Gary Menges photographs of the Pacific Northwest

Overview of the Collection

Photographer

Menges, Gary L.

Title

Gary Menges photographs of the Pacific Northwest

Dates

approximately 1984-1997 (inclusive)

Quantity

0.05 cubic feet (1 box and 2 folders)

Collection Number

PH1237

Summary

Photographs depicting Pike Place Market and other locations in Seattle, Washington, Tacoma, Portland, and Mount Baker 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

No restrictions on access.

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Languages

English

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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

Photographs and corresponding negatives depicting shoppers, vendors and streets at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington made by Gary Menges, and photographs of other locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Mount Baker.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. PH1237, Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984
Accession No. PH2025-009, Gary Menges photographs of the Pacific Northwest, 1984-1997

Acquisition Information

Donor Gary Menges, January 10, 2014. (Donor form signed at this time. The photographs were donated in the 1980s) and September 2024.

Processing Note

PH1237 processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2014; Processing completed 2014. Edited by Stefanie Terasaki, 2016.

PH1237 photographs transferred from the Seattle subject file, 2014.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984

2 folders (48 prints and 22 negatives)

Scope and Content: 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.
Arrangement: Arranged in 2 series.
- Series 1, Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
- Series 2, Seattle Area
Digital Content/Other Formats: Collection is available on the Libraries Digital Collections site.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

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

Acquisition Info: Donor Gary Menges, January 10, 2014. (Donor form signed at this time. The photographs were donated in the 1980s)
- Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  
  General Notes: 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.
  - Description: Pike Place Market walkway with sign for Place Pigalle
    General Notes: 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.
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-0
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Economy Arcade entrance and walkway to the market
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-1
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Public Market Center sign and outside street
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-2 to 1-3
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Produce vendor on corner of Pike Street and Pike Place
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-4
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Main Arcade walkway with seafood vendor
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-5
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Main Arcade seafood vendor, probably Pure Food Fish Market
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-6
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Main Arcade vegetable vendor
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-7
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Verdi's produce vendors and vegetables
    General Notes: 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.
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-8
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Main Arcade walkway with shoppers
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-9
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: City Fish Market stall front with shoppers ordering
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-10
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Shoppers looking at stall with bodies in shade and legs in the sun
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-11
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Mike's Produce stand with man pushing boxes of produce
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-12
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Jack's Fish Spot and Crab Pot stall front at the Sanitary Market
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-13 to 1-14
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Au Gavroche bakery
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-15 to 1-16
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Pike Street entrance to the market showing the Public Market sign
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-17
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Pike place and Pike Street intersection showing side of market
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-18
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Walkway with signs for Rotary Grocery and lower floor
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-19
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Concrete structure and trees in Post Alley
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-20
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Back of the Public Market Sign and hillside
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 1, Item 1-20a
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Produce for sale at Pike Place including apples, cauliflower and lettuce
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 2 to 5
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Dungeness crabs for sale at Pike Place
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 6 to 7
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Shoppers and vendors at Pike Place
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 8 to 10
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Stairs connecting Pike place with the Elliot Bay waterfront
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 11
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
  - Description: Trolley car near the waterfront
    General Notes: Printed next to photo:The Waterfront Trolley connects the Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square.
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 12
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington
- Seattle Area
  
  General Notes: Includes images of attractions in Seattle.
  - Description: Ballard Locks with boats waiting to pass through
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 13
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Downtown Seattle street scenes including a view of the Music Box Theater sign, Rainier tower, former Washington Plaza Hotel
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 14 to 16
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Seattle ferries on the water
    General Notes: Caption for photo: Ferries depart frequently for Puget Sound crossings from the downtown ferry terminal.
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 17 to 22
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Seattle ferry at downtown terminal
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 23
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Waiting for Interurban street sculpture, Fremont neighborhood, Seattle
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 24 to 27
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Chief Seattle scultpure in pioneer Square outside the Pioneer Building
    General Notes: Caption on photo: Chief Sealth presides over Seattle's historic Pioneer Square District.
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 28
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
  - Description: Detail of the facade of the Pioneer Building
    
    Dates: approximately 1984
    
    Container: Folder 2, Item 29
    
    Location: Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984 / Seattle Area
Description: Accession No. PH2025-009: Gary Menges photographs of the Pacific Northwest, 1984-1997
0.05 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Photographs and slides of locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Mount Baker. Some highlights are the University of Washington-Tacoma under construction in 1996, Virginia Bagley Wright guest house, and Artist Point.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Gary Menges, September 2024

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Subject Terms

Markets--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs

Geographical Names

Pike Place Market Historical District (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs

Gary Menges photographs of the Pacific Northwest, approximately 1984-1997

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. PH1237: Gary Menges photographs of Pike Place Market and Seattle Area, approximately 1984

Series 1: Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington

Seattle Area

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Corporate Names

Geographical Names