Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Seattle Awareness Map

In 1978 the Seattle Department of Community Development published this map to raise awareness of the city's cultural landmarks.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/2572719557/in/photostream/
Seattle Municipal Archives posted a scanned copy on their Flickr site. The cover is a nice grouping of buildings, statues and ferries.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/2572719557/in/photostream/
Inside the map is densely populated with landmarks and yellow descriptive text bubbles,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/2572719673/in/photostream/
sometimes with additional info or commentary added.
 Some more detailed scans can be found on Rob Ketcherside's Flickr pages.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tigerzombie/5076442361/
One final view-because I briefly lived near the Arboretum Gate House

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