Seattle travel and tourism guide collection, circa 1894-2022
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle Public Library
- Title
- Seattle travel and tourism guide collection
- Dates
- circa 1894-2022 (inclusive)18942022
- Quantity
- 6.66 linear feet, (16 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1000-082
- Summary
- Tourism pamphlets and brochures featuring locales throughout Seattle.
- Repository
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Seattle Public Library, Special Collections
1000 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104-1109
Telephone: 206-386-4636
specialcollections@spl.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open and available for use.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The pamphlets were created by a variety of entities including the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, railroad companies, local businesses, and other organizations in order to advertise and promote their attractions to visitors. Early pamphlets are designed to entice new residents to the area and advertise features such as good weather and bountiful resources. Later pamphlets cater towards the growing tourism industry.
Content Description
Pamphlets in the collection include general Seattle brochures and pamphlets as well as materials for specific places such as museums, historic sites and more. They provide details on popular sightseeing locations as well as the history and economic details. The Seattle Public Library collected the pamphlets over many decades. They range in date from the late 1800's to the 2020's.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[ITEM DESCRIPTION], Seattle travel and tourism guide collection. Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Pamphlets are arranged chronologically.
Related Materials
Other collections of travel and promotional pamphlets can be found in the Mt. Rainier Travel and Tourism Guide Collection, the Washington State Travel and Tourism Guide Collection, the Oregon Travel and Tourism Guide Collection, the Alaska Travel and Tourism Guide Collection, the British Columbia Travel and Tourism Guide Collection, and the Pacific Northwest Travel and Tourism Guide Collection (containing pamphlets that cover broader areas throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia).
Processing Note
This collection brings together pamphlets from several different collections at the library including items previously held in Pamphlet Volumes on Seattle, Washington. For preservation purposes, these volumes were disbound to prevent further damage to the pamphlets and rehoused in folders and boxes.
Pamphlets from the previous Seattle Visitor Guides Collection were split between this collection and the Washington State Travel and Tourism Guides Collection for the purposes of consolidating our travel ephemera. Some pamphlets were also pulled from our Northwest Uncatalogued Collection and Seattle Room Vertical File or added via acquisition by the Seattle Room curator. New materials will be added to this collection as acquired.
Acknowledgement of Harmful Content
The Seattle Public Library Special Collections Department is committed to creating an inclusive archive that documents the history of our diverse communities in a respectful manner. Our collections include historic materials that may contain images and outdated language which can be harmful due to issues such as racism, colonialism, sexism and homophobia. This content can provide important insight into the creator and context of the historic materials but can also reveal hurtful biases and prejudices.
We may decide to use or retain harmful language in our description when the terms have been used by the creator(s) of the materials to describe themselves or their community; when we have reused description created by the donor; when we have transcribed information directly from the materials; and when using national standards such as Library of Congress Subject Headings, which allow for standardized searching and retrieval of records. When including language from the original material in our finding aids or descriptions, we will indicate that this material comes directly from the original item by putting the language in quotes or prefacing it with a note that says the description is transcribed from the item or provided by the creator.
We will continually review our finding aids to identify harmful language and encourage you to contact us at specialcollections@spl.org if you find language that causes concern.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: 1894,1899Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1900sContainer: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1903Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1904Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1905Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1906Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1907Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1909Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1910sContainer: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1910sContainer: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1910Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1912Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1913Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1914Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1915Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1916Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1917Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1918Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1919Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1920sContainer: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1920sContainer: Box 4, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1920sContainer: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1920Container: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1921Container: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1921Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1922Container: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1923Container: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1923Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1924Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1925Container: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1925Container: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1925Container: Box 6, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1925Container: Box 6, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1925Container: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1926Container: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1926Container: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1927Container: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1927Container: Box 7, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1927Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1928Container: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1928Container: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1929Container: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1930sContainer: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1930sContainer: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1930Container: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa1932Container: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1932Container: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1934Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1935Container: Box 8, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1936Container: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1937Container: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1938Container: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1939Container: Box 8, Folder 9
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1940Container: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1944Container: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1945Container: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1946Container: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1947Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1948Container: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1950sContainer: Box 10, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1950Container: Box 10, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1951Container: Box 10, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1953Container: Box 10, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1956Container: Box 10, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1959Container: Box 10, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1960sContainer: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1960Container: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1961Container: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1963Container: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1964Container: Box 11, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1965Container: Box 11, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1966Container: Box 11, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1967Container: Box 11, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1968Container: Box 11, Folder 9
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1969Container: Box 11, Folder 10
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1970sContainer: Box 12, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1970Container: Box 12, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1973Container: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1974Container: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1975Container: Box 12, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1976Container: Box 12, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1978Container: Box 12, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1979Container: Box 12, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1979Container: Box 15 (oversize), Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1980sContainer: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1980Container: Box 13, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1981Container: Box 13, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1982Container: Box 13, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1984Container: Box 13, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1986Container: Box 13, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1987Container: Box 13, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1988Container: Box 13, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1990sContainer: Box 14, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1990Container: Box 14, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1993Container: Box 14, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1994Container: Box 14, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1995Container: Box 14, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1997Container: Box 14, Folder 6
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 1998Container: Box 14, Folder 7
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2000sContainer: Box 14, Folder 8
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2000Container: Box 14, Folder 9
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2002Container: Box 14, Folder 10
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2005Container: Box 14, Folder 11
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2006Container: Box 14, Folder 12
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2007Container: Box 14, Folder 13
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2010sContainer: Box 16, Folder 1
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2012Container: Box 16, Folder 2
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2015Container: Box 16, Folder 3
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2016Container: Box 16, Folder 4
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2019Container: Box 16, Folder 5
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Description: Seattle travel and tourism guidesDates: circa 2022Container: Box 16, Folder 6
