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Sea-Tac Communities Plan Map: McMicken Heights and Bow Lake Neighborhoods
A neighborhood planning map depicting the McMicken Heights and Bow Lake neighborhoods near Sea-Tac Airport, showing Bow Lake, Angle Lake, Interstate 5, the Green River, and local landmarks including Bow Lake Elementary, Chinook Junior High, Tyee Senior High, and Valley Ridge Park. Also visible are Bow Lake Trailer Town, a 21-acre vacant parcel, Bow Vista Subdivision, and street references including S. 188th St. and 200th St. -
SeaTimes-1947-contracts let for bow lake airport-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375
A newspaper clipping (dated approximately 10/31/47 per handwritten notation) reporting that the Seattle Port Commission awarded contracts totaling $2,755,000 for construction of a Seattle-Tacoma airport administration building at Bow Lake, with the general contract going to Seattle firm Lease and Leigland. Col. Warren D. Lamport, general manager of the Port of Seattle, stated construction would begin within 10 days and be completed in a year and a half. -
Ray Bishop Scrapbook (Washington Digital Archives)
This scrapbook was assembled by Ray Bishop, Port of Seattle engineer involved in construction of Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport. The scrapbook includes photos documenting the construction from the initial grading work through expansion in the early 1960s and clippings documenting events at Sea-Tac through 1976. Bishop donated the scrapbook to the Port of Seattle in -
Photos: What did Sea-Tac Airport look like in 1949? Think Stratocruisers and an old-timey diner.
Rarely seen photos from the Seattle Times archives show the earliest days of the airport. By Colin Diltz Seattle Times photo staff In 1942, Seattle’s Boeing Field and other airfields had been taken over by the Army to support the World War II effort. Commercial passenger flights were only being allowed temporarily. The region desperately -
1962-02-01The history of Bow Lake Airport
This document chronicles the early history of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (originally known as Bow Lake Airport), tracing its origins from 1942 when Seattle faced overcrowding at Boeing Field and growing demand for commercial air travel. Compiled by Port of Seattle engineers Chet Clausen and Ray Bishop, it details how the Seattle Chamber of Commerce began surveying new airport sites in 1941 and secured a $1 million federal grant from the Civil Aeronautics Administration — an offer that nearby Tacoma and Vancouver, Washington had previously forfeited by delaying their decisions. -
1950-01-01Sea Tac Airport Bow Lake ca 1950
A color photograph of the original Seattle-Tacoma Airport terminal building, with the name 'SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT' visibly displayed on the facade. The image shows the Art Deco-style structure with its control tower, period automobiles in the foreground, and manicured grounds, consistent with the airport's early operational era following its 1949 opening. -
1949-07-09Bow Lake Airport dedication 07/09/1949
An aerial black-and-white photograph shows a large Art Deco-style airport terminal building surrounded by a massive crowd on the tarmac. Several large propeller-driven airliners are visible, with at least one appearing to bear 'NWA' (Northwest Airlines) livery, suggesting a mid-20th century dedication or airshow event. -
SeaTimes-1949-Earl Bigler Named Airport Director-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375
AP Wirephoto news clipping reporting that Earle S. Bigler, a former Ottawa resident and head of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce aviation division, has been named manager of the Seattle-Tacoma airport at Bow Lake, Washington, assuming his new duties October 1. Bigler previously served in various aviation roles during World War II and as advertising manager of the Herald. -
SeaTimes-10021947-four bids on bow lake airport-BD4D552785CD09871DD1EC6C22B2D375
A newspaper clipping dated 10/2/47 reports that four firms submitted bids for construction of the administration building at Seattle-Tacoma Airport at Bow Lake, with Lease & Leighland Contract Company as low bidder at $2,190,025. The low total bid for all three phases of construction was $2,755,626, with contracts to be awarded at the Port of Seattle commissioners' weekly Tuesday meeting. -
1942-04-13Aerial Photograph of Bow Lake
A black-and-white aerial photograph showing a grid-patterned rural or semi-rural landscape with roads, fields, and scattered development. A red X has been overlaid on the image to mark a specific location, suggesting use in planning, noise contour mapping, or site analysis documentation.