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| Title | Seattle Public Library under construction, Seattle, 1959 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1959 |
| Caption | Seven months into a 21-month-long construction schedule, the Seattle Central Library rises from the site of the old Carnegie Library at 1000 Fourth Avenue. Second in a string of three libraries to occupy this site, the $4.5 million, 5-floor, 206, 000-square-foot, international style building opened in 1960 and was demolished in 2001 to make way for a new $165.5 million, 11-floor, 362, 987-square-foot, avant-garde building opened in 2004. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, New, construction.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 30, 1959. |
| Subjects | Building construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Public libraries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.11239.1 |
| 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 acetate 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. |
