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Anonymous letter complains about hippies in Pike Place Market
Favorite Archival Object: Anonymous Letter
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Seattle Municipal Archives Processing Archivist Julie Kerssen shows us an anonymous letter written to Mayor Wesley Carl Uhlman complaining about hippies in the Pike Place Market in 1970.

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Bill Traver & the Traver Gallery, championing local artists since 1977

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