significance: Architecturally the most formal non-residential building on the post. Originally included amenities such as billiard room, lunch counter, reading room, store, and gym. Completed May 2, 1905, fro... More

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Work Shops, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: Of three early service buildings on the post, this one remains closest to its original configuration. Converted to a Quartermaster Corps barracks in 1916, an ordnance storehouse in 1920, and offi... More

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More

U. S. Courthouse, 1010 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: At the time of its completion in August 1940, the United States Courthouse in Seattle was the first building in the West to be designated solely as a Federal courthouse. It was the second Federal... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Battery Street Tunnel, Seattle, King County, W...

Significance: The Alaskan Way Viaduct is significant for its double-deck configuration, the first such bridge built in the state of Washington. The structure encompasses two different designs and crosses over ... More

Painting "The Effects of Good and Bad Government" at the William Kenzo...

Artist: Caleb Ives Bach, 1985. Oil on canvas on masonite board. Building built in 1939-1940 by Architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Modernistic style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Ser... More

Painting "The Effects of Good and Bad Government" at the William Kenzo...

Artist: Caleb Ives Bach, 1985. Oil on canvas on masonite board. Building built in 1939-1940 by Architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Modernistic style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Ser... More

Fuegian (Yapoo Tekeenika). Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives of Tierra del Fuego. Illus. in: Robert Fitzroy. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages ... London, 1839, v. 2, frontispiece. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More

Skaguay, Aug. 27, 1897. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Boats, barges & derrick on lake; buildings, tents, and mountains in backgrd. Photo copyrighted by La Roche, Seattle. No. 2090. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... More

Italian opera singer Galli - Curci and Samuels

[Bronze statue presented to Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels by Fren...

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The new home" / by Walter P. Miller, Seattle, Wash.

Photograph shows a Native woman sitting at a "New Home" sewing machine at a campsite on the shore of a lake. H47174 U.S. Copyright Office.

A Crow papoose, Native American woman portrait

Indian girl, half lgth., facing slightly right. Photoprint copyrighted by Richard Throssel. No. 6P007. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Indians.

[Three men in devastated forest - logging in the Cascade Mountains, ne...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Green Lake near Seattle, Wash., Panoramic Photograph

H88726 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; January 7, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43104. No. 1523.

Edward S. Curtis - The eagle catcher

Photo shows a Hidatsa Indian standing on large rock overlooking a valley, full-length, left profile, holding an eagle. Curtis no. 2818-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Ready for the charge--Apsaroke]

Man in feather headdress, on horseback, holding bow and arrows, 1 arrow in mouth. H163087 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2759-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward... More

Running Antelope, head on $5.00 bill

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Edward S. Curtis - Drying meat, Native American woman portrait

Two Dakota women hanging meat to dry on poles, tent in background. H118518 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2455-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

1909 Exposition, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J131362 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A.J. Park; August 5, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43873.

View from "crows nest" SEATTLE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain photograph of ship deck, boarding people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charging the battery of a Detroit electric automobile]

J236214 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Cress-Dale Photo Co., Seattle. No. 191461.

Edward S. Curtis - Broken fish-weir

J262667 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3818. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis,... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Blackfoot Indian fleshing a hide]

J295144 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl., v. 18, pl. 643.

Edward S. Curtis - Moss for the baby-bags--Cree

Woman carrying moss on her back. J295167 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. ... More

Wirkkalla slack sky line system works well up or down hill for distanc...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a stack of bricks, Farm security administra...

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Androcles and the Lion - Public domain poster, Music division, Library...

Text on poster: Negro Repertory Company/A satire by George Bernard Shaw/Federal Theatre/Rainer and Atlantic/Week Beginning Mon. Nov. 1/Monday Night Invitational/Prices: 25c, 40c, plus tax/Reservations: CA 1522... More

A black and white photo of two men working on an airplane, Great Depre...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two men working on a boat in a factory. Office of War Information Phot...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Parts for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Cutting electrical conductor wire to s...

Public domain photograph of electric industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of airplanes in a factory. Office of War Infor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of airplanes in a factory. Office of War Infor...

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Harry S. Truman, the President of the United States / Walters, Seattle...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Harry S. Truman, facing front. J38750 U.S. Copyright Office.

"Fish thrower" at the Pike Place Fish Company, Seattle, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Dusk view of the skyline, Seattle, Washington

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vigil Near the Seattle Space Needle

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rest in Peace - A memorial with flowers, candles and a sign that says ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sculpture "Pillar Arc" located at the exterior of the U.S. Courthouse,...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Painting "Three Sets of Twelve" at interior main lobby of the U.S. Cou...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Art at the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Artist: Deborah Mersky. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Car... More

Art in the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Artist: Ed Carpenter. Architectural Arts: aluminum, stainless steel, dichronic glass, and stone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subje... More

Reflection fountain at the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Artist: Marioni and Troutner. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Art in the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Artist: Ed Carpenter. Architectural Arts: aluminum, stainless steel, dichronic glass, and stone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subje... More

Fun House sign, Seattle, Washington

Located right inside the shadow cast by the Space Needle, the Funhouse is Seattle's oldest surviving punk rock club. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's Ame... More

Art at the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Artist: Deborah Mersky. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Car... More

Aerial view of Seattle, Washington, with a focus on a portion of Boein...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of the Seattle, Washington, waterfront and downtown skylin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. With an overall height of 175 feet, it was the tallest Ferris wheel on the West Coast when it opened in 2012. Purchase; Carol M. Highs... More

Boats at the Fishermen's Terminal docks in Seattle, Washington

Many of the boats moored here ply the waters of distant Alaska and bring back catches of wild salmon and other seafood to this large Pacific Northwest city. Title, date and keywords based on information provide... More

Aerial view of downtown Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Princess Cornucopia - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Seattle Children's Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well ... More

Spirochete - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More