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Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's neon signs including this one for Chubby & Tubby. (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's neon signs including this one for Chubby & Tubby. (Image: Brad Holden)

Brad Holden is a historian, author and finder of old things that he shares on his Instagram account 'Seattle Artifacts' (Image: Brad Holden)<p></p>

Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's neon signs like this one for Lucy's Drive In. (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Bea's Car Wash Sketch (Image: Brad Holden)

Some of Holden's favorite pieces are these letters addressed to A.A. Denny, the founder of Seattle. (Image: Brad Holden)

Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's neon signs like this one for Meadowbrook Motel. (Image: Brad Holden)

Legend has it that Colonel Sanders of KFC fame was a cook at Seattle's Twin T-P's restaurant. (Image: Brad Holden)

The Seattle Theatre is still open these days. We know it as The Paramount Theatre. (Image: Brad Holden)

Holden has a passion of sharing those stories from Seattle's past we may not know, like Bea's. (Image: Brad Holden)

Holden's new book about Al Hubbard will be published in 2021 (Image: Brad Holden)

Holden wrote about Bea Haverfield's art for Pacific NW Magazine. (Image: Brad Holden)

5 Minute Super Carwash design pre-Bea. (Image: Brad Holden)

Seattle's Brad Holden is an author, historian and finder of old things. (Image: Brad Holden)

Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's iconic signs. (Image: Brad Holden)

Bea Haverfield designed many of Seattle's neon signs including this one for Zip's. (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Holden's first book is 'Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City' (Image: Brad Holden)

Brad Holden is a historian, author and finder of old things that he shares on his Instagram account 'Seattle Artifacts' (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Brad Holden is a historian, author and finder of old things that he shares on his Instagram account 'Seattle Artifacts' (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Brad Holden is a historian, author and finder of old things that he shares on his Instagram account 'Seattle Artifacts' (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Brad Holden is a historian, author and finder of old things that he shares on his Instagram account 'Seattle Artifacts' (Image: Brad Holden)<br><p></p>

Historian Brad Holden shares the story of Bea Haverfield, known as the Queen of Neon. She designed the Elephant Car War sign as well as many other iconic signs around Seattle. (Image: Rachael Jones / Seattle Refined)

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