Sales brochure for real estate properties in the Seattle tidelands. Includes history of Seattle tidelands and descriptions of tidelands in other cities.
Histories of Seattle area churches, arranged by denomination. The author, Ida Grace Corey, was a former society editor of the Seattle Times and donated the book to the Seattle Public Library in 1940. The Seattle Times reported on the donation:...
Cookbook for newlywed Seattle women, featuring numerous advertisements. "Seattle Brides Cook Book was published locally by the Union Advertising Company around 1911, and The Brides' Cook Book had the imprint of San Francisco's Pacific Coast...
According to a historylink.org article on Thomas W. Prosch "this chronological history of Seattle from 1850-1897...was still unpublished when he died. The manuscript of this book was typed and the typescript bound as a Works Progress Administration...
Reprint of article from July, 1930 issue of Harvard Business Review discussing the Denny Regrade, one of several projects to level hills in Seattle. Includes maps of Denny Hill Regrades Number One and Two.
Seattle Public Schools history textbook. The author, James Willis Sayre, "was a longtime resident of Seattle -- a journalist, arts promoter, and local historian whose work spanned more than five decades during the city's most explosive period of...
A chronological history of Seattle restaurants written by Hattie Graham Horrocks, a Seattle pioneer. Mrs. Horrocks, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Mercer (after whom Mercer Street and Mercer Island are named), wrote about 18 manuscripts on Pacific...
Seattle Public Library--Fremont Branch; Libraries and Community--Washington (State)--Seattle; Branch Libraries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fremont (Seattle, Wash.);
Study of the Fremont neighborhood and Fremont branch library conducted in 1979 by The Seattle Public Library. From Introduction of document: "The Northwest Region staff of Seattle Public Library will study the Fremont community to gain realistic...
From foreword of document: "The following report summarizes a three months study of the content of comic books available for purchase in the State of Washington during the first quarter of 1954. The study was initiated by the Washington State...
A study of population trends and demographic characteristics of Seattle. The author, Calvin F. Schmid, was a University of Washington sociology professor.
Typescript of memoir written by Jesse Jackson, the "mayor"of Seattle's Hooverville, a homeless encampment which stood from 1931 to 1941 at the site of the former Skinner and Eddy Shipyard in Seattle's industrical district. This typescript was...
Provides an alphabetical listing of Plats filed in King County, Washington, with the following details: date filed, plat volume and page number, and location.
Social Surveys--Washington (State)--Bremerton;
Social Surveys--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Social Values--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Social Values--Washington (State)--Bremerton;
Motion Picture Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Motion...
Cover title: "Summary of findings: laws and ordinances ... courts ... local institutions ... City detention hospital ... county jail ... movies ...dance halls and cabarets ... women in industry"--Leaves 5-6. Statement of Responsibility: compiled...
A compilation of Washington State place names of Native American origin, written by Edmond Meany and published by the Hyatt-Fowells School, a Seattle business college. The author, Edmond Meany (1862-1935), was a University of Washington history...