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| Title | Benefit rock concert at Seward Park for Pike Place Market, Seattle, 1971 |
| Photographer | Barlet, Tom
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1971 |
| Caption | In 1963 Seattle City Council proposed razing the Pike Place Market in hopes of obtaining federal urban renewal funds. Opponents to the demolition banded together in organizations to "Save the Market." Fundraisers included concerts, selling shopping bags, cookbooks and buttons. After an eight year battle the Market was saved by Initiative No. 1 on November 2, 1971. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Pike Place people have rock festival at Seward Park.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 31, 1971. |
| Subjects | Concerts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Audiences--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Music festivals--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seward Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Seward Park (Seattle, Wash. : Park) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.54480.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
