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Columbia City street improvements, Seattle, September 1980
TitleColumbia City street improvements, Seattle, September 1980
PhotographerLaw, Denis
Date1980
CaptionThis photo captured the groundbreaking ceremony for a project to widen sidewalks, add benches and trees, improve landscaping, and update traffic signals.
NotesPeople in image, left to right: Sen. Ruthe Ridder, City Councilman George Benson, Rep. John O'Brien, Rep. Gene Lux, Columbia City Merchants president Buzz Anderson, U.S. Congressman Mike Lowry, Rainier District Queen Dee Dee Goodson, Rainier District Princess Eleanor Mitchell.

Stamped on verso: Photo by Denis Law, Puget Sound Publishing Co., Renton Reporter, Kent Reporter, Auburn Reporter.

SubjectsGround breaking ceremonies--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number99.066.01
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number.
RepositoryRainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle
Repository CollectionAnderson Collection
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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