On May 5, 1951, Seattle welcomed 1,500 soldiers back to the US from the war in Korea. It was a raucous celebration with a 105mm…
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Published March 7, 2014
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Published March 3, 2014
Man as Oversimplified Data
One man stood out from the rest. I looked up about 100 men who died in the Korean War, all supposedly from Seattle or King…
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Published February 28, 2014
Mapping Seattle and the Forgotten War
Earlier this week I posted a series of photographs and the story of a troop transport arriving in Seattle on August 2, 1951. This article…
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Published February 14, 2014
Seattle Street Clock Inventories, 1920s
I have a thing for Seattle’s clocks. The ones in the sidewalk that are about fifteen feet tall. I’ve got this database of old photographs…
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Published February 11, 2014
Seattle Mayoral Residences, 1869-1998
Where did Seattle’s mayor’s live? It’s a simple, honest question. But apparently no one has ever assembled the data together in one place. It started…
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Published January 25, 2014
Dad’s 8-Tracks
There were two boxes of 8-track cassettes that my dad treasured. When I was still very little he used to play them in his stereo,…
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