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Image of University of Washington football team, circa 1903
Photograph

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
Image of Car going through giant cedar stump, circa 1950
Postcard

Car going through giant cedar stump, circa 1950

By about 1950, when this photographic postcard was probably made, the few remaining stumps of western Washington's gigantic trees existed only as curiosities -- something to marvel at or, in this case, drive through.This postcard image shows a car driving through a gigantic western red cedar stump at Arlington, Washington. The sign above the hole in the tree tells visitors…
ID Number:1975.5998.10
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Men with horse team on First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1890
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Men with horse team on First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1890

In this image, a group of men pose with a horse-drawn wagon on the boardwalk along First Avenue just past Cherry Street. The wagon appears to be carrying a large slab of marble or other stone, perhaps part of the reconstruction efforts after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, when rebuilding efforts favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.41
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Workmen posing with stone slab, Seattle, circa 1890
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Workmen posing with stone slab, Seattle, circa 1890

In this image stone carvers, with their wooden mallets and chisels, pose with a large slab; notes on the image indicate the slab's size but not its function. Perhaps the slab was an element of a new building under construction in the aftermath of the 1889 Great Fire, when the rebuilding effort favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.65
Date:Circa 1890
Image of The start of the Great Seattle fire, June 6, 1889
Photograph

The start of the Great Seattle fire, June 6, 1889

Seattle's Great Fire began in a basement woodshop, when a worker threw water on an overheating pot of glue. The fire spread very quickly because most of Seattle's downtown buildings were built of wood.This photo was taken on June 6, 1889, shortly after the fire started. Crowds are standing in Front Street (now First Avenue), looking towards the fire. The…
ID Number:1983.10.5989
Date:1889
Image of Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1905
Photograph

Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1905

Signs in image: Northern Pacific Railway [Co.]. The Mutual Life Building. Ticket Office - Canadian Pacific Ry. - [Soo?] Pacific Line - Ticket and Freight Office. The Hub. Starr Boyd. Starr Building. Fireman's [Fu...] [Insurance?] Company. Safe Deposit.Handwritten on sleeve: Pioneer Square.Webster & Stevens number: 3050
ID Number:1983.10.7321
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Suman Gupta with her daughter after receiving permanent residency, Seattle, March 1966
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Suman Gupta with her daughter after receiving permanent residency, Seattle, March 1966

Twenty-two-year-old Suman Gupta arrived in the U.S. from India in November 1963 to join her husband, Har Krishan Lal Gupta, in Olympia, Washington. Since she didn't have a visa, Immigration and Naturalization Service placed her in the legal custody of her husband. Her status was upgraded after a 1965 change in immigration law, the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota…
ID Number:1986.5.27165.4
Date:1966
Image of Suman Gupta and family in office after she received permanent residency,  March, 1966
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Suman Gupta and family in office after she received permanent residency, March, 1966

Twenty-two-year-old Suman Gupta arrived in the U.S. from India in November 1963 to join her husband, Har Krishan Lal Gupta, in Olympia, Washington. Since she didn't have a visa, Immigration and Naturalization Service placed her in the legal custody of her husband. Her status was upgraded after a 1965 change in immigration law, the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota…
ID Number:1986.5.27165.11
Date:1966
Image of Suzie Ordogh and John Boyd reading her order of parole, Seattle, December 26, 1956
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Suzie Ordogh and John Boyd reading her order of parole, Seattle, December 26, 1956

In October 1956, Soviet forces invaded Hungary in response to a populist uprising. At that time, Hungarian athletes were competing in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, and 40 of them defected to the United States. Urged by her parents not to return home, freestyle swimmer Zsuszu (“Susanna," “Suzie,” “Susie”) Ordogh, age 16, was among the defectors. She was…
ID Number:1986.5.37960.1
Date:1956
Image of Suzie Ordogh completing Alien Address report with John Boyd, Seattle, January 4, 1962
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Suzie Ordogh completing Alien Address report with John Boyd, Seattle, January 4, 1962

In October 1956, Soviet forces invaded Hungary in response to a populist uprising. At that time, Hungarian athletes were competing in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, and 40 of them defected to the United States. Urged by her parents not to return home, freestyle swimmer Zsuszu (“Susanna," “Suzie,” “Susie”) Ordogh, age 16, was among the defectors. She was…
ID Number:1986.5.37961.1
Date:1962
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