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Record Nr.

UNINA9910861051803321

Autore

Spalding Robert <1968->

Titolo

Monumental Seattle : The Stories Behind the City’s Statues, Memorials, and Markers / / Robert Spalding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pullman, Washington : , : Washington State University Press, , [2018]

©[2018]

ISBN

1-63682-056-5

0-87422-358-X

1-63682-030-1

0-87422-359-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.7382097983

Soggetti

Public sculpture

Monuments

Historical markers

Public sculpture - Washington (State) - Seattle

Historical markers - Washington (State) - Seattle

Monuments - Washington (State) - Seattle

Guidebooks.

Electronic books.

Washington (State) Seattle

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The pioneer square totem pole -- Birthplace of Seattle Monument -- Chief Seattle -- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition -- Recognizing Seattle's own -- The roaring twenties -- Early war memorials -- The Great Depression -- Memorializing the Second World War -- Maritime memories and memorials to fishermen -- Memorials from the Scandinavians and Italians -- Remembering places -- What might have been? -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Maritime plaque inscriptions -- Appendix 2: Monuments and statues -- Appendix 3: Historical markers and plaques -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

"A guide to the statues, plaques, and memorial markers in Seattle,



Washington."--Provided by publisher.