Wilmot Memorial Library, 1965
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Seattle Public Library -- A Pictorial History of Times and Tomes Past -- Slide Show
This is a Slide Show on the history of The Seattle Public Library. Written and Curated by Paul Dorpat.
Wilmot Memorial Library, 1965
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Sarah Yesler (1822-1887), age 46, 1868
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Sarah Yesler (1822-1887), age 46, 1868
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
University of Washington, 4th Avenue and University Street, downtown Seattle
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University of Washington, 4th Avenue and University Street, downtown Seattle
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McNaught Mansion (1883), Seattle
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McNaught Mansion (1883), Seattle
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McNaught Mansion (1883), was the clubhouse for the Rainier Club before it was converted into a boarding house in 1893, Seattle, n.d.
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McNaught Mansion (1883), was the clubhouse for the Rainier Club before it was converted into a boarding house in 1893, Seattle, n.d.
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The McNaught Mansion in 1904, moved to the corner of Spring Street and 4th Avenue.
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The McNaught Mansion in 1904, moved to the corner of Spring Street and 4th Avenue.
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Seattle's Carnegie Library (Somervell and Coté, 1906)
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Seattle's Carnegie Library (Somervell and Coté, 1906)
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Seattle Public Library (Peter J. Weber, 1906), ca. 1906
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Seattle Public Library (Peter J. Weber, 1906), ca. 1906
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Seattle Public Library (Peter J. Weber, 1906), ca. 1906
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The 4th Avenue regrade lowered the street 10 feet at Madison Street, Seattle
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The 4th Avenue regrade lowered the street 10 feet at Madison Street, Seattle
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Seattle Public Library's grand stairway was constructed after the 4th Avenue regrade.
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Seattle Public Library's grand stairway was constructed after the 4th Avenue regrade.
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Interior, Seattle Public Library
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Interior, Seattle Public Library
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Bindery, Seattle Public Library
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Bindery, Seattle Public Library
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Ballard's Carnegie Library (Henderson Ryan, 1904), 1911
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Ballard's Carnegie Library (Henderson Ryan, 1904), 1911
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Seattle's Carnegie Library
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Seattle's Carnegie Library
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Seattle's Carnegie Library
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Seattle's Carnegie Library
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Parade on 4th Avenue, in front of Seattle Public Library
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Parade on 4th Avenue, in front of Seattle Public Library
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The weathered entrance of the Seattle Public Library before demolition in 1957.
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The weathered entrance of the Seattle Public Library before demolition in 1957.
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Demolishing Seattle's Carnegie Library, 1957
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Demolishing Seattle's Carnegie Library, 1957
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Seattle Public Library (Leonard Bindon and John L. Wright, 1960)
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Seattle Public Library (Leonard Bindon and John L. Wright, 1960)
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Promotional brochure for Libraries for All campaign, 1998
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Promotional brochure for Libraries for All campaign, 1998
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Rem Koolhaas, architect of Seattle's new main public library
Rem Koolhaas, architect of Seattle's new main public library
Seattle, 1869
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Seattle, 1869
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James McNaught
James McNaught
Seattle viewed from Frye Opera House on 1st Avenue, ca. 1887
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Seattle viewed from Frye Opera House on 1st Avenue, ca. 1887
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Adelaide Heilbron, early Seattle library activist
Adelaide Heilbron, early Seattle library activist
Seattle Hotel, on the site of the Occidental Hotel, Pioneer Square, ca. 1900
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Seattle Hotel, on the site of the Occidental Hotel, Pioneer Square, ca. 1900
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In 1894, Seattle's library was moved to the fifth floor of the Collins Block southeast corner of James Street.
Lawton Gowey
In 1894, Seattle's library was moved to the fifth floor of the Collins Block southeast corner of James Street.
Lawton Gowey
In 1896, Seattle's library moved into the second floor of the elegant Rialto Building.
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In 1896, Seattle's library moved into the second floor of the elegant Rialto Building.
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Henry and Sarah Yesler's house (William Boone, 1884), Seattle
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Henry and Sarah Yesler's house (William Boone, 1884), Seattle
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Seattle's library moved into the Yesler Mansion in 1899.
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Seattle's library moved into the Yesler Mansion in 1899.
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C. W. Smith, Librarian
C. W. Smith, Librarian
Fire-destroyed Yesler Mansion, home to Seattle Public Library, January 1, 1901
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Fire-destroyed Yesler Mansion, home to Seattle Public Library, January 1, 1901
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Green Lake Library (Somervell & Coté, 1910), Seattle
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Green Lake Library (Somervell & Coté, 1910), Seattle
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Seattle's Public Library branches
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Seattle's Public Library branches
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7th and Olive Building, originally headquarters for Puget Power, later temporary home of the Seattle Public Library
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7th and Olive Building, originally headquarters for Puget Power, later temporary home of the Seattle Public Library
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Seattle's 1960 Public Library, designed in the International Style.
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Seattle's 1960 Public Library, designed in the International Style.
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George Tsutakawa's Fountain of Wisdom at Seattle Public Library, 1960
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George Tsutakawa's Fountain of Wisdom at Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Scrapbook at Fremont Branch, The Seattle Public Library, 2000
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Scrapbook at Fremont Branch, The Seattle Public Library, 2000
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Fine Arts Division, Central Library, 1907
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Fine Arts Division, Central Library, 1907
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Lending libraries, Seattle, early 20th century.
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Lending libraries, Seattle, early 20th century.
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Downtown Seattle looking east on Cherry Street from Front (1st Avenue), Yesler Hall on right, January 1880
Downtown Seattle looking east on Cherry Street from Front (1st Avenue), Yesler Hall on right, January 1880
Interior, Seattle's Carnegie Library, 1906
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Interior, Seattle's Carnegie Library, 1906
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Central Library (Rem Koolhaas, 2004), The Seattle Public Library, May 2004
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Central Library (Rem Koolhaas, 2004), The Seattle Public Library, May 2004
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Fremont Branch, The Seattle Public Library (Daniel Huntington, 1921), 2001
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Fremont Branch, The Seattle Public Library (Daniel Huntington, 1921), 2001
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Lending library activity in Seattle hospital.
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Lending library activity in Seattle hospital.
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Interior, Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Interior, Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Henry Yesler Branch Seattle Public Library, later renamed Douglass-Truth Library (Somervell and Thomas, 1914), ca. 1914
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Henry Yesler Branch Seattle Public Library, later renamed Douglass-Truth Library (Somervell and Thomas, 1914), ca. 1914
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Demolition of Seattle's Carnegie Library, October 1957
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Demolition of Seattle's Carnegie Library, October 1957
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Seattle Public Library, 1940s
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Seattle Public Library, 1940s
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Seattle Public Library rear entrance, facing 5th Avenue
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Seattle Public Library rear entrance, facing 5th Avenue
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Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Seattle Public Library, 1960
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Seattle Public Library story reading at Collins Playfield sandbox
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Seattle Public Library story reading at Collins Playfield sandbox
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