Photos of Old Seattle

Seattle Space Needle under construction, 1962.

The Big Snow of 1950 . 

 The Pike Place Market, circa 1907.
Looking southeast over Elliott Bay, circa 1956.

Looking south over the Space Needle towards Mount Rainier, circa 1969.
Looking east up Jackson Street from 5th Avenue, circa 1905.


Northgate Mall opened April 21, 1950. Northgate, in North Seattle now and part of unincorporated King County when it opened, was the first suburban mall of its kind in the United States.
The Smith Tower circa 1930.


Source: The Seattle Public Library