uok_2023_010.xml Seattle Room neighborhood ephemera collection, circa 1900s-2024 Seattle Room neighborhood ephemera collection, circa 1900s-2024 Finding aid prepared by Jade D'Addario Seattle Public Library, Special Collections February 2024
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 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-26. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. February 2025 Revised by Jade D’Addario February 2026 Revised by Jade D’Addario Seattle Public Library, Special Collections Seattle Room neighborhood ephemera collection Seattle Public Library 2023-010 3.78 linear feet 9 boxes circa 1900s-2025 This collection includes a variety of ephemera related to neighborhoods throughout Seattle including buttons, brochures, pamphlets, postcards, business directories, promotional real estate documents, brief histories, newsletters, flyers and community studies as well as a few periodical issues and clippings. English .

This collection includes a variety of ephemera related to neighborhoods throughout Seattle including buttons, brochures, pamphlets, postcards business directories, promotional real estate documents, brief histories, newsletters, flyers and community studies as well as a few periodical issues and clippings. These materials were created by various community organizations, historical societies and local businesses among others. This collection includes real estate development documents for Seattle's Blue Ridge neighborhood and Shoreline's Lago Vista neighborhood which were racially restricted communities, allowing only white buyers to purchase property.

The collection is arranged into series alphabetically by neighborhood name, then chronologically within the neighborhood. Some neighborhoods have subseries for specific locations. Materials covering multiple areas are filed in the general sections at the start of the collection.

Tourism guides for the broader city of Seattle can be found in the Seattle travel and tourism guide collection:https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv431537 Information on parks is held separately in the Seattle Room parks ephemera collection: https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv961213 Additional neighborhood clippings files can be found in the Seattle Room. Postcards in this collection are duplicates of those located in the Seattle Room postcard collection where additional views can be found: https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S30C3180822.

This collection was brought together by library staff from existing materials in vertical files as well as additional donations and purchases accumulated over time.

Collection is open and available for use.

Copyright restrictions apply.

[ITEM DESCRIPTION], Seattle Room neighborhood ephemera collection. Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA.

The library continues to add materials to this collection on a regular basis.

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 historical 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 historical materials but can also reveal hurtful biases and prejudices.

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 Seattle (Wash.)--Description and travel Seattle (Wash.)--Guidebooks--Periodicals Tourism--Washington (State)--Seattle Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle Real estate development--Washington (State)--Seattle Real estate development--Washington (State)--Shoreline Real covenants--Washington (State)--Seattle Real covenants--Washington (State)--Shoreline Discrimination in housing--Washington (State)--Seattle Discrimination in housing--Washington (State)--Shoreline City and Town Life Seattle Advertising and Marketing General circa 1970-2024 1 1 General – Annexation 2007 8 (Oversize) 1 General – Central Seattle 2013 1 2 General – North Seattle 1953-2014 1 3 General – South Seattle 1930-2011 1 4 Ballard circa 1904-1948 1 5 Ballard circa 1940s 2007 2016 8 (Oversize) 2 Ballard 1951-1956 1 6 Ballard circa 1970-1999 1 7 Ballard circa 2000-2019 1 8 Ballard circa 2020-2021 1 9 Ballard – Ship Canal circa 1910-1966 2 1 Ballard – Ship Canal circa 1974-1988 2 2 Ballard – Ship Canal 1992 2017 2 3 Ballard – Undersea Gardens circa 1965 2 4 Beacon Hill 2014 2 5 Belltown 1978 8 (Oversize) 3 Belltown 1984 2 6 Blue Ridge circa 1940s 2 7 Broadview – Dunn Gardens 1988-2015 2 8 Broadview – Marine Highlands circa 1929 2 9 Capitol Hill circa 1910s 2 10 Capitol Hill circa 1972-1989 2 11 Capitol Hill circa 1990-1999 2 12 Capitol Hill circa 2000-2025 2 13 Capitol Hill – Streissguth Garden circa 2010-2016 2 14 Cascade – Westlake, Eastlake, South Lake Union circa 1975-2015 3 1 Cascade – Eastlake – Eastlake Community Council 1974-1975 8 (Oversize) 4 Cascade – South Lake Union circa 2010s 8 (Oversize) 5 Central District 1978-2013 3 2 Central District 2008 8 (Oversize) 6 Chinatown-International District circa 1970-2025 3 3 Chinatown-International District 1976 8 (Oversize) 7 Chinatown-International District – Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority 1997-1998 3 4 Columbia City circa 1948-2015 3 5 Columbia City circa 1976-1980 2007 8 (Oversize) 8 Crown Hill 2010 3 6 Denny Regrade 1979 3 7 Downtown circa 1950-2015 3 8 Downtown circa 2004-2019 8 (Oversize) 9 First Hill circa 1900s 1976-1999 3 9 Fremont circa 1900s-1910s 1975-2015 3 10 Fremont 2001-2007 8 (Oversize) 10 Georgetown circa 1980-2019 3 11 Green Lake 1970 2000 8 (Oversize) 11 Green Lake circa 1990-2010 3 12 Green Lake – Green Lake Community Council 2001 3 13 Greenwood/Phinney Ridge 1996-2014 3 14 The Highlands 1956 3 15 Industrial District 1978 2011 8 (Oversize) 12 Industrial District circa 1985 4 1 Interlaken circa 1905-1910 4 2 Lake City 1949-1950 8 (Oversize) 13 Lake City 1951 4 3 Lake Forest Park 1916 4 4 Leschi – Leschi Improvement Council - Nuclear Free Leschi 1983 8 (Oversize) 14 Madison Park circa 1960s-1978 4 5 Madison Valley - Madison Valley Community Council 2000 4 6 Madrona 1923 circa 1990-2010 4 7 Madrona – Madrona Council Entertainment Committee 1910 4 8 Madrona – Madrona-Denny-Blaine Community Club 1914 4 9 Magnolia circa 1939-1969 4 10 Magnolia 1973-1974 4 11 Magnolia 1975-1977 4 12 Magnolia 1992-1996 4 13 Magnolia – Magnolia Historical Society 2009-2014 4 14 Maple Leaf 1986 4 15 Montlake 1975 4 16 Montlake – Montlake Community Club 1978 4 17 Mount Baker 1907 4 18 Northgate circa 1970s 4 19 Pike Place Market 1924-1979 9 (Oversize) 1 Pike Place Market 1928 5 1 Pike Place Market circa 1960s-1970s 5 2 Pike Place Market circa 1980s-1990s 5 3 Pike Place Market 1980-2007 9 (Oversize) 2 Pike Place Market circa 2000s-2020s 5 4 Pike Place Market – Citizens Alliance to Keep Pike Place Market Public circa 1990s 5 5 Pike Place Market – Friends of the Market circa 1960s-2014 5 6 Pioneer Square circa 1900s-1920s 5 7 Pioneer Square circa 1960s-2010s 9 (Oversize) 3 Pioneer Square circa 1970-1979 5 8 Pioneer Square circa 1980-1989 5 9 Pioneer Square circa 1990-1999 5 10 Pioneer Square circa 2000-2022 5 11 Pioneer Square – Pioneer Square Association circa 1970s-1980s 5 12 Pioneer Square – Underground Tour circa 1967-2010 5 13 Pioneer Square – Underground Tour 1975 9 (Oversize) 4 Queen Anne circa 1910s circa 1970s 6 1 Queen Anne 1980-2018 6 2 Queen Anne – Queen Anne Historical Society 2008-2015 6 3 Rainier Valley circa 1915-2016 6 4 Rainier Valley 1998 9 (Oversize) 5 Rainier Valley – Othello Station 2005 6 5 Rainier Valley – Rainier Valley Historical Society 2002-2009 6 6 Ravenna circa 1970s 6 7 Ravenna/Bryant 1979 9 (Oversize) 6 Ravenna/Bryant – Ravenna Community Association, Ravenna Bryant Community Association 1970-1979 6 8 Roosevelt 2017 6 9 Roosevelt – Roosevelt Neighbors and Friends 1996 6 10 Seward Park 1975 6 11 Shoreline – Lago Vista 1929 9 (Oversize) 7 Southeast Seattle 1958 9 (Oversize) 8 South Park 2007 9 (Oversize) 9 South Park - South Park Boosters Club 1931 6 12 University District 1906-1935 6 13 University District circa 1970-1999 6 14 University District 1971-2013 9 (Oversize) 10 University District circa 2009-2015 6 15 Wallingford 1992 7 1 Waterfront circa 1910s-2000 7 2 Waterfront circa 2001-2022 7 3 Waterfront 1965 circa 2000-2019 9 (Oversize) 11 Wedgewood 1956 7 4 Wedgewood – Morningside Heights circa 1916 7 5 West Hill/Skyway 2006 7 6 West Seattle circa 1960-2007 9 (Oversize) 12 West Seattle circa 1950s-1995 7 7 West Seattle – Southwest Seattle Historical Society 2015-2017 7 8 Woodway Park 1930 9 (Oversize) 11 Yesler/Atlantic 1959-1967 7 9 Yesler Terrace 2010-2011 9 (Oversize) 12 Yesler Terrace 2014 7 10