Postcard A: Fresh bread baked and delivered daily, 1906
Hungry neighbors were delighted to see the horses of the Homestead Bakery bringing bread and sweets up the hill from their bakery at Queen Anne Avenue and Roy Street.
MOHAI, Early Seattle Photograph Collection, 2014.59.6
Postcard B: The Rhinestone Ball on Queen Anne Hill, 1957
The Washington Rhinestone Club recognized approximately 1,100 debutantes for their achievements and their tenacity to reach career goals beginning in 1952. The young women here are pictured at Queen Anne’s Norway Center.
MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.131.21.22, photo by John M. Miller
Postcard C: High tech lunch at the Centuria Dining Room – Seattle World’s Fair, 1962
At the Seattle Center, hot food vending machines provided a new concept with hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, salmon and salisbury steak. Ten million visitors came to the Century 21 Exposition.
MOHAI, Robert D. Ashley Century 21 Collection, 1987.59.145.10
Postcard D: Seattle expands to popular Queen Anne Hill, 1905
The top of Queen Anne Hill has always been an attractive address. Connected via streetcar in the late 1880s, the neighborhood expanded rapidly as Seattle families brought life and laughter to the hill.
MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.7527.3
Postcard E: Cheering for the Queen Anne High School Grizzlies, 1939
Opened in 1909 to support a burgeoning neighborhood population, Queen Anne High School students opted to be known as the Grizzlies after a popular hang-out across the street, The Grizzly Inn.
MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI25680
Postcard F: Women creating community –Queen Anne Fortnightly Club meeting, 1894
The Queen Anne Fortnightly Club began in 1894 as a club for women who wanted to better themselves and their communities. Pictured outside of founder Anna J. Sheafe’s home. (The club is still in existence today!)
Queen Anne Fortnightly Club
Postcard G: Winter fun decorating the Seattle streetcar, 1938
Queen Anne Hill was serviced by a streetcar that was known as the Counterbalance, running up and down Queen Anne Avenue. The Counterbalance moniker outlived the streetcar and became the nickname for the hilly street.
MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.1750.3
Postcard H: Sky high dining at the Eye of the Needle, World’s Fair, 1962
The restaurant at the top of the Space Needle offered circular menus for diners to easily identify the city’s neighborhoods and landmarks. The restaurant rotated every 47 minutes.
MOHAI, Milkie Studio Collection, 2002.37.14828.1