3 results for: Boyd, W.F.
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University of Washington football team, circa 1903
William Jennings Coyle was born on March 18, 1888 in Sutter Creek, California. He moved to Seattle where he attended Seattle High School and joined the football team in 1904. He attended the University of Washington where he became well known as captain and quarterback of the football team. The William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection chronicles Coyle's sports career and…
ID Number:1960.1821.20
Date:Circa 1903
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Seattle Police Department officers sitting for portrait, August 21, 1891
The Seattle Police Department was officially organized on June 2, 1869, and law enforcement in Seattle began with election of a town marshal, John Tenny Jordan (1832-1886), a stonemason originally from Maine who later served as the city's mayor. By 1890 the city's population had grown to 42,837, and the police force had grown to include the officers pictured here:…
ID Number:SHS6963
Date:1891
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Louisa Boren Denny, circa 1888
In 1852, twenty-two year old Louisa Boren arrived at Alki with the Denny Party of settlers. She became Seattle's first bride when she married David Denny in January 1853. The new Mrs. Denny was called the "Sweetbriar Bride" because of the sweetbriar seeds she had brought with her from Illinois. Later, she was active in the prohibition and woman suffrage…
ID Number:SHS10806
Date:Circa 1888