Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle area

Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle area, circa 1984

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Menges, Gary L
Title: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle area
Dates: circa 1984 (inclusive)
19841984
Quantity: 48 photographic prints (2 folders) ; 3.5 x 5 in.
22 photographic negatives
Collection Number: PH1237
Summary: Photographs and corresponding negatives depicting shoppers, vendors and streets at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington made by Gary Menges
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
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Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Gary Menges was the former head of University of Washington Special Collections and chair of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) manuscripts and rare books section and eventually took a position as the Preservation Administrator at the University of Washington Libraries.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs and corresponding negatives depicting shoppers, vendors and streets at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington made by Gary Menges.

These photographs of Pike Place Market were taken for the 3rd Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference that was held in Seattle April 1984. Some of them may have been published in that year's ACRL journal.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor Gary Menges, January 10, 2014. (Donor form signed at this time. The photographs were donated in the 1980s)

Processing Note

Processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2014; Processing completed 2014. Edited by Stefanie Terasaki, 2016.

Photographs transferred from the Seattle subject file, 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Pike Place Market Seattle, WashingtonReturn to Top

Some images of Pike Place Market have corresponding negatives numbered fom 0-20a and have been numbered 1-0 to 1-20a below. Original order for these has been maintained.

All photographs were made by Gary Menges.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	1-0	Pike Place Market walkway with sign for Place Pigalle Place Pigalle is a French restaurant in Pike Place Market. Originally a hotel and bordello it became a bar and then a restaurant in 1982.	circa 1984
1	1-1	Economy Arcade entrance and walkway to the market	circa 1984
1	1-2 to 1-3	Public Market Center sign and outside street	circa 1984
1	1-4	Produce vendor on corner of Pike Street and Pike Place	circa 1984
1	1-5	Main Arcade walkway with seafood vendor	circa 1984
1	1-6	Main Arcade seafood vendor, probably Pure Food Fish Market	circa 1984
1	1-7	Main Arcade vegetable vendor	circa 1984
1	1-8	Verdi's produce vendors and vegetables Pasqualina Verdi and her family started selling fresh produce in Pike Place Market in 1955. Her stall was known for its customer service and quality produce.	circa 1984
1	1-9	Main Arcade walkway with shoppers	circa 1984
1	1-10	City Fish Market stall front with shoppers ordering	circa 1984
1	1-11	Shoppers looking at stall with bodies in shade and legs in the sun	circa 1984
1	1-12	Mike's Produce stand with man pushing boxes of produce	circa 1984
1	1-13 to 1-14	Jack's Fish Spot and Crab Pot stall front at the Sanitary Market	circa 1984
1	1-15 to 1-16	Au Gavroche bakery	circa 1984
1	1-17	Pike Street entrance to the market showing the Public Market sign	circa 1984
1	1-18	Pike place and Pike Street intersection showing side of market	circa 1984
1	1-19	Walkway with signs for Rotary Grocery and lower floor	circa 1984
1	1-20	Concrete structure and trees in Post Alley	circa 1984
1	1-20a	Back of the Public Market Sign and hillside	circa 1984
2	2 to 5	Produce for sale at Pike Place including apples, cauliflower and lettuce	circa 1984
2	6 to 7	Dungeness crabs for sale at Pike Place	circa 1984
2	8 to 10	Shoppers and vendors at Pike Place	circa 1984
2	11	Stairs connecting Pike place with the Elliot Bay waterfront	circa 1984
2	12	Trolley car near the waterfront Printed next to photo:The Waterfront Trolley connects the Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square.	circa 1984

Seattle AreaReturn to Top

Includes images of attractions in Seattle.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
2	13	Ballard Locks with boats waiting to pass through	circa 1984
2	14 to 16	Downtown Seattle street scenes including a view of the Music Box Theater sign, Rainier tower, former Washington Plaza Hotel	circa 1984
2	17 to 22	Seattle ferries on the water Caption for photo: Ferries depart frequently for Puget Sound crossings from the downtown ferry terminal.	circa 1984
2	23	Seattle ferry at downtown terminal	circa 1984
2	24 to 27	Waiting for Interurban street sculpture, Fremont neighborhood, Seattle	circa 1984
2	28	Chief Seattle scultpure in pioneer Square outside the Pioneer Building Caption on photo: Chief Sealth presides over Seattle's historic Pioneer Square District.	circa 1984
2	29	Detail of the facade of the Pioneer Building	circa 1984

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