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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Streets -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Claims Division Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 0209-01
Abstract

Photographs associated with claims for damages against the City.

Dates: 1910-1988

Department of Streets and Sewers Photograph Collection

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2625-10
Abstract

Images document public works projects, including sewer construction, and document a large number of landslides within the City.

Dates: 1916-1936

Seattle Department of Transportation -- Traffic Management Division Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 8105-02
Abstract

Slides collected from the Department of Transportation, Traffic Management Division include many aerials of streets and intersections as well as street level views. One sheet of slides contains images of the Seattle Case Study, 1991. Most images are dated 1994.

Dates: 1991-1994

Damage Case Records

 Series
Identifier: 2608-03
Abstract

Legal case files, primarily concerning litigation over public and private property damages.

Dates: 1891-2003; 1914-1987

Third Avenue Repaving Photograph Album

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 2613-21
Abstract

Photographs of the repavement of Third Avenue, 1928 and 1929.

Dates: 1928-1929

Engineering Department Unrecorded Subject Files

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 2602-02
Abstract

Records from the Seattle Engineering Department's central filing system.

Dates: 1890-1994

Street Grade Notebook

 Series — Volume 1
Identifier: 2618-06
Abstract

Notebook recording grades of streets in Seattle, organized from most level to steepest.

Dates: circa 1925

Urban Renewal Program Demonstration Projects Records

 Series
Identifier: 1642-06
Scope and Contents note

Generally small scale projects designed to demonstrate the improvements possible through neighborhood improvement projects. Includes correspondence, studies, maps, and project monitoring records.

Dates: 1971-1976