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Vanishing Seattle (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Author: Clark Humphrey
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 153578
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0738548693
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.77720430222
EAN: 9780738548692
ASIN: 0738548693
Publication Date: December 6, 2006
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Product Description
Though Seattle is still a young city, growing and changing, much of its short past is already lost-but not forgotten. Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This new book explores Seattle at a time when timber and fish were more lucrative than airplanes and computers, when the city was a place of kitschy architecture and homespun humor and was full of boundless hope for a brighter future. These rare and vintage images hearken back to the marvels of the 1962 World's Fair, shopping trips to Frederick & Nelson and I. Magnin, dinners at Rosellini's, dancing at the Trianon Ballroom, traveling on the ferry Kalakala, rooting for baseball's Rainiers, and local personalities including Stan Boreson, J. P. Patches, and Wunda Wunda.
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Vanishing Seattle February 8, 2008
Wonderful photos from Seattle's past. Brought back a lot of memories. We had great fun looking at the photo's and sharing our own memories and good times. This book gets a lot of attention from our visitors.
 Makes me miss the hometown that I "remember" January 26, 2008
Although I have now been gone longer then the duration I lived there, Seattle will always be my "hometown." This book does a lot to make me wistfully recound the 'small town' city that I grew up outside of (M.I.) from 1972-1986 (yes, my father moved us there when the famous "...turn out the lights?" billboard was up). Anyhow, the book is also a great reminder that while I can go back (and often do), it will truly never be the same. It really is unfortunate that this series is page-limited; I'm certain that more photos of other "vanished" landmarks could have been included (and that is my only gripe).
The disappearing character defining Seattle January 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book not only explores landmarks that have defined Seattle and given it its unique character over the years, but examines many other aspects of Seattle culture that have gone away. This includes businesses, events, commercial products, and radio and television shows. The book is complete in its listing and is well detailed. I can't think of anything that is missing, or any way that it could be improved. I came into the world in the 60's and remember much of Seattle's unique character that has vanished. Those items that are before my time are described in detail and can easily be appreciated by anyone.
Great book for Seattle Boomers December 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All of us boomes over 50 that grew up in Seattle loved this book. We took buses to downtown when we were in our early teens and visited the stores and resturants mentioned in the book. In our early 20's we went to the bars highlighted in the book. It was a great trip down memory lanes.
Seattle & some famous landmarks that are no more July 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I own several of these IMAGES OF AMERICA books and I'm never disappointed.
This particular (picture) book is about Seattle in the past, and shows photos of some past landmarks that helped to create Seattle.
As the book's title stated, this book is about the "Vanishing Seattle", because all the landmarks are no more.
If you grew-up in Seattle, as I did, you will love to look through this book and reflect on some of the famous landmarks that were so wonderful to visit, but that are now extinct.
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