My pal Sam was passing through town and stopped by for an epic day of record shopping. Here’s my take—many of which (Les and Eddie, for example) I would have missed were it not for his sagelike presence…
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Haul of Records
Cigar Box Amp
One of my favorite presents—from Lisa. A guitar amp made out of a wooden cigar box—complete with distortion! Handmade by this fella.
Boys with the Clauses
Finn said he thought it mightn’t be the real Santa, as the beard appeared to be artificial…
Seattle Design History
My old pal Eirik Johnson just pointed me to this article highlighting some bits from the Seattle Municipal Archives. It’s a dangerous wormhole for Seattle designerds, so I’ll highlight a few pieces…
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- Poster for missing horse, 1891
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- Port of Seattle Year Book, 1936
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- World War II sticker, circa 1943
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- City Light Line Service, 1945
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- City Light Employee Information Book, 1945
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- Early coliseum plan for World’s Fair, 1959
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- Urban Renewal Honor Award, 1960
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- World’s Fair souvenir program, 1962 (I’ve got this somewhere!)
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- Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau logo, 1969
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- Seattle Center logo, circa 1973 (Whoa! Where’d that LOGO come from!?)
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- Seattle city flag
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- Promotional Brochure, 1976 (the brochure is “meh”, it’s the LOGO I like!)
But this has to be my favorite item overall:
