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  • Public Market Center, 1939. (Seattle Times archives)
    Public Market Center | Seattle | 1939
  • A veteran of the First World War, Frankland returned to school and delivered papers while attending the University of Washington where he lettered in track under Hec Edmundson. In his freshman year he got a job at Mount Rainier National Park and subsequently worked eight summers at the park. (Seattle Times archives, 1948).
    C. F. “Chuck” Frankland starred in track
  • Seattle Times photographer Josef Scaylea returned again and again to the Skagit Valley. Mount Baker looms behind the little village of Conway. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1983)
    Along the Skagit River
  • Alki Point Lighthouse stands a solitary vigil on wintry evenings, its windows aglow in contrast to the snow all around and the off-stormy sea beyond. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1950)
    A beacon on the beach
  • The Space Needle and Mount Rainier dominated The skyline from Queen Anne Hill. Even Mount St. Helens, right, was visible. (Johnny Closs / The Seattle Times, 1963)
    On a clear day
  • An East African crown crane. (Veronica  Decker / The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Fantastic fowl
  • Across the bay from ice-bound Seattle, high winds blew Puget Sound waves into spray that froze on a chain fence at Duwamish Head on Alki Beach. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Frozen spray
  • A fireman moves away from a burst of flame atop a West Seattle house. (Matt McVay / The Seattle Times, 1979)
    Firefighter near flames
  • As a pair of snowplows carves out the North Cascades Highway near Washington Pass, a Highway District 2 supervisor sucks on a favorite local refreshment, of which there seems an unlimited supply - the original snow cone. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1988)
    Ice cream for snow
  • A 1,000-ton wooden floating drydock, purchased by the Lake Union Drydock Company as surplus equipment from the United States Maritime Commission, was shown from the Ballard Bridge as it arrived in Seattle after being towed from Scow Bay, near Port Townsend, by the tugboat Sandra Foss. The drydock was 240 feet long and 64 feet wide. (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1947)
    Towing a dry dock
  • In the mosh pit, Lollapalooza concert-goers undulate to the rhythm and pass moshers over their heads to the front of the stage. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1992)
    Passing overhead
  • On a barge below the then-new I-90 bridge, a workman arranged anchors cables and chains which temporarily moored the bridge. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Bridge anchor
  • Freezing weather, sunshine and powder snow on Denny Mountain at the Alpental resort near Snoqualmie Pass. Mount Rainier is at right behind the snow crystals left in the skier’s wake. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1973)
    Getting a lift
  • This is Buddy. He's part Airedale and part Labrador Retriever. (Jerry Gay / The Seattle Times, 1973)
    Alki Retriever
  • The Space Needle stands tall in the sunshine before a dramatic backdrop of building cumulous clouds. (Peter Haley / The Seattle Times, 1983)
    Accumulating clouds
  • An Iron worker climbs the outside steel beam at the very top of the AT&T Gateway Tower. The 62-story view behind him looks North with downtown Seattle in the foreground. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Guy in the sky
  • Built in 1906, the King Street Station replaced the old Great Northern depot on Railroad Avenue between Marion and Columbia. A large clock tower dominated the new building providing time for the entire Skid Road area. (The Seattle Times, 1930)
    Training day
  • Paul Jessup, the tall captain of the Husky team shows Head Coach Enoch Bagshaw (right) and Line Coach Bart Spellman how it is done. (The Seattle Times, 1931)
    Tall order
  • The old school in Ronald, Kittitas County, seemed to be nodding as its weathered siding caught the warmth of the afternoon sun. (Jerry Gay / The Seattle Times, 1976)
    Old school
  • Sparkling Waters gurgling past snow-covered rocks symbolize the beauty of winter. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1960)
    Water you waiting for?
  • The KISW Miss Rock went air-borne when its driver, Ken Dryden, lost control after the boat’s rudder cable broke loose in the south turn during qualifying races on Lake Washington. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1993)
    This Rock is rollin'
  • Ron De Rosa, Times staff photographer won the $500 first prize in the Brunswick Corporation's 1963 National Bowling Photo Contest. The candid photographs captured the drama of a night of bowling in March, 1962, at Ideal Recreation. De Rosa used a T-model Rolleiflex and tri-X film. With available light only, he shot at 1/60 of a second with lens opening of f 3.5. (Ron De Rosa / The Seattle Times)
    Bowled over
  • This forlorn automobile stalled in front of The Seattle Times office. More than a foot of snow covered Fairview Avenue North and John Street. It also drifted through an open window into the car’s interior. The Times published its editions as usual despite the weather. (The Seattle Times, 1950)
    Snow way out
  • The edge of the earth. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times)
    La Push
  • Racquel, the orphan raccoon, grew too big and demanding for her foster mother, a cat at the city animal shelter. Animal shelter employees worked with the Game Department to teach her to fend for herself and set her free when she was old enough. (Ron De Rosa / The Seattle Times, 1979)
    Different breed of cat
  • The vane on the house in the Magnolia area is a neighborhood conversation piece. A neighbor said it has been on the roof since the 1930s. (Peter Liddell / The Seattle Times, 1983)
    Every witch way
  • Horses roam the early morning pastures of Woodinville. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1964)
    Home on the range
  • (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1971)
    River ride
  • Gertrude, a 26-year-old hippopotamus at the Woodland Park Zoo, makes a mouthful of one of the pumpkins donated annually to the zoo the day after Halloween by two local supermarkets. An additional 15 pumpkins were fed to the elephants. (Richard S. Heyza / The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Bite of Seattle
  • Near Othello, a farmer irrigates a field with water that has traveled hundreds of miles from the Columbia River. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1991)
    Thirsty fields
  • This photo (one in a series of three) shows the moon moved across the sun in a partial eclipse on May 9th, 1967. Seattle Times photographer Roy Scully observed the phenomenon through a break in clouds that blanketed much of the Seattle area. (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1967)
    Syzygy stardust
  • A passerby watched a cluster of sailboats racing on Lake Washington off Madrona Park. A brisk breeze created a mild chop on the  lake. New leaves clothed the willow trees and Mount Rainier was in the background. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1964)
    Sailing past Seattle's symbol
  • Auctioneer Donne pointed his cane to the successful bidder as he sold this brick apartment building at 603 E. 43rd St., on June 21, 1958 in a State Highway Department auction of buildings in the Seattle freeway path. (The Seattle Times archives)
    Sold!
  • House movers lead this four-unit brick apartment building on oak rollers on 18-by-20-inch beams along East 43rd Street from Pasadena Place to a new site at Eighth Avenue Northeast and East (now Northeast) 43rd Street on Aug. 28, 1958. (Seattle Times archive)
    Seattle homes saved from the I-5 wre..ball
  • A two-day-old gosling strolls under it's mother's watch in the Australasia unit of Woodland Park Zoo. (Betty Udesen / The Seattle Times, 1992)
    Mama Cereopsis
  • On April 7,1933, patrons of Frank Rippe's Cafe raise a toast when beer becomes legal for the first time since dry laws took effect. (The Seattle Times)
    Beer comes to Seattle
  • A view of The Seattle Space Needle in 1987. (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times)
    Seattle skyline
  • Sails billowed as boat crews set canvas and secured lines at the start of the Great Equalizer race on Puget Sound off Shilshole. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1977)
    At a rate of knots
  • Taking advantage of minus tide conditions at Alki Beach, visitors from Star, Idaho, dig for clams and anything else of interest while vacationing in Seattle. (Jimi Lott / The Seattle Times, 1988)
    Digging the beach
  • Rowing shells stack up like water spiders in Union Bay after the Opening Day. (Harley Soltes / The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Water spider waltz
  • Low tide at Salt Water State Park makes it easy for visitors to comb the beach in search of crabs. (Chien Chi Chang / The Seattle Times, 1991)
    Low tide at Saltwater State Park
  • The Fab Four's fans fill up the Coliseum at the Beatles' 1964 performance in Seattle. For the police, it was crazy duty trying to deal with the 'mass hysteria'; for the kids, it was the time of their lives. (Vic Condiotty / The Seattle Times)
    It's gotta be rock-n'-roll music
  • A flag pole painter gave onlookers below a moment of excitment as he dangled from the Smith Tower without hands or feet. The tower is 500 feet tall and has 42 floors. (Jimi Lott / The Seattle Times, 1985)
    Top this
  • Preferring feet to saddles, Kennedy and Douglas hike in the wilderness of the Olympic National Park near the Elwha River. (Paul V. Thomas / The Seattle Times, 1962)
    Robert F. Kennedy and William O. Dou..ilds
  • A stalled high pressure system gave the Puget Sound area clear weather making for great sun sets, like this one of the Seattle skyscrapers seen from Kirkland. Along with the clear skies came cold temperatures after the sun went down. (Jim Bates / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Great ball of fire
  • Washington State Police motorcycle troopers led the opening procession for vehicles across the new I-90 span, followed by a caravan of covered wagons, Metro buses and other automobiles. The westbound span opened for the general public shortly after. (The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Get your motors running
  • The Ralston School (Adams County) sits out its days in the midst of a wheatfield. Two stories and made of brick, it is sturdy enough to stand many years more. (Bruce McKim / The Seattle Times, 1987)
    The Ralston School
  • Bundled against the windy weather, a stroller along Beach Drive Southwest near Alki ignores the waves breaking against the retaining wall. (Cole Porter / The Seattle Times, 1984)
    Walking in the Wind
  • A moisture-laden spring rain cloud hung over the skyline of Seattle. A glint of light  on the horizon lent hope that cloud, too, might have a silver lining. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1967)
    Spring is coming
  • This billboard was displayed in the early 1970s during a recession that saw Boeing lay off about 70,000 workers. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1971)
    Sign of the times
  • Pat LaFave, Chef of the Camlin Hotel and Cabanas, working in the Cloud Room Kitchen, poured Sabayon Sauce over apples that had been poached in sherry wine. (Bruce McKim / The Seattle Times, 1967)
    Inside the Cloud Room
  • Frederick & Nelson’s sumptuous Christmas decorations made the store a destination through the holiday season. (Seattle Times archives, 1954)
    Beloved Frederick & Nelson
  • Dorothy Shaul and Leonard Metzger sorted misaddressed packages at the Seattle Post Office in 1950. Did someone mail you a Christmas present which you didn't receive? Chances are it sat among the 1,100 packages Seattle postal workers couldn't deliver. (The Seattle Times)
    Signed, sealed, not delivered
  • This blue-eyed octopus that wiggled ten tentacles menacingly was one of many new balloons in the seventh annual Santa Claus Parade. Glistening in the sun, the rubbery denizen of the deep was hauled by a team of Boy Scouts. It typified the parade's salty Christmas theme. (Harold Smith / The Seattle Times, 1955).
    Ogling Octopus
  • Mario Bailey (5) waits for the ball to pass through the hands of Oregon's Daryle Smith before making his 10th touchdown reception of the season. (Mark Harrison / Seattle Times, 1992)
    Championship season
  • Work of converting the former American Mail liners President Grant and President Jackson into Navy transports will start at the plant of Todd Seattle Dry Docks, Inc.  The Grant will be known as the U.S.S. Harris and the Jackson as the U.S.S. Zeilin. (Seattle Times archives, 1940).
    Seattle ships to be transports
  • It's not every day a shop gets a repair job like this one. A tow truck delivered this car to the Central Oldsmobile Co. with a bowling ball imbedded in its grill. The driver met the ball bouncing down Queen Anne Avenue North as she drove up the hill. She thought it was a soccer ball, then heard a crash. Patrons at a bowling alley at the top of the hill said people saw three little boys carrying a bowling ball around that night. The ball dented the bumper and grill, smashed a headlight, cracked the battery and threw the front end out of alignment. Damage was estimated at $412.83. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1981)
    Hot off the grill
  • Empty mooring spaces contrasted sharply with the glassy waters of Lake Washington in this view to the southeast from Leschi Park. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1968)
    Lake Washington from Leschi Park
  • Why, asked the The Morton Journal, are Morton High School's Huskies good enough to play in Seattle's Kingdome "but not good enough to have a decent field at home?" (Cole Porter / The Seattle Times, 1977)
    Morton High School's Huskies
  • Brothers swing at Garfield Playfield as the rain lets up. (Jim Bates / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Swinging siblings
  • King County police introduced a new member of the force, Duke. The German Shepherd was one of two of the county’s first police dogs. (Kathy Andrisevic / The Seattle Times, 1977)
    Duke on the job
  • Members of the Port of Seattle Police Tactical Services Unit rappel off a building during a family day at the Port of Seattle fire police, and operations departments.  (The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Tactical Services Unit rappel
  • And watch the ripples: A father teaches his two-year-old son, the finer points of skipping stones at Five-Mile Lake Park in Federal Way. (Mike Levy / The Seattle Times, 1988)
    Skipping stones
  • The downtown Seattle skyline is highlighted by lightning in this time-exposure photograph taken from Duwamish Head. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1984)
    Nature puts on electric display
  • A motorist drives down Beach Drive S.W. near Alki Point as heavy winds and high tide create a pounding surf. (Craig Fujii / The Seattle Times, 1984)
    Pounding surf
  • Pottery water pipes were among some of the unusual goods on sale at the Seattle Pops Festival, a rock festival at Gold Creek Park near Woodinville. An Indian teepee decorated with an American flag was in the background. An estimated 50,000 persons attended the festival. (Alden J. Blethen / The Seattle Times, 1969)
    Water Pipes: Rock Fair Fare
  • A Laser skipper hikes to starboard to keep his boat balanced during a race on Lake Washington. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1981)
    Small sails catch the wind on the lake
  • The Vashon-Southworth ferry bumped gently into the Fauntleroy slip on schedule at 7:25 o'clock despite the fog. The gates went up. Out of the mass of hurrying pedestrians burst a bearded bicyclist, pedaling like mad. (The Seattle Times, 1961)
    Cycling off the Vashon Ferry
  • The reflection of a just-awakened sun shivered in the wake of University of Washington shells slipping through the Lake Washington Ship Canal in a practice. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1967)
    The dawn patrol
  • Cold, clear weather, abetted by a double exposure, put the moon in line with the downtown area in this view from Queen Anne Hill. The moon, unusually clear because of the cold, and the cityscape were photographed separately with telephoto lenses. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1979)
    A movable moon
  • A dip into the lake and a toss of the head is one way to cool off -- and create water sculpture. This young woman's creativity was aided considerably by a 35-millimeter-camera shutter set at 1,000 of a second. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1970)
    Summer shutter sculpture
  • Mount Rainier appeared in the clear, cold air with a halo of clouds. The view was from the Madrona Park area. The Mercer Island Floating Bridge<br />
appears in the mid-ground. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1964)
    Rainier's greetings
  • This wasn't a missile unit on the move. The Seattle Tennis Club rowing crew developed the method of hauling its shells. The crew was on its way to an international regatta on Okanagan Lake at Kelowna, British Columbia. Other clubs adopted the technique. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1963)
    Disarming sight
  • A wrangler from O.K. Falls, B.C., stretched every ounce to stay on the saddle bronc, No Dice, in the opening moments of the Ellensburg Rodeo. At the completion of his ten-second ride, he was thrown to the ground and his mount flipped over on him. He escaped with bruises. (Johnny Closs / The Seattle Times, 1963)
    No Dice Under Way
  • It takes but a little sun to attract a few to Seattle- area beaches. A couple occupied a life-guard tower to watch water traffic at Golden Gardens Park. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1971)
    Tower for two
  • Crewmen use 14-foot aluminum pike poles to sort logs for bundling. (George Carkonen / The Seattle Times, 1970)
    Sorting for bundling
  • Even the bottoms of this sun worshiper's feet got exposure as blue skies predominated over the beach at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Happy feet
  • A young girl rides a horse on the beach, silhouetted by waves and sun. (The Seattle Times, 1988)
    Beach riding
  • Miniature lake at Pike Place and Virginia Street invited athletic types to leap, while the cautious walked around. (Peter Liddell / The Seattle Times, 1988)
    Nimble leap
  • With fine precision, the Eye of the Needle restaurant turntable went through a shakedown spin at the Western Gear Corp.'s Everett plant today. (Vic Condiotty / The Seattle Times, 1961)
    Eye of the Needle Restaurant turntable
  • Boone Kirkman was silhouetted by lighting as he prepared for a bout with Preacher Lewis at the Seattle Center Arena, in 1973. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Boxer 'Boom Boom' Kirkman
  • This flotilla of vintage boats on Lake Union is sometimes referred to as "Skeet's Fleet," after Skeet Kelley, who makes his home in the small tug. (Roy Scully / The Seattle Times, 1973)
    "Skeet's Fleet"
  • A lockman, working in wide-windowed house of levers at the Government Locks, opened a gate to permit a Coast Guard patrol boat to pass from Salmon Bay and its fresh water to the salt water of Shilshole Bay. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1950)
    House of levers
  • A man walks on the beach with his children. (Jerry Gay / The Seattle Times, 1975)
    On the beach with dad
  • Vacationists relaxed and fished in a typical summer scene at Hood Canal, near Union, Mason County. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1957)
    Fun at the beach
  • The transport Lieut. Raymond Beaudoin, having completed her emergency duty of carrying troops for the Korean war, was towed under the Fremont Bridge on her way to the Lake Union Drydock Co. yard. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1952)
    US Navy transport gets a tug
  • Two seaplanes, arriving and departing at the Kurtzer mooring ramp, were typical of aerial activity on Seattle's busy Lake Union. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1958)
    Seaplanes on Lake Union
  • HOUSEBOATS BUFFETED: A windstorm pushed houseboats on Lake Union into a crazy pattern after setting several adrift. (Harold Smith / The Seattle Times, 1952)
    Lake Union windstorm
  • Construction view from ticket booths at Husky Stadium July 2, 1950. (Royal Crooks / The Seattle Times)
    Construction of Husky Stadium
  • The tremendous size of the Ravenna Boulevard cave-in in relation to surrounding homes and streets is shown clearly in this aerial photograph taken Nov. 15, 1957. (Larry Dion / The Seattle Times)
    Crater appears on Ravenna Boulevard ..1957
  • A few loose ends of the freeway stood on their supporting structures waiting to be "plugged into" future construction. The I-90 interchange stubs, as seen from South Connecticut Street and Airport Way South, seemed to grope in space without purpose. (Ron DeRosa / The Seattle Times, 1966)
    Byway awaits the highway
  • Engineers turned on lights of the Alaskan Way viaduct for the first time. This photograph, looking south along the viaduct's upper deck from a point near Bell Street, shows how the new structure looked at night. (George Carkonen / The Seattle Times)
    Seattle's Viaduct in 1953
  • A pygmy owl, “grounded” by heavy fog near Sultan, stuck to its perch atop a post. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1976)
    Fogged in
  • Pacha, an Inca hairless dog, is one of the world's rarest breeds. (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times, 1992)
    Inca Hairless
  • Gail Belknap of Tacoma, queen of the 30th Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival. Shutterbugs, amateur and professional using still- and motion picture-cameras surrounded Her Majesty, while she smiled over her regal shoulder as the parade formed on Broadway. (Vic Condiotty / The Seattle Times, 1963)
    Queen of the daffodils
  • A South End Heating third baseman tags out a Shelton Logger. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1980)
    Tagging out
  • A child and her mother spend their afternoon catching rays and enjoying the beach near Golden Garden Park. (Chien-Chi Chang / The Seattle Times, 1990)
    Mother and daughter on the beach
  • A tired and hot fire fighter found a way to cool off while fighting a stubborn blaze at the Poison Building at Western Avenue and Columbia Street. This fireman filled his hat with water and dumped it on his head. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1974)
    Fireman keeps his cool
  • An egret takes in some sunshine on a cloudy morning in West Seattle. (Jimi Lott / The Seattle Times)
    West Seattle egret
  • Snowstorm in Downtown Seattle. (The Seattle Times, 1946)
    Snow in downtown Seattle
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