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| Title | People waiting enter new Seattle Public Library, Seattle, 1960 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1960 |
| Caption | Television cameras and crowds of patrons eagerly await the grand opening of Seattle's new Central Library at 1000 Fourth Avenue. The new library opened on March 26, 1960 on the site of the old Carnegie library that was demolished nearly three years earlier. At 206, 000 square feet, almost three times larger than the old library, this second Central Library became obsolete after only 40 years of service and was demolished in September 2001. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, New, dedication.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 26, 1960. |
| Subjects | Public libraries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cameras--Washington (State)--Seattle; Police--Washington (State)--Seattle; Building dedications--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.11244.1 |
| 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. |
