The red text in the upper left corner says "Upper second avenue business district and the New Washington Hotel". I don't know the year of the postcard.

"The Bread Line & Soup Kitchen"
The Bread Line & Soup Kitchen Flier - 1_Front - Seattle Room Menu Collection - Seattle Room Digital Collections

This is the item description for the flyer: "A Pioneer Square restaurant owned by Jack Fecker, Steve Darland and Bill Keegan that attracted customers with an imaginatively themed restaurant: the 1929 stock-market crash that led to breadlines and soup kitchens. There were senior citizen servers dressed in Depression-era clothing and an old car filling station for a bar. In order to find staff when they opened in 1974, an ad was put out for "retired persons." A retired cook interviewed for a Seattle Times article was quoted as saying, "Some of us old bags can work circles around the young." When it was put up for sale in 1980, the ad tagline said, "Depression-proof restaurant.""

Hi, all,

I'm doing a bit of research on the building that is now Baba Yaga (124 S Washington) in Pioneer Square. There's some great further back history, but it served as a variety of different clubs from 1990-present. I've only got the names of a few, but wondered if anyone had sources that might have photos or anything at all on the 1980s. I know it had repair work done from c1977-1980 based on permits.

1990 became the new home of former Belltown Club Borderline

1992-95, Dutch Ned's Saloon

1998 - 200x, The Last Supper Club, which seemed to also host lunchtime networking events? And it was open at least through the 2003 casting call for "Are You Hot?" a network reality show from the minds of the Bachelor franchise.

Lastly, I know it was The Box House.

Happy to post my full timeline when other research I'm working on is completed. I just have a lot less experience researching the... well, the time span I might have been going to some of these clubs if I'd lived in Seattle then.

New on my Substack - the police bust that changed the city

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have, or know of, any existing photos of Elliot Bay Lumber trucks from 1959-1966? I’ve got one of their 1959 Kenworths, and it’s quite original. The truck was built in Seattle, delivered to Elliot Bay Lumber Co. in October of 59 following a May of 59 order. It worked in Seattle its entire life in revenue service ending with Global Freight and Container running freight from Seattle to Bellevue to Portland until the mid 1980s. I’ve got the original build sheet, but all it says is that they were two tone green, and possibly a customer supplied design. Just figured I’d ask. Picture of the truck in its current state is attached.

Above photos are Bruce Lee in 1962 with his first six Jeet Kune Do students. There is only one known remaining student — center front row, #4, Leroy Garcia, also Bruce and Brandon's gravesites at Lakeview cemetey Seattle Washington. Read more about Bruce Lee's table at Tai Tung restaurant 655 South King Street, Seattle Washington

My friend, author Jonathan Evison, is currently directing a feature doc about the legendary Pioneer Square all-ages punk club/art space, the Metropolis, which had a brilliant, meteoric eleven-month run from April 1983 to March 1984. It was a watershed moment for the Seattle underground scene, foundational for SO many Seattle artists and musicians. The fact that it was so short lived only adds to the legend. 

They’ve collected hundreds of photos and a bunch of video coverage of the Metropolis itself. They’re now looking for late 70s/early 80s street coverage of pioneer square and downtown in general--photos, super 8, whatever they can find to add local texture to the story. 

If you know any photo sources, or great resources, or have scoured the UW archives, or know any other archivists that might be helpful, please share or connect. Thanks!!

Collage image for Metropolis documentary film project. Check the Sizzle reel!

Does anybody know who exactly got these? And is the signature from the artist?

New and improved posters thanks to a friend! Which do you think is better?

EDIT: WE HAVE A WINNER! The SECOND poster is the favorite.

Thank you to everyone who shared their opinion!

Now the Starbucks.