THE COLUMNS!

The first “Seattle Now and Then” column, on Jan. 17, 1982.

Here are the original Seattle Times columns upon which Paul Dorpat‘s and Jean Sherrard‘s photo book, Seattle Now & Then: The Historic Hundred, is based.

These are listed in chronological chapter order. Some chapters are based on more than one column.

Click the original publication date(s) below each chapter to see each column — and to discern the original credit for each photo.

Big thanks to Gavin MacDougall and Balazs Dibuz for their superhuman efforts to track down and scan many of these columns!

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Chapter 1, pages 14-15
Homecoming Parade

Original publication date: January 17, 1982

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Chapter 2, pages 16-17
The Earliest Survivor

Original publication date: January 24, 1982

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Chapter 3, pages 18-19
Panoramic Pair

Original publication date: February 7, 1982

Original publication date: September 8, 1996

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Chapter 4, pages 20-21
The Great Fire Heads South

Original publication date: March 14, 1982

Chapter 4, pages 22-23
The Hideous Remains

Original publication date: June 6, 2004

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Chapter 5, pages 24-25
First Whiffs of Pike Place Market

Original publication date: April 25, 1982

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Chapter 6, pages 26-27
The Inalienable Regrade

Original publication date: May 16, 1982

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Chapter 7, pages 28-29
Cornerstone of the Campus

Original publication date: March 25, 1984

Chapter 7, pages 30-31
Overlapping Landscape

Original publication date: June 13, 1982

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Chapter 8, pages 32-33
Fountain for the Fair

Original publication date: June 27, 1982

Chapter 8, pages 34-35
A Streak of Novelties

Original publication date: July 4, 1982

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Chapter 9, pages 36-37
Nearsighted with Vision

Original publication date: July 25, 1982

Chapter 9, pages 38-39
Rooms for Reading

Original publication date: April 28, 1991

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Chapter 10, pages 40-41
Montlake Before the Cut

Original publication date: August 8, 1982

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Chapter 11, pages 42-43
Surrounded by a City

Original publication date: August 15, 1982

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Chapter 12, pages 44-45
The View in 1882

Original publication date: October 3, 1982

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Chapter 13, pages 46-47
Hooverville Shanties

Original publication date: November 21, 1982

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Chapter 14, pages 48-49
Coal on the Waterfront

Original publication date: December 12, 1982

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Chapter 15, pages 50-51
The Biggest Snow

Original publication date: December 19, 1982

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Chapter 16, pages 52-53
Gold-Digging Argonauts

Original publication date: December 26, 1982

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Chapter 17, pages 54-55
Surprising New Views

Original publication date: January 2, 1983

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Chapter 18, pages 56-57
First Baptist Ministry

Original publication date: March 6, 1983

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Chapter 19, pages 58-59
Lost River

Original publication date: March 10, 1985

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Chapter 20, pages 60-61
Fallen Dome at St. James

Original publication date: March 27, 1983

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Chapter 21, pages 62-63
The Character of the Cove

Original publication date: April 17, 1983

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Chapter 22, pages 64-65
Classical Gas (Works)

Original publication date: June 12, 1983

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Chapter 23, pages 66-67
Potluck of Symbolism

Original publication date: August 21, 1983

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Chapter 24, pages 68-69
Countering the Balance

Original publication date: September 18, 1983

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Chapter 25, pages 70-71
From Park to Zoo

Original publication date: October 30, 1983

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Chapter 26, pages 72-73
Seattle’s Town Square

Original publication date: November 13, 1983

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Chapter 27, pages 74-75
Annexed and Preserved

Original publication date: January 8, 1984

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Chapter 28, pages 76-77
Broadway in Transition

Original publication date: March 11, 1984

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Chapter 29, pages 78-79
‘Meet Me at the Steps’

Original publication date: April 8, 1984

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Chapter 30, pages 80-81
Improbable Survivor

Original publication date: July 22, 1984

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Chapter 31, pages 82-83
Tot Cove, Long Gone

Original publication date: August 5, 1984

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Chapter 32, pages 84-85
Seattle’s First Major Public Work

Original publication date: October 28, 1984

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Chapter 33, pages 86-87
Madison’s Popular Poplars

Original publication date: February 17, 1985

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Chapter 34, pages 88-89
Green Lake’s Second Boom

Original publication date: March 3, 1985

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Chapter 35, pages 90-91
Turn-of-the-Century Vista East

Original publication date: March 24, 1985

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Chapter 36, pages 92-93
Gazing Across to Fremont

Original publication date: August 11, 1985

Chapter 36, pages 94-95
The Big Spill

Original publication date: July 16, 2006

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Chapter 37, pages 96-97
Courting a Mansion

Original publication date: August 18, 1985

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Chapter 38, pages 98-99
North Toward Queen Anne Hill

Original publication date: January 5, 1986

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Chapter 39, pages 100-101
Flags, Festoons and Furnished Rooms

Original publication date: March 18, 2018

Chapter 39, pages 102-103
Mesmerizing Mezzanine

Original publication date: July 13, 1986

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Chapter 40, pages 104-105
The Survival of Providence

Original publication date: August 24, 1986

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Chapter 41, pages 106-107
Satisfaction Guaranteed

Original publication date: December 7, 1986

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Chapter 42, pages 108-109
From Shells to Ships

Original publication date: June 21, 1987

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Chapter 43, pages 110-111
Neoclassical Home of Rail

Original publication date: August 16, 1987

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Chapter 44, pages 112-113
We Come in Peace

Original publication date: June 5, 2011

Chapter 44, pages 114-115
Seeking ‘Lesser Seattle’

Original publication date: April 6, 2014

Chapter 44, Gatefold
Before the Needle

Original publication date: June 14, 1987

Chapter 44, pages 116-117
Thanks a (Nine) Million

Original publication date: April 8, 2012

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Chapter 45, pages 118-119
Compliments Begin Here

Original publication date: October 4, 1987

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Chapter 46, pages 120-121
Mountain Fresh

Original publication date: January 17, 1988

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Chapter 47, pages 122-123
Panoramic First Hill

Original publication date: March 6, 1988

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Chapter 48, pages 124-125
A Reservoir of Vision

Original publication date: May 29, 1988

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Chapter 49, pages 126-127
Seattle’s Oldest on Alki

Original publication date: June 24, 1988

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Chapter 50, pages 128-129
A Slide from the Silents

Original publication date: August 21, 1988

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Chapter 51, pages 130-131
Steaming over Salmon Bay

Original publication date: October 26, 1986

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Chapter 52, pages 132-133
West Seattle’s Cinematic Ship

Original publication date: April 2, 1989

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Chapter 53, pages 134-135
The Entrepreneurial Edmiston

Original publication date: May 12, 1991

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Chapter 54, pages 136-137
The Flying Bird of the Sound

Original publication date: November 3, 1991

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Chapter 55, pages 138-139
Escape of the Monongahela

Original publication date: July 5, 1992

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Chapter 56, pages140-141
Bird’s-Eye of Early Battle

Original publication date: December 6, 1992

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Chapter 57, pages 142-143
Meadow for the Masses

Original publication date: March 6, 1994

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Chapter 58, pages 144-145
On Old Broadway

Original publication date: April 17, 1994

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Chapter 59, pages 146-147
The Scents of Ballard Business

Original publication date: June 24, 1994

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Chapter 60, pages 148-149
Brand New Orpheum

Original publication date: September 11, 1994

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Chapter 61, pages 150-151
Super Sea-Tac

Original publication date: February 26, 1995

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Chapter 62, pages 152-153
The Biggest Splash of the 1950s

Original publication date: October 22, 1995

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Chapter 63, pages 154-155
The Fruit of Development

Original publication date: December 6, 1998

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Chapter 64, pages 156-157
Spewing Stack Above the Whitewash

Original publication date: May 23, 1999

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Chapter 65, pages 158-159
Final Turns on the Fremont Track

Original publication date: February 13, 2000

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Chapter 66, pages 160-161
A Strictly Timed Spectacle

Original publication date: June 11, 2000

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Chapter 67, pages 162-163
Saviors from the Great Fire

Original publication date: November 12, 2000

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Chapter 68, pages 164-165
The Future Freeway

Original publication date: July 29, 2001

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Chapter 69, pages 166-167
Where Music Took Flight

Original publication date: April 7, 2002

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Chapter 70, pages 168-169
Cooking Up Pioneer Connections

Original publication date: March 16, 2003

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Chapter71, pages 170-171
Grooming Alki for the Public

Original publication date: October 17, 2004

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Chapter 72, pages 172-173
Princess and Chief

Original publication date: March 13, 2005

Chapter 72, pages 174-175
Finding Kikisoblu

Original publication date: October 22, 2017

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Chapter 73, pages 176-177
Rough and Ready for Gold

Original publication date: July 31, 2005

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Chapter 74, pages 178-179
Throwing Green Lake a Curve

Original publication date: August 28, 2005

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Chapter 75, pages 180-181
A Road to Ruin

Original publication date: March 5, 2006

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Chapter 76, pages 182-183
An Exemplary Boulevard

Original publication date: May 21, 2006

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Chapter 77, pages 184-185
Seeing Red in a Brave New World

Original publication date: March 11, 2007

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Chapter 78, pages 186-187
Fixating in Fremont

Original publication date: July 22, 2007

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Chapter 79, pages 188-189
Fort-uitous Likeness

Original publication date: February 7, 2010

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Chapter 80, pages 190-191
A Tragic Test

Original publication date: March 7, 2010

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Chapter 81, pages 192-193
Inclined to Climb

Original publication date: July 11, 2010

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Chapter 82, pages 194-195
Sisterly Pathfinders

Original publication date: October 10, 2010

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Chapter 83, pages 196-197
Towers of Power and Light

Original publication date: November 21, 2010

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Chapter 84, pages 198-199
Bucolic Bovines

Original publication date: December 19, 2010

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Chapter 85, pages 200-201
Halfway to a Harbor View

Original publication date: january 23, 2011

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Chapter 86, pages 202-203
A Bridge Not Too Far

Original publication date: March 27, 2011

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Chapter 87, pages 204-205
‘Go-Hing’ on King

Original publication date: October 30, 2011

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Chapter 88, pages 206-207
Monument to Modernity

Original publication date: September 30, 2012

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Chapter 89, pages 208-209
The Endurance of Atlas

Original publication date: December 8, 2012

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Chapter 90, pages 210-211
Shades of the Mountains

Original publication date: February 17, 2013

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Chapter 91, pages 212-213
A Clutter of Clues

Original publication date: April 14, 2013

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Chapter 92, pages 214-215
A Bridge of Speculation

Original publication date: June 30, 2013

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Chapter 93, pages 216-217
Tideflats of Danger

Original publication date: November 24, 2013

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Chapter 94, pages 218-219
Fruit of a Bitter Mob

Original publication date: July 18, 2014

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Chapter 95, pages 220-221
A Hospital Derailed

Original publication date: November 9, 2014

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Chapter 96, pages 222-223
Wonders of the Waterfront

Original publication date: February 7, 2016

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Chapter 97, pages 224-225
Reverse-Sleuthing After a Rainfall

Original publication date: April 2, 2016

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Chapter 98, pages 226-227
Football and Festivities in the Round

Original publication date: December 17, 2017

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Chapter 99, pages 228-229
To Survive and Thrive

Original publication date: July 15, 2018

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Chapter 100, pages 230-231
Bookin’ It Down ‘The Ave’

Original publication date: March 11, 2018

Now & then here and now…