This group of nearly 2,000 images is now known as MOHAI's PEMCO Old Favorites collection. It includes material from the 1860s to the 1940s, and students and teachers will continue to find these images and their detailed captions useful for school projects related to Seattle, King County, Washington State and the Yukon Gold Rush. With generous support from PEMCO, MOHAI acquired the PEMCO Webster & Stevens Historic Photo Collection, which makes up much of this database. PEMCO's vision and support also made it possible for MOHAI to become one of the first museums anywhere to digitize historic photos and make them available, along with detailed captions, via the Internet.

This group of more than 4,000 images focuses on Seattle and King County and runs from the 1860s to the 1980s. Almost all are different from the PEMCO Old Favorites, and are part of the King County Snapshots project, a collaboration between 12 area organizations (see next search box below) made possible with a major grant to MOHAI from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

This group of 12,000 images contains photos from 12 King County heritage organizations, including the 4,000 MOHAI Seattle & King County images above. From here you can search all 12 collections at once. Made possible with a major grant to MOHAI from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

These images are only a tiny fraction of MOHAI's holdings (which presently number upwards of two million). If you don't see what you're looking for or if you have ANY questions, please contact MOHAI by email or phone, or make an appointment to visit the collection in person, housed in the museum's Sophie Frye Bass Research Library. Please direct inquiries via email to photos@seattlehistory.org or by telephone to 206-324-1126.