Peter Steinbrueck Pike Place Market Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s Pike Place Market became a historic district in 1971, the result of grassroots organizers led by Victor Steinbrueck. This collection features blueprints, posters, articles and papers related to the market.
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[Untitled view of Suzzalo Library], ca. 1931
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_25
Date: 1931
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Pike Place Market wrapping paper in yellow
Yellow Pike Place Market wrapping paper with illustrations in green.
Identifier: spl_ps_029
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Shopping bag with illustration of the National Bank of Commerce Pike Place branch
Illustrated, white paper shopping bag with illustrations by Victor Steinbrueck depicting the Pike Place Branch of the National Bank of Commerce.
Identifier: spl_ps_027
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Issue of the Pike Place Market News with an article on the Market Initiative, October 1981
Issue of 'Pike Place Market News' with illustrations done by Victor Steinbrueck and an article with his take on the history of the Market Initiative. Also included are a list of events to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the initiative's success.
Identifier: spl_ps_042
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Friends of the Market canvas bag
Friends of the Market brown Canvas bag with orange paint depicting a smiling sun.
Identifier: spl_ps_033
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'Vote Yes' sign for the Pike Place Market Intiative
Sign created on a brown paper bag to express support for the Pike Place Market Initiative to protect the area from redevelopment plans.
Identifier: spl_ps_057
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Illustrated Pike Place Market shopping bag
Illustrated, orange paper shopping bag depicting Pike Place Market scenes.
Identifier: spl_ps_024
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'Save the Market' cloth flag
Red cloth flag with the words 'Save the Market' printed in yellow.
Identifier: spl_ps_034
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Pike Place Market floor plans, 1967
Floor plans of each of the seven levels of Pike Place Market. Included are the plans names of some market businesses.
Identifier: spl_ps_399
Date: 1967-03-03
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Gourmet's Notebook, v.9, no.1, Jan. 1981
Aurora's of Mexico, pg. 8; Avenue 52, pg. 1; Cafe Juanita, pg. 8; Campos, pg. 4; Chianti, pg. 7; El Mercado, pg. 5; Maya's, pg. 6; Neapolis, pg. 3; Procopio, pg. 2; Sunlight Cafe, pg. 8
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1981_09_01
Date: 1981-01
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