Photo Archive Search
HOW TO SEARCH THE PHOTO ARCHIVE
Before beginning a search session, you must read and accept the Terms and Conditions noted below. This defines your rights and responsibilities as well as protecting the owners of the copyrighted material on the website.
BASIC SEARCH TIPS
Search terms are not case-sensitive
To search for a certain date, enter the year only. By default, the results will display a 10-year span around the date requested (plus and minus 5 years)
If you include more than one word, the default search mode will retrieve items that contain all of your search keywords.
Use quotation marks around your search terms when you want your search results to contain the exact phrase as you entered it.
Use an asterisk (*) as a wild card at the end of a word or string of letters to broaden your search results. For example, row* would bring up images of rowboats, rowers, and rowing
To view a larger version of an image and the information about it, click on the thumbnail image.
For advanced search tips, please go to
http://content.lib.washington.edu/imls/kcsnapshots/tips.html
HOW TO ORDER PHOTOGRAPHS
With appropriate permission MOHAI is happy to provide reasonably priced reproductions of our photographs for your personal or commercial use. The income from the production fees and use fees helps to support our ongoing efforts to preserve and make accessible these primary source documents of regional history. Please click on the Order & Request Form or the Price List to learn more.
ADDITIONAL HELP WITH PHOTOS
These 4000-plus online images are a selection of MOHAI's holdings, which presently number more than 3 million.
If you don't find what you're looking for or if you have any questions, please contact us at membership@seattlehistory.org or call the library at (206) 324-1126. You may also make an appointment to visit the collection in person.
HOW TO DONATE PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS
We are happy to consider donations to our permanent collection. If you have material in good condition which is relevant to the history of Seattle, King County or Western Washington, please click here for the Artifact Evaluation Questionnaire to begin a discussion. Thanks!
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