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Independence Day fireworks over Green Lake, Seattle, July 4, 1947
No full textSeattle's 1947 July 4th celebration ended at 9:00 pm with several hours of fireworks at Green Lake. It took the Seattle police an hour or more to unsnarl the traffic jam of 50,000 cars filled with spectators.
This photo, taken by Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer John M. "Hack" Miller, shows the 1947 fireworks display at Green Lake. Miller exposed the same photographic plate several times to get the image.Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 7, 1947.1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1901)
No full textSeven times a week. 75c per month. The Daily Post-Intelligencer, 12 to 14 pages, gives all the telegraphic news of the world and all local happenings in full. Special correspondents in every town in the state. Daily and Sunday, 2 per year.Established in 1863, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is Seattle's first newspaper. The paper was purchased by the Hearst Corporation in 1921.Newspapers and magazines
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, 1928
No full textThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer building was located at 6th and Pine in downtown Seattle. In the late 1940s the newspaper moved to new offices on Wall Street in Belltown.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - PI - buildings - Sixth and Pine.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 3, 1928.1 negative: b&
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1890)
No full textDaily, 8 to 20 pages. The largest, the best, the oldest. Weekly, 12 pages...Its several editions, daily and weekly, have a paid circulation exceeding all other Seattle papers combined. Special Associated Press Service.Established in 1863, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is Seattle's first newspaper. The paper was purchased by the Hearst Corporation in 1921.Newspapers and magazines
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1909)
No full textThe great newspaper of the Pacific Northwest. The largest genuine and cash paid circulation in Washington. The recognized leading newspaper of the city and state; the most influential, the cleanest, the best. Most reliable authority on all commercial, financial and industrial affairs of the city, the state and Alaska...Prints all the news, but declines to publish sensational scandals or obnoxious news items. Rejects all advertising matter of an objectionable nature. Every day to any address, 65 cents per month...Sunday issue, $2.50 per year.Established in 1863, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is Seattle's first newspaper. The paper was purchased by the Hearst Corporation in 1921.Newspapers and magazines
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe, Seattle, 1954
No full textThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer began publishing in 1881. This photo shows the headquarters on Wall Street, built in 1948, and its 13.5-ton, 30-foot revolving neon globe over the entrance of the building. The words "It's in the P-I" rotate around the globe and an 18-foot eagle perches atop with wings stretched upwards. The idea for the globe originated from a 1947 readers' contest to determine a new symbol for the paper. In 2012, the P-I became an online newspaper, and the landmark globe was donated to the Museum of History & Industry for restoration and stewardship.Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Post-Intelligencer, Buildings, new, globe.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 21, 1954.1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in
Unveiling of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, 1954
No full textOn May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant and watched Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet planes from the slower propeller-driven aircraft in use at the time.
This photo, by John M. "Hack" Miller, was taken during the rollout. The 707 would prove to be the first of the company's successful line of commercial jets.Handwritten on sleeve: AIRPLANES, Boeing 707 jetliner first showing.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 3, 1954.1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in
Seattle Post-Intelligencer building under construction, Seattle, September 17, 1947
No full textThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer started publishing in 1881. In the late 1940s, the newspaper held a nationwide competition for an architect for a new building on Wall Street. The design included a large, revolving globe with an eagle on top, which stood above the entryway. The streamlined style of the building, with its glass and flat surfaces, was very popular during the 1930s and 1940s.Handwritten on negative: 9/17/47.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - P.I. - Bldgs - new - construction.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 23, 1947.1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, June 11, 1889
No full text1889The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The fire left little standing in its wake, consuming buildings, docks, wooden sidewalks, and anything else combustible. Losses from the conflagration were estimated at $20 million.
The issue of The Post-Intelligencer pictured here was published five days after the fire, and includes the headline: "ARISE, SEATTLE! Increased Activity in Building, The Burnt District to be Replatted, Circus Lemonade and Sightseers Down Town." Despite their headquarters' destruction in the fire, the P-I staff was already operating out of temporary offices at the corner of Fourth and Columbia streets. Less than three months after the fire, the P-I moved into a new building, at Second Avenue and Cherry Street.
Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city as of 2019, although since 2009 as an online-only publication.Caption information source: https://www.Seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/the-great-Seattle-fire-of-1889
Caption information source: "Newspapers of Washington Territory," by Edmond S. Meany, The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1923, July), pp. 186-200. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/view/6452/5526
Caption information source: "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1863-2009)" by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 8956.1 newspaper (2 p.): b&w; 12.5 x 18 in
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, June 9, 1889
No full text1889The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The fire left little standing in its wake, consuming buildings, docks, wooden sidewalks, and anything else combustible. Losses from the conflagration were estimated at $20 million.
The issue of The Post-Intelligencer pictured here was published three days after the fire, and includes the headline: "IN NEW SEATTLE, Everybody is About to Rebuild, Insurance Men Paying Their Losses, Methods of Carrying on Relief Work." Despite their headquarters' destruction in the fire, the P-I staff was already operating out of temporary offices at the corner of Fourth and Columbia streets. Less than three months after the fire, the P-I moved into a new building, at Second Avenue and Cherry Street.
Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city as of 2019, although since 2009 as an online-only publication.Caption information source: https://www.Seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/digital-document-libraries/the-great-Seattle-fire-of-1889
Caption information source: "Newspapers of Washington Territory," by Edmond S. Meany, The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1923, July), pp. 186-200. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/view/6452/5526
Caption information source: "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1863-2009)" by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 8956.1 newspaper (2 p.): b&w; 12 x 18 in
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