Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s Pike Place Market became a historic district in 1971, the result of grassroots organizers led by Victor Steinbrueck. This collection features blueprints, posters, articles and papers related to the market.
Pacific Magazine article 'Pike Place Market 10 Years After: Resisting the Tides of Trendiness,' September 13, 1981
Article about the history of Pike Place Market and the struggle by the Friends of the Market to protect the area from urban renewal plans in the 1970s.
Identifier: spl_ps_044
Date: 1981-09-13
Martinez seizes Colnett's ship
Parker McAllister, born in 1903 in Massachusetts, was a Seattle Times artist from 1924 to 1965. McAllister started his career as an illustrator at 14 for a Spokane publication; he joined the art staff at the Seattle Times in 1920. His first Sunday magazine cover was a poster-type illustration celebrating the University of Washington crew races in spring 1924. During McAllister's career, he created illustrations depicting “local color” events and situations now routinely handled by photographers. As the technology improved, he expanded his repertoire - he illustrated articles, drew covers for special sections and the weekly Seattle Sunday Times Magazine, and drew diagrams, comics, cartoons, and portraits for the Times’ editorial page. In 1956, an exhibition of his watercolor and oil paintings of Pacific Northwest scenes and historical incidents - including some paintings from the “Discovery of the Pacific Northwest” series - were exhibited at the Washington State Historical Society Museum in Tacoma. He was also a member of the Puget Sound Group of Men Painters. McAllister retired from the Seattle Times in 1965; he passed away in Arizona in 1970.
Identifier: spl_art_291985_16.149
Date: 1955
Initiative Measure 276 Petition sheet, 1972
Petition for the creation of the Public Disclosure Commission to make information on campaign fundraising and expenses more transparent and available to the public. This initiative is also referred to as the Public Disclosure Act and has since been replaced by the more current Public Records Act.
Identifier: spl_ps_003
Date: 1972
Pike Plaza Project architectural plans, 1967
Architectural plans for the Pike Plaza Project depicting the vendors, businesses and building features throughout Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_ps_058
Date: 1967-05-22
Pike Place Market News, March 1983
Includes an article on 'The City's Downtown Alternative Plan: How it Affects The Pike Place Market' regarding the City's efforts to maintain low income housing in Pike Place Market to encourage a diverse array of inhabitants in the area. The issue also has a map of Pike Place Market listing current retailers.
Identifier: spl_ps_048
Date: 1983-03
Memorandum describing the preliminary outline for the City of Seattle Farmer and Vendor Study, November 1973
The memorandum and attached documents outline a plan for a 30 day survey examining methods to attract farmers and vendors to Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_ps_011
Date: 1973-11-27
'High Noon for the Pike Place Market' article from The Seattle Sound News
Article outlining the reasons to support the preservation of Pike Place Market including a description of the various supporters and opponents of the Save the Market Initiative.
Identifier: spl_ps_014
Date: 1971-10
4th Ave. Regrade from Cherry St., ca. 1906
The Colman Mansion and the Rainier Club appear on the right side of the street in the distance.
Identifier: spl_dr_030
Date: 1906
Pike Place Market architectural plans
The plans depict the original Pike Place Market Historical District in comparison to the areas that would be effected by the new districted proposed by the Friends of the Market and the area effected by the Pike Plaza Urban Renewal Project. Also included are plans depicting the farmers, vendors and other businesses in Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_ps_018
Victor Steinbrueck résumé, July 15, 1971
Résumé listing biographical information, memberships, awards, professional experience, and other details of Victor Steinbrueck's career.
Identifier: spl_ps_008
Date: 1971-07-15