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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:
