Favorite Archival Object: Petition to Repeal Pound Limits Ordinance (Archives Month 2021)
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2021-10-29

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

City Archivist Anne Frantilla shows us a petition to repeal an ordinance affecting boundaries for cows to graze in Ballard (1905).

Citations:
 – Petition to repeal pound limits Ordinance (May 20, 1905), Item 9106_03_004_028_001, Record Series 9106-03: City of Ballard City Clerk's Files
 – Ballard: Certified Copy of Annexation Proceedings (November 7, 1908), Item 1802_a1_1_1_001, Record Series 1802-A1: Annexed Cities Annexation Documents
 – Agricultural land in Swan Lake area, related to watershed property acquisition. Barn and cows (1917), Item 50869, Record Series 8200-13: Water Department Photographic Negatives
 – 26-23-6 Hogan's Ranch NW. [Not in Cedar River Watershed. Fence. Cows. (January 5, 1911), Item 47654, Record Series 8204-01: Cedar River Watershed Condemnation Negatives
 – Agricultural land in Swan Lake area, related to watershed property acquisition. Field with cows (1917), Item 50938, Record Series 8200-13: Water Department Photographic Negatives
 – River Park Sanitary Fill [houses, cows] (April 23, 1914), Item 174, Record Series 2613-07: Engineering Department Negatives
 – Group portrait of Native Americans, Item 124848, Record Series 1204-01: City Light Negatives
 – Queen Anne Boulevard. Queen Anne Hill Parkway. Looking north across Salmon Bay towards Ballard. (May 1903), Item 30032, Record Series 5801-01: Don Sherwood Parks History Collection
 – City Light outtakes (1940-1960) Item 3, Record Series 1204-05: City Light Moving Images
 
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)