• 1972-05-24

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View with Western Airlines Jet at Gate

    Aerial photograph of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport showing the main terminal building, multi-level parking garage, and tarmac. A Western Airlines jet is visible at the gate, and a Budget Rent a Car billboard is visible in the background parking area.
  • 1971-09-16

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View, 1971

    Aerial photograph of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport showing the main terminal complex, multi-level parking garage, and aircraft on the tarmac. Visible aircraft include Pan Am and Northwest Airlines liveries, consistent with the airport's configuration during the early 1970s expansion period.
  • 1971-04-01

    Will the Last Person Leaving Seattle Turn Out the Lights billboard, April 1971

    A famous billboard along a Seattle-area highway reading 'Will the last person leaving SEATTLE – Turn out the lights,' erected during the Boeing Bust economic downturn of the early 1970s when massive layoffs caused a sharp population decline in the region. The black-and-white photograph shows vintage early-1970s automobiles passing beneath the sign, with a light bulb graphic hanging from the text.
  • 1971-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Passenger Origin-Destination Patterns Bar Chart (1971)

    A horizontal bar chart from document POS 669 (section 4.3.1) showing the ultimate passenger origin-destination patterns for Seattle-Tacoma airport based on a 10% sample from 1971. The chart ranks destinations by percentage of enplaned passengers, with San Francisco leading at approximately 13%, followed by Oakland/San Jose, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and other cities including Honolulu, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C.
  • 1971-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport STCP: Top Passenger Origin-Destination City Pairs by Percentage of Enplaned Passengers, 1971

    A horizontal bar chart from a Sea-Tac Airport document (section 4.3.1) showing the top passenger origin-destination city pairs by percentage of enplaned passengers for 1971, based on a 10% sample. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose and Los Angeles/Long Beach/Ontario/Burbank are the dominant destinations, each exceeding 10% of enplaned passengers, followed by Portland, Spokane, New York, and Chicago.
  • 1970-01-01

    South King County Locator Map

    This South King County Locator Map, produced by the Kroll Map Co., provides a detailed street-level view of communities surrounding the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Tukwila, Renton, and Kent. The map shows the airport's central position within the region and the dense residential neighborhoods directly affected by its flight paths. It is a key reference document for understanding the geographic scope of communities subject to Sea-Tac Airport noise impacts and related land-use policy decisions.
  • 1970-01-01

    The Highline Times: South King County map with brief facts

    This document is a community map and fact sheet published by The Highline Times, a weekly newspaper serving the Greater Highline area of South King County, Washington, which includes communities such as Tukwila, Normandy Park, Burien, Renton, and surrounding neighborhoods. It provides demographic and economic statistics for the region, including a population of 120,220, an average family income of $8,737, and 33,300 occupied housing units. The map also lists local emergency phone numbers for agencies such as the King County Sheriff, local hospitals, and fire districts, and notes that the newspaper was distributed to 256,000 homes in South King County and Pierce County.
  • 1969-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View, circa 1969

    Black-and-white aerial photograph showing a cruciform terminal building with a central rotunda, multiple concourses extending outward to aircraft gates, large surface parking lots, and active runways. The layout and architectural style are consistent with a major American commercial airport from the 1960s–1970s era, but no visible text, logos, or captions confirm the specific airport identity.
  • 1969-01-01

    SEA-TAC Aerial late1960s

    Aerial photograph looking northwest over Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), showing the original terminal complex, parallel runways, taxiways, and surface parking lots. In the background, Puget Sound, the city of Seattle, and the Olympic Mountains are visible, consistent with a photo taken from the south during the airport's early operational decades.
  • 1969-01-01

    Sea-Tac Airport Aerial View, Late 1960s

    Overhead photograph showing a large airport terminal complex with a control tower, multiple aircraft at gates, extensive surface parking lots, and intersecting runways. The photo appears to date from the 1960s–1970s based on vehicle styles and terminal architecture, but no visible text, logos, or captions confirm the specific airport identity.