WaSMAR5801_10.xml Guide to the Laurel Mercury Slide Collection Guide to the Laurel Mercury Slide Collection Finding aid prepared by Julie B. Irick & Annalise Nicholson Seattle Municipal Archives 2023
PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle 98124-4728 archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-07. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Laurel Mercury Slide Collection Mercury, Laurel 5801-10 0.8 cubic feet 2 boxes 36 digital image files 1996-2007 Slides of photos taken by Laurel Mercury depicting Seattle landmarks. English .

Laurel Mercury worked for Seattle Parks and Recreation for 25 years, from approximately 1990 to 2015, photographing and documenting Seattle's 485 parks. Mercury was an Administrative Support Specialist for a number of Parks and Recreation project managers and directors including Raj Manhas, Donald Harris, Kevin Stoops, and Michael Shiosaki.

Mercury's work outside the Parks Department includes freelance photography for the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau (from 2000 until 2008), for Where Magazine, for several other magazines, and for greeting cards.

Slides of photos taken by Laurel Mercury depicting Seattle landmarks. Landmarks include mostly parks and museums across the city, as well as stadiums, Lake Union, Pike Place, the waterfront and piers, downtown, the International District, and Pioneer Square. There is also a collection of photos from Mt. Rainier National Park and a collection of photos from a memorial service held in Seattle immediately after the events of 9/11. Images are digitized and available to view on our digital collections site.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Laurel Mercury Slides Collection, Record Series 5801-10. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

 Central Waterfront Lake Union Parks and Recreation Public sculpture--Washington (State)--Seattle Museums--Washington (State)--Seattle Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs Stadiums--Washington (State)--Seattle Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) Seattle Center Woodland Park Zoo 9/11 Memorial photos and negatives 17 black and white photographic prints 1 sheet black and white negatives 2001 1 1 Alki Beach / Duwamish Head / Seacrest Park / Luna Park slides 77 photographic slides 1999-2004 1 2 Belltown slides 13 photographic slides 2001-2003 1 3 Benaroya Hall slides 12 photographic slides 1999 1 4 Cal Anderson Park slides 8 photographic slides 9/2005 1 5 Center for Wooden Boats slides 7 photographic slides 2000-2002 1 6 Daejon ("Taejon") Park + Sturgus Park slides 9 photographic slides 1999-2005 1 7 Downtown, Westlake Center, Pacific Place, Convention Center slides 90 photographic slides 2000-2007 1 8 Dr. Jose Rizal Park slides 44 photographic slides 1998 1 9 Elliott Bay Marina slides 20 photographic slides 2000-2004 1 10 Fremont slides 26 photographic slides 1999-2003 1 11 Frye Museum slides 3 photographic slides 2002 1 12 Gas Works Park slides 35 photographic slides 1999-2002 1 13 Green Lake slides 16 photographic slides 1998-2001 1 14 Hiram M. Chittenden Locks slides 3 photographic slides 2003 1 15 Interlaken Park slide 1 photographic slides 2001 1 16 International District slides 42 photographic slides 1999-2005 1 17 Japanese Garden slides 20 photographic slides 2001 1 18 Kerry Park slides 9 photographic slides 2000-2001 1 19 Kobe Terrace slides 11 photographic slides 2001-2004 1 20 Lake Union slides 9 photographic slides 1999-2006 1 21 McCaw Hall slides 6 photographic slides 2003-2004 1 22 Mt. Rainier National Park slides 98 photographic slides 2000-2001 1 23 Museum of Flight slides 3 photographic slides 2003 1 24 Myrtle Edwards Park slides 12 photographic slides 1996-2003 1 25 Newcastle Golf Course slides 11 photographic slides 2001 1 26 Pike Place Market slides 40 photographic slides 2001-2005 2 1 Pioneer Square slides 55 photographic slides 2000-2007 2 2 Safeco Field slides 60 photographic slides 1999-2005 2 3 Seahawks Stadium / Qwest Field slides 40 photographic slides 2002-2005 2 4 Seattle Art Museum slides 11 photographic slides 1998-2005 2 5 Seattle Center, Space Needle, EMP slides 95 photographic slides 1999-2005 2 6 University of Washington Campus, Henry Art Gallery slides 35 photographic slides 1999-2002 2 7 University Village slides 3 photographic slides 2002 2 8 Volunteer Park + Asian Art Museum slides 26 photographic slides 2001 2 9 Washington Park Arboretum slides 11 photographic slides 2002-05 2 10 Waterfront slides 139 photographic slides 1999-2005 2 11 Woodland Park Zoo slides 62 photographic slides 1998-2004 2 12 General Scenic Seattle photos - slides 86 photographic slides 2002-2007 2 13