Photos:
1. Chief Seattle
2. Before Pioneer Square (pre-1852)
3. Downtown Seattle circa 1851
4. Trees like this used to grow in what is now Seattle!
5. HMS Discovery and HMS Chatham
6. Downtown Seattle circa 1870
7. Outfitting the Klondike Gold Rushers - 1897 or 1898
8. Pike Place Market circa 1907
9. Pike Place Market circa 1915
10. Starbucks circa 1971
11. Boeing B&W/ Model #1, circa 1916
12. Pacific Aero Products (Boeing) circa 1916
13. James Marshall Hendrix - Garfield High School yearbook - 1958?
14. Bruce Lee - 1961? (Wearing his University of Washington sweatshirt.)
15. Eddie Carlson's napkin sketch of his idea for the Space Needle, circa 1959
16. Building the Space Needle - 1961
17. Space Needle - 1961-62
18. Victor Steinbrueck's inspiration for the 'legs' of the Space Needle - "The Feminine One" by David Lemon
19. 1962 World's Fair promo
20. At the World's Fair, Ford exhibited a scale model of a nuclear-powered concept car named the Seattle-ite XXI
21. Sam's Red Robin tavern - 1967?
22. Troll!
23. As seen on Deadliest Catch
24. Also as seen on Deadliest Catch
25. Ballard Locks - looking east toward Lake Union
26. Empty large Lock
27. Fish Ladder at the Ballard Locks - early August w/ Chinook salmon
28. Jimi Hendrix's Stratocaster on which he played the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock!! - @ MoPOP
29. Luke Skywalker's severed hand and lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back - @ MoPOP
30. Dale Chihuly at work
31. Dale Chihuly still at work
32. Original Amazon homepage, circa 1995
33. Bill Gates in line at Dick's Drive-in - 2019
34. Damage from Feb. 2001 Nisqually earthquake - This corner is now the Klondike Gold Rush Museum
35. Me with 104 year old guest at Mt Rainier
Lady Washington - Portrayed "The Interceptor" in Pirates of the Caribbean - Seen here exiting the Locks.
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