City and Town Life

Photographs taken by Nancie Gee, a Chinese American photographer, for her book Reflections in Pike Place Markets which was published in 1968. The book depicts scenes and people at the market at a time when a significant preservation movement was underway to protect the area’s historic character in the face of redevelopment efforts.

Collection contains materials related to Seattle’s Gothic-Industrial music and arts counterculture, including artwork, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and issues of local alternative periodical publications. The collection also includes materials related to the real-life superhero movement in Seattle.

The collection includes a variety of printed materials from The Harbor Club, a private club which closed in 2015 after 56 years at the top of the Norton Building in downtown Seattle.

This collection is the result of nearly two decades of research on Washington State history by HistoryLink. The bulk of these documents were compiled during the production of HistoryLink publications, a list of which can be found in the related materials section of this finding aid. Documents within the collection include newspaper clippings, reports, interview transcripts, and promotional materials.

Over 30,000 photographs taken by Werner Lenggenhager depicting Seattle and Washington State.

The collection is a binder of photographs, news clippings, correspondence and promotional materials about Lip Sinc International, Incorporated, a lip-synching competition hosted in Seattle and Houston in the 1980s. Participants dressed up as famous celebrities, sometimes in drag, and impersonated their songs. Lip Sinc International, Incorporated was a plaintiff against Dick Clark Productions and used the material in the binder as evidence in the case.

Photographs showing construction projects at Lusty Lady, interior and exterior views of the building and candid shots of employees.

This collection includes ephemera relating to clubs, organizations, and associations in Seattle and the surrounding area. Collection materials include pamphlets, brochures, flyers, and event programs.

This collection includes a variety of ephemera related to hotels throughout Seattle including brochures, pamphlets, letterhead, correspondence and business cards.

This collection includes a variety of ephemera related to neighborhoods throughout Seattle including buttons, brochures, pamphlets, postcards, business directories, promotional real estate documents, brief histories, newsletters, flyers and community studies as well as a few periodical issues and clippings.