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YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE PAST THIS ALL YOUR LIFE: Photographs of Public Art In The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel

Among the hundreds of digitized records we have available that represent documents, maps, and photographs from our collection, I’ve recently discovered a bounty of photographs…

50 Years of Home Rule Governance: The Archives Celebrates the King County Charter and the First Council

Fifty years ago today, the first King County Council and County Executive were sworn in under the Home Rule Charter. The current Council is celebrating…

Scenes from the late 1980s: Looking back at the construction of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel

On March 23, the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT) will convert to Link light rail trains only, and bus service will be moved to surface…

From Coal to the Cold War: Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlife Park’s Former Nike Missile Sites

This is the second in a series of blog posts celebrating American Archives Month 2016, using King County records to tell stories on Washington state’s…

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