Favorite Archival Object: Olympic Foundry Photographs
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2022-01-03

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 describes photographs of the Olympic Foundry taken by a Seattle City Light photographer in July 1965.

Citations:
 – Public Market [Pike Place]; New Lighting Fixtures (May 13, 1936), Item 10390, Record Series 2613-07: Engineering Department Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives
 – Olympic Foundry (July 1965), Items 197379, 197383, 197384, 197387, 197391, 197394, 197395, and 197404, Record Series 1204-01: City Light Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives 
 – [City Light outtakes 1940-1960], Item 3, Record Series 1204-05: City Light Moving Images, Seattle Municipal Archives

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)