1629-01:Historic Building Survey Photograph Collection
Record Group: 1600-00
Dates: 1950 – 1980
City Planning Commission and Department of Neighborhoods field survey property photographs make up this color slide collection. Useful for property research, this collection is comprehensive in scope and displays homes and commercial districts that were built in the early to mid 20th century. Volume 1 contains 671 slides cataloged and digitized with funding from 4Culture for the Making the Cut commemoration of the Lake Washington Ship Canal centennial (see more below). The remaining slides, volumes 2-12, are being digitized by neighborhood. High resolution files for Ballard, West Seattle, Pike Place Market, the Central area, Lake City, Broadview, the International District, ttt Beacon Hill, First Hill, Capitol Hill, Columbia City, Georgetown,Queen Anne, and Rainier Valley are available on our digital platform. Categories such as bridges, stained glass, cobblestone streets, and clocks are also included in the collection. The bridges portion is available online. With funding from a Heritage Project grant from 4Culture, 671 slides representing neighborhoods and activities along the Lake Washington Ship Canal have been digitized and cataloged and are included in "Making the Cut," a region-wide consortium of heritage institutions participating in the centennial of the groundbreaking of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1916. The development of these neighborhoods was spurred by transportation and trade activities made possible by the Lake Washington Ship Canal project. In addition, this portion of the collection features examples of maritime activity that took place during the mid-to-late 1970s along Salmon Bay, the Fremont Cut, Lake Union and the Montlake Cut. Highlights of this portion of the collection include snapshots of Old Ballard, Foss Maritime, the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day in Ballard, the Maritime Shipyards, and Gas Works Park.
City Planning Commission and Department of Neighborhoods field survey property photographs make up this color slide collection. Useful for property research, this collection is comprehensive in scope and displays homes and commercial districts that were built in the early to mid 20th century. Volume 1 contains 671 slides cataloged and digitized with funding from 4Culture for the Making the Cut commemoration of the Lake Washington Ship Canal centennial (see more below). The remaining slides, volumes 2-12, are being digitized by neighborhood. High resolution files for Ballard, West Seattle, Pike Place Market, the Central area, Lake City, Broadview, the International District, ttt Beacon Hill, First Hill, Capitol Hill, Columbia City, Georgetown,Queen Anne, and Rainier Valley are available on our digital platform. Categories such as bridges, stained glass, cobblestone streets, and clocks are also included in the collection. The bridges portion is available online. With funding from a Heritage Project grant from 4Culture, 671 slides representing neighborhoods and activities along the Lake Washington Ship Canal have been digitized and cataloged an