Financial records of the Lake City Sewer District (LCSD), consisting of State audits, general ledgers and ledgers on construction (involving roads, sewers, and sewage treatment plants), customer accounts, LCSD funds, and sewer utility-pump station cost distribution for Seattle and Lake City.

Statements of financial condition of Ballard, Columbia, South Park, and West Seattle at the time of annexation of the City of Seattle. Included are statements regarding local improvement districts, municipal bonds, funds, and balance sheets.

Slides primarily used in public relations and training prgrams.

Correspondence, notices, and inspection reports regarding fire hazards, fire code violations, fire escapes, and other safety devices at Seattle homes and businesses. Includes orders to correct violations. This is almost exclusively the correspondence of Gardner Kellogg.

Monthly reports of the Seattle Fire Marshall, 1901-1961; reports include statistics on monetary losses, types of alarms, numbers and causes of fires, and inspection records.

Reports, correspondence, and surveys concerning construction and maintenance of the First Avenue South Bridge. Subjects include approaches, surface work, lighting and testing. Material arranged alphabetically by subject.

Content depicts capital improvement projects undertaken by the Fleets and Facilities Department.

Compiled by the City Photographers, ImageBank makes up a large portion of the Photo Archives digital collection with more than 10,000 images.

Visual materials related to Forward Thrust planning and projects.

Correspondence and reports of the City Engineer or Franchise Inspector relating to the extension and operation of franchises in Seattle.

Correspondence, ordinances, agreements, and franchise statements relating to franchise granted by the City for street railways, railroad right--of-ways, and utilities. Includes some franchises of the City of Ballard. Arranged by file number. Index volume included with records lists franchise recipient, ordinance number when included, and file number.

Statements by franchise holders including name, character of franchise, length, date originally granted, original holder of franchise, date of franchise transfer (if applicable), officers of company or corporation, ordinance numbers granting franchise, and other information concerning the franchise. The bulk of reports relate to railroad and street railway franchises, but also include telephone and telegraph services, utilities, and fire alarm systems.

Records related to Fremont neighborhood improvement projects.

Records documenting the activities of the Fremont Neighborhoood Service Center.

Copies of Olmsted plans for selected Seattle parks, as well as microfilm reels containing job files.

Virginia Galle served on the Seattle City Council between 1981 and 1989. This collection contains her subject files on topics such as solid waste, smoking policies, and domestic partnerships.

Surety bonds for maintenance and use of gasoline or other fuel oil tanks in or on a public place such as under a sidewalk, street, or alley. Includes bond number, name of owner, locations of property, and general agreement. Similar bonds filed before 1933 are in the Clerk File (1802-01).

Official filings with the Seattle City Clerk including petitions, claims, reports, contracts, bids, and other documents relating to the early years of Seattle's municipal government, 1874-1905.

Appointments, separations, general correspondence, applications, employee lists, reports, payrolls, and publications. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Book of original entry listing debits and credits by fund and account. This series was replace by CFMS daily reports in 1980.

Debit and credit balance sheet showing payments for services, supplies, equipment, and facility construction and maintenance. Includes date, amount paid, and purpose. Arranged chronologically by fund and/or type of service. One volume dates from 1889 to 1892 and the other from 1911 to 1917.

Records documenting security preparations for the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle.