Sights and Sounds from Seattle's Past
Enjoy our online archive featuring downloadable MP3s of vintage and contemporary audio and video from the Pacific Northwest.

UPDATED AND NEW MATERIAL ADDED April 24, 2003

The End of The Oregon Trail (MP3)
Excerpt from a 1945 Olympia Brewery golden anniversary radio program, with William Conrad and Bing Crosby (portraying his grandfather Nathaniel Crosby). Length: 3:11


Eyewitness to the 1889 Great Seattle Fire (MP3)
Memories of witnesses to the Great Seattle Fire recorded live at MOHAI's first birthday party on February 15, 1953. Length: 4:00


Why Bing Crosby Loves Washington (MP3)
An audio highlight from a Pacific Northwest Bell promo disc (Holiday in Washington, circa late 1960s), featuring native Washingtonian Bing Crosby. Length: 1:13


Boomerang Theme (MP3)
The memorable "b-boom-bang" theme song to KOMO TV's Boomerang, produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Sung by Seattle native and Broadway star Marni Nixon and the Boomerang Kids. Length: 2:11


See You In Seattle (MP3)
One of the many official themes of the Century 21 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Length: 2:03


Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (MP3)
A mid-1960s audio postcard from Pacific Northwest Bell. Later parodied/"sampled"/paid tribute to by Seattle's seminal pop/grunge band The Young Fresh Fellows in their 1984 debut LP (also called Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest) on PopLlama Records. Length: 4:33


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