Vanishing Seattle
Publisher: Arcadia   Publishing; Arcadia Pub.
Published: December 11, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780738548692
Subjects: Washington - Local History; History; History - U.S; History: American; United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest; History / United States / General; WA; 20th century; Buildings, structures, etc; Pictorial works; Seattle (Wash.); Social life and customs
Description: Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This book explores Seattle at a time when timber and fish were more lucrative than airplanes and computers, when the city was a place of kitschy architecture and homespun humor and was full of boundless hope for a brighter future. These images hearken back to the marvels of the 1962 World's Fair, shopping trips to Frederick & Nelson and I. Magnin, dinners at Rosellini's, dancing at the Trianon Ballroom, traveling on the ferry Kalakala, rooting for baseball's Rainiers, and local personalities including Stan Boreson, J.P. Patches, and Wunda Wunda. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Images of America