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Clark's Twin T-P's Restaurant, Seattle, 1937
Clark's Twin T-P's Restaurant, Seattle, 1937
TitleClark's Twin T-P's Restaurant, Seattle, 1937
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1937
CaptionBefore the 1920s, people traveling by car had few places to eat along the open road. This changed during the 1920s and 1930s. As more people bought cars, restaurant and hotel owners tried to attract business by building eye-catching buildings along major roadways. One of these was Clark's Twin T-P's restaurant which opened in Seattle in 1937.

This photo shows the exterior of Clark's Twin T-P's restaurant on Aurora Avenue in Seattle. The Twin T-P's was one of a half dozen Clark's restaurants in the city, all of which served family meals at a reasonable price. None of Clark's other buildings was quite as unusual as this one, which featured Northwest Coast Indian designs on the interior and a Plains form on the exterior.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, RESTAURANTS, Twin T-P's.

Caption by MOHAI staff.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 19, 1937.
SubjectsRestaurants--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mimetic buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Phinney Ridge (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1986.5.11405
Ordering InformationTo 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 LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made 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.
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