Vanishing Seattle (Images of America) (Paperback)

by Clark Humphrey (Author) "Our own remembrance of lost time starts not with a cookie hut with a shopping bag..." (more)
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Product Description
Though Seattle is still a young city, growing and changing, much of its short past is already lost-but not forgotten. Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This new book explores Seattle at a time when timber and fish were more lucrative than airplanes and computers, when the city was a place of kitschy architecture and homespun humor and was full of boundless hope for a brighter future. These rare and vintage images hearken back to the marvels of the 1962 World's Fair, shopping trips to Frederick & Nelson and I. Magnin, dinners at Rosellini's, dancing at the Trianon Ballroom, traveling on the ferry Kalakala, rooting for baseball's Rainiers, and local personalities including Stan Boreson, J. P. Patches, and Wunda Wunda.

About the Author
Author Clark Humphrey is the editor of the Belltown Messenger, a book reviewer for the Seattle Times, a former staff writer with The Stranger and The Comics Journal, and an acknowledged local expert on retro Seattle. Within these pages, he showcases more than 200 images of vanishing Seattle icons gathered from such institutions as the Museum of History and Industry, the University of Washington, and the Seattle Municipal Archives, as well as from various private individuals including the collection of Mary Randlett and the author's own collection.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (December 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738548693
• ISBN-13: 978-0738548692
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #462,947 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seattle & some famous landmarks that are no more, July 3, 2007

By	Lin "Lin22" (Puget Sound) - See all my reviews

I own several of these IMAGES OF AMERICA books and I'm never disappointed.

This particular (picture) book is about Seattle in the past, and shows photos of some past landmarks that helped to create Seattle.

As the book's title stated, this book is about the "Vanishing Seattle", because all the landmarks are no more.

If you grew-up in Seattle, as I did, you will love to look through this book and reflect on some of the famous landmarks that were so wonderful to visit, but that are now extinct.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vanishing Seattle, March 10, 2007

By	Caroline A. Millar (Anchorage, AK United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book about the city where I was born in 1943. So I could totally relate to the vanishing aspect of the city.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The disappearing character defining Seattle, January 3, 2008

By	D. Skeels - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book not only explores landmarks that have defined Seattle and given it its unique character over the years, but examines many other aspects of Seattle culture that have gone away. This includes businesses, events, commercial products, and radio and television shows. The book is complete in its listing and is well detailed. I can't think of anything that is missing, or any way that it could be improved. I came into the world in the 60's and remember much of Seattle's unique character that has vanished. Those items that are before my time are described in detail and can easily be appreciated by anyone.