Favorite Archival Object: "Reduce Your Chills & Cut Your Bills" City Light PSA, 1987
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2022-12-21

The "Favorite Archival Object" series is a monthly installment featuring archivists from Seattle Municipal Archives highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections. 

In this installment, Seattle Municipal Archives' Audiovisual Archivist Libby Hopfauf presents a 1987 public service announcement produced by Seattle City Light featuring an energy conservation rap.

SMA MATERIAL CITATIONS: 
 – "Reduce Your Chills & Cut Your Bills" (1987), Item 5542, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – [Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival] (1988), Item 3273, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – Not Too Young To Volt (November 23, 1983), Item 3346, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – [Seattle City Light Video Production Department Resources] (1981), Item 4234, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – Inspector Weather Eyes Meets The Infiltrator/The Truth about Storm Windows/The Caulking Affair (1982), Item 4859, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – Winter Rates & Power Grubbers (1982), Item 5019, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – Once Upon A Ptarmigan (1981), Item 5225, Record Series 1204-05: Seattle City Light Moving Images
 – Multi-cultural presentations (1988-1990), Box 2/Folder 10, Record Series 1201-05: City Light Community Relations Records
 – Multi-ethnic outreach (1982-1986), Box 2/Folder 11, Record Series 1201-05: City Light Community Relations Records

All of the videos from the "Favorite Archival Object" series feature the following:
 – Background used for all object reveals: Agreement between the Board of Park Commissioners of Seattle and Olmsted Brothers (April 30, 1904), Item 5801_01_53_15_001, Record Series 5801-01: Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives
 – Footage in introduction titles: Seattle Channel, Item cs_112119_3071924V
 – Music: "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannellis from YouTube's Audio Library (Creative Commons)