File:Seattle Met.jpg

This image is the cover of the October 2006 issues of Seattle Metropolitan magazine. The copyright holder for the image is the company that publishes the magazine, SagaCity Media © 2006.

The original source of this image is the October 2006 issues of Seattle Metropolitan magazine. This specific image came from Seattle Metropolitan's website.^[1] That website has been updated and the original image is no longer at that link.

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7. This image is used on the Seattle Metropolitan article.
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