The All-Seeing Eye

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Photographer Mary Randlett, Northwest treasure. 

 Flowers in vases at Morris Graves' studio, 

Edmonds, August 1949

(All images via the University of Washington Libraries' fantastic Digital Collections. Much more Northwest inspiration here.)
 

Louis Bunce, painter, 1971

Gas Works Park, Seattle, January 1996

Sky Viewing Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 

Bellingham, December 1969

Vegetable stall at Pike Place Market, 

Seattle, April 1965 

Lights at Pike Place Market, Seattle, March 1967

Fishing boat and cargo ship from Seattle waterfront, 

March 1967 

 Wesley Wehr, painter and writer, at Golden Gardens Park, 

Seattle, May 1966

 Morris Graves, painter, with his dog Edith, 

Edmonds, August 1949

 Jacob Lawrence, painter, at his studio in Seattle, 

April 1983

 John Logan, poet, April 1966

James Schoppert, Tlingit artist, January 1984

 Imogen Cunningham, photographer, Seattle, May 1965 

Clam diggers on beach, Long Beach, May 1967

 Interior of Guy Anderson's home, LaConner, 

February 1978

Eve Triem, poet, with kitten, September 1991 

The Skid Road

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Skid Road, Murray Morgan's seminal history of Seattle, was first published on this day in 1951 – the 100th anniversary of the Denny party's landing at Alki Point*, which signifies the beginning of the city.

Murray Morgan (right) and friends in Pioneer Square.
Photo by the great Mary Randlett, via History Link.

The title Skid Road refers to Yesler Way, where logs were skidded down to the waterfront. As it somewhat is today, Yesler also represented a border between neighborhoods and all the political implications that go along with that; it's too much to go into here, but suffice it to say that it makes for an interesting story, and Skid Road tells it well. Pick it up for next to nothing at your local used book store or through abebooks.com.

*Historical side note: Alki, which means "by and by" in Chinook jargon, was originally named "New York" by its founder, Charles Terry.